Content Management System (CMS) Overview

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Carleton’s Current Web Presence

• www.Carleton.ca serves 40 million web pages a year

• Currency and accuracy of these pages impact Carleton’s credibility and reputation

• Currently departmental websites are developed & maintained on ad hoc basis

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• Disjointed “look and feel” across www.carleton.ca

which may or may not convey Carleton’s brand

• Inconsistent navigation & terminology

• Difficulty searching

• No central support mechanism

• Departments use expensive software with no training

Carleton’s Current Web Presence (Cont’d)

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The Solution: CMS

The CMS Project is Aimed at:

• Separating content from presentation to achieve a consistent look and feel across University sites

• Delivering a cutting edge product complete with RSS feeds, event calendar option, analytics, search function, forms to email feature, video integration, and more

• Delivering a complete service offering which includes ongoing support, website consultation and full migration

• Providing a web interface at no cost to clients

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We DO NOT:

• Create custom web design per department

• Provide a custom web application development service

• Act as a PHP/MySQL web hosting service

• Edit or update content post-migration

• Deliver Analytics training

• Create custom graphics

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Summary

• Access to web interface

• Ongoing support

• Migration process 

• Training and documentation

• No cost to client 

• Analytics set up (training not provided)

• Additional help, info, etc. on CCMS website at: www.carleton.ca/cms

Questions?