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Web Progress. Strategic community based development. We chose a lane ▸ CMS research findings. Best described as structure-centric. Best described as content-centric. Gmail labels type organization Places site content into feeds Create hooks to deliver content through site Pro
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Web Progress Strategic community based development.
We chose a lane▸ CMS research findings Best described as structure-centric 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 • 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
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
Where we’ll go ▸ Infrastructure • Planning for the traffic • Load balancing • Another security blanket • Web servers in active active mode
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
What we’ve been up to▸ Progress report Base Rating System No presence Has a domain Splash page or single page Not branded Branded but out-of-date Up-to-date branding Runs in core browsers Limited mobile Runs in all browsers; tablet and mobile Top-of-the-market
What we’ve been up to ▸ Progress report Live 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 • 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