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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
IT Department Website 2011 Overhaul
Cath Noble – IT-DI-LCG
February 2011
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Overview
• Motivation
• Proposal
• Roles, workflow, training
• Migration & retirement
• Prototype
• Summary2
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
IT website has a problem…
• Information fragmented and hard-to-find– 300+ independent websites
• Majority based on previous department structures• Lots of sites, lots of conflicting information
– “Variations on a theme” template make usability difficult and unpredictable• Navigation is unstructured & has often disintegrated
– Search doesn’t work
– Target audience is not clear
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
IT website still has a problem…
• Information is unreliable– Content maintenance… hit-n-miss!
• Owners come, owners go
– No archive policy
• Overall consistency, coherency and usability has been lost.
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Overview
• Motivation
• Proposal
• Roles, workflow, training
• Migration & retirement
• Prototype
• Summary5
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Proposal – our main audiences
• Analysis of search keyphrases, top URL hits & information-gathering missions show three main audiences
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1. CERN-wide New users and visitors Other departments Users – general Users – specialised
2. IT Staff
3. Interested Public
HelpAccess to IT-related ServicesInformation about IT and Dept
‘Internal’ site for IT staff
About IT and Dept, Computing at CERN
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Proposal - the aim
• An official hub/portal for all IT-related communications and services
– audience- and service-based architecture• complements the Service Catalogue
– centralised management of structure• Coherent ‘storyline’ in navigation, look&feel
– automated wherever possible• Reduce manual intervention
– regularly maintained• Trusted, reliable content
• Change the way the IT website is managed
and hosted. 7
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Proposal – in practice
• As much official content as possible will be:
– migrated and created using Drupal content management system
– managed under one address:
cern.ch/departments/it/» provisional URL – to be approved
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Overview
• Motivation
• Proposal
• Roles, workflow, training
• Migration & retirement
• Prototype
• Summary9
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Who?
• Concrete implementation of new site
– New build & initial information structure• IT Webmaster
– Routine site maintenance & co-ordination • IT Webmaster
– Drupal backbone• Drupal Support Team / OIS
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
• Providing and publishing content
– Web Content Team
• IT Webmaster• Service Content Providers - SCP
– Ideally your Service Catalogue person– Helpdesk MoD, Secretariat, willing individuals
• No longer ‘Group Webmaster’ role
Who?
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
• Decision on ‘official’ content depends on the Service Owner or GL of SCP
– Total flexibility on content• Complement Service Catalogue where necessary• You have 100% decision over what is published• Delegate to SCP for decision
– Prototype framework provided for guidance
Who?
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
• Content maintenance– Service Content Provider (SCP) is responsible
• No need to notify the IT Webmaster every time there is an update
– IT Webmaster responsible for:• Some top level content, general landing pages
– IT Webmaster to trigger regular, general maintenance overviews• Early stages: “Chase’n’check” the SCPs ~2 months• Less frequent with stabilisation of Service Catalogue,
SCP familiarity with content maintenance duties
Who?
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Workflow – new content
SCP responsible for content maintenance
IT Webmaster to trigger regular content overviews with SCPs
SCP creates and populates new pages, adds to permitted menus etc
SCP works with IT Webmaster to enhance structure/permissions etc if more advanced requirements
IT Webmaster creates initial zone/permissions for new content under cern.ch/departments/it
IT Webmaster notified by SCP/SO
Feasibility of creating content in Drupal / IT site
Appropriate referencing of new content
Content validation workflows
SCP/SO to decide what official content + information structure desired
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Workflow – revising content
IT Webmaster to trigger regular content overviews with SCPs
Content published
Validation/publication of draft passed to either:
Service Owner or SCP
SCP updates/creates content, menus etc
SCP/SO decision to update/revise content
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DRAFT
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Drupal Training
• New site designed to minimise need for SCP training.– Content structure provided – very easy to add
content
• No formal training sessions planned– Informal basic training can be provided by IT
Webmaster– www.cern.ch/entice community is helpful
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Overview
• Motivation
• Proposal
• Roles, workflow, training
• Migration & retirement
• Prototype
• Summary17
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
• All “turquoise template” sites– All sites listed under “Additional Information” in
the Service Catalogue– Will go to the IT site Reference section
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Migration – first stage
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
• All “no-template” sites will follow.
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Migration – second stage
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Migration - optional
• Twikis have their own universe
• In principle will not be touched.
• However more than welcome to join cern.ch/departments/it/… if desired
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
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• “Self-contained universe” or established/branded IT websites will not be migrated
Migration - unlikely
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
• Implement ‘Good Housekeeping’ and Archiving as a policy
– Archive sites if of value – Delete if obviously rubbish
• How?– Archiving options under discussion
• Identifying sites…. Big task….• T. Bell, A. Wagner, D. Noyes
– Content maintenance-tracking possibility in Drupal.
• Process not perfect but better than what we have now.
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Retirement
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Overview
• Motivation
• Proposal
• Roles, workflow, training
• Migration & retirement
• Prototype
• Summary23
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
The prototype
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www.cern.ch/it-test Respects the CERN graphic charter
Complements the Service Catalogue
Targeted audiences
Automated
Consistent global navigation across entire site
A working Search
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Presentation title - 25
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Summary
• A tool: Drupal• Site hosted & managed on one address• Create a dedicated Web Content Team• Working prototype: www.cern.ch/it-test
• GLM help needed – Review proposal + prototype– Feedback for improvements– Support the set-up of the Web Content Team
• Ensure SCP role is taken seriously
– The go-ahead to build…
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Supplementary material
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
When?
Drupal 7 released
December ’10
CERN Theme
D7 version to be stabilised
URL to be decided by
DG/CO team
Initial construction
assured by IT webmaster
~2/3 months
SCP to build/populate
their pages
1 month
Go ahead from DHO / final
tweaks
2 weeks
OIS/Drupal Support / Computer Security
OK to go live
1 week
Online
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CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Example
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