Web ProgressStrategic community based development.

We chose a lane ▸ CMS research findings

Best described as structure-centric• File and folder type structure

• Places site content into folders

• Content delivered through a folder component or folder feeds

• Pro• More structured for unfamiliar users

• Con• Less focus on content production

• Example:• Mura and Concrete5

Best described as content-centric

• Gmail labels type organization

• Places site content into feeds

• Create hooks to deliver content through site

• Pro

• Focused on producing content, augmented with dynamic placement

• Con

• Structural disconnect can be confusing

• Example:

• Joomla and WordPress

What we’ve been up to ▸ Infrastructure

• Established a modern server environment

• Web Server, running ColdFusion 10, managed by Parallels Plesk• Limited communications to http

and https only

• Sealed up ColdFusion

• File and OS level backups

• Active active Microsoft SQL 2012 servers• Database and OS level backups

• Virtualized for flexibility

Offsite monitor

Firewall

Web Server

Where we’ll go ▸ Infrastructure

• Planning for the traffic

• Load balancing• Another security blanket

• Web servers in active active mode

Offsite Monitor

Firewall & Load Balancer

Web Server 1 & Web Server 2

SQL Server 1 & SQL Server 2

What we’ve been up to ▸ Support resources

• http://web.natsci.msu.edu

• How-to articles & tutorials

• Web guidelines

• Documentation

• Feedback

• Web tools

• Training events

• Mura

• Complete website theme

• Redirect Plugin

• Social Media Plugin

Digital Media Milestones FY 13-14

August 2013 Developed complete branded theme.

October 2013 Researched and tested CMS options.

December 2013Selected and installed CMS (setup and launch pilot sites).

February 2013Completed theme for CMS (includes social media integration).

April 2014 Transferred several sites content to new system.

June 2014 Researched and installed media gallery tool.

What we’ve been up to ▸ Production Schedule

What we’ve been up to ▸ Progress report

Base Rating System

ASBLD

CISGS

RISE

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1. No presence2. Has a domain3. Splash page or single

page4. Not branded5. Branded but out-of-date

6. Up-to-date branding7. Runs in core browsers8. Limited mobile9. Runs in all browsers; tablet and mobile10.Top-of-the-market

What we’ve been up to ▸ Progress report

Live

• http://actuarialscience.natsci.msu.edu/

• http://cisgs.msu.edu/

• http://rise.natsci.msu.edu/

• http://spartanature.natsci.msu.edu/

• http://sprout.vrpgs.msu.edu/

• http://web.natsci.msu.edu/

• http://researchsupport.natsci.msu.edu

Development

• http://bmb.natsci.msu.edu/

• http://beta.natsci.msu.edu/

• http://cmb.natsci.msu.edu/

• http://prime.ntasci.msu.edu/

• http://rtsf.natsci.msu.edu

• http://biomodel.natsci.msu.edu/

• http://plantbiology.msu.edu/

• http://bld.msu.edu/

• And 5 more