Benefits and costs of establishing your site in the CMS

The University's Content Management System (CMS) allows business users to manage their own website content online, and ensures a standardised look and feel across University websites.

When compared to other web design options, the CMS:

• reduces the time, effort, and cost required to maintain websites
• permits units without experienced web staff to develop professional-looking websites
• provides built-in functionality to facilitate maintenance of up-to-date content
• provides an audit log for all changes
• assists with information access for students, staff, and visitors by providing consistent site structure and navigation across University websites
• helps to create a strong, integrated university image

Web Services provides numerous no cost resources and services to assist you in establishing and maintaining your website:

• Expertise
  Web Services has developed a proven methodology for establishing your website in the CMS. We can provide advice on site design and share best practices for building, marketing, launching, and maintaining your site.
• Templates and resources
  For each step in the process, we can provide a variety of document templates and examples to assist you, including project plans, information architecture designs, and communication plans. We also offer comprehensive user guides and quick reference materials.
• Site shell construction
  Once you have determined the desired structure for your site, we will assist you to build the technical shell for your site and establish CMS accounts for your team.
• Training
  Professional training services for the CMS are provided by the Enterprise Application Training group.
• Technical launch
  Once you are ready to go live with your new site, we can make all the necessary technical arrangements, including free site hosting.
• Technical support
  We provide technical support for CMS users via telephone and e-mail.
• Assistance obtaining supplemental staffing
  We can assist with the recruitment, selection, training, and management of supplemental project management and content writing staff for your site. We also provide ad-hoc content development and CMS data entry services

For further enquiries please contact .