Swizzard

SWIZZARD CMS, generally a

content administration application is
the front-end user interface that
allows a user, even with restricted
expertise, to add, modify, and
remove content from a website
without the interference.
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Management System
Implementation

Content management system is

scalable for small businesses to large
corporations. Its web presence allows
you to manage your web site
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Success
In the first 14 months, the Web Team
has implemented 62 (50%) of CSU
sites into OmniUpdate OU Campus.
All done by:
3 full time staff
Up to 4 student assistants
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Redesign of Web Pages

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CMS Implementation
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Why Split?
Best Practice
Dos and Donts of implementing a WCMS
Focus on task at hand
Learning curve for WCMS
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Where we started
September 2006
Finalized 6 layouts
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Implemented new look with existing

tools

December 2006 RFP for WCMS

May 2007 Reward RFP to

OmniUpdate
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August 2007 Installed and

Configured OmniUpdate

As of October 2007
51 sites were in the new look
38% of sites selected to move into
OmniUpdate
134total site within colstate.edu
domain
28% sites would not moved into WCMS
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Process
Student Assistants
Worked on sites already in new look

Staff
Continued working with departments doing
complete redesign
Sites
Only active pages

HTML 4.0 W3C standard

508 accessibility guidelines

CSS styling
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October 2008
77 sites in WCMS
15 sites in development

62 sites live

44,630 files

3,173 directories

145 Users trained

Trainer Jay Knape

1.5 hour training class

Required class
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Changes made:
Windows to Gentoo Linux
IIS to Apache

ASP to PHP

MS SQL/Access to MySQL

MS Frontpage to Dreamweaver
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Encounters
Redesign
Everyone wants to be on the University
home page
Welcome attitude for the layouts

Do I have to look like everyone else

attitude
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Encounters
WCMS
ASP on Apache
Quirks with OmniUpdate

Getting the templates set-up correctly

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Management System
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZIFnEefA_Y
https://github.com/swizzard
https://github.com/kennethreitz/dream-python/tree/master
/swizzard