building academic websites (in the real world)
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Presentation for the 2013 CUNY IT Conference, on realistic website development for non-commerce sites. Presenters Brian Farr & Valerie Forrestal from the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.TRANSCRIPT
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Brian Farr Systems Manager College of Staten Island
CUNY IT Conference ~ 12.6.13
Valerie Forrestal Web Services Librarian
College of Staten Island
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Clear, concise and logical navigation Simple, elegant design Advertise news and upcoming events Central search box for finding resources Repository for forms, policies, hours and
contact information
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Site organization o Will your page groupings make sense to users? o Deep hierarchical design may require extra navigation, such as
secondary nav menus and/or breadcrumb links o Folder structure will also affect how links look
How many templates? (1 vs. 2 column design – how will mobile handle side column? Drop it? Stack it?
What kind of navigation? What nav should go on every page
External links? Deep footer?
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Source: “How to Create a Directory Structure
Search Engines Rock To” by Stoney deGeyter
(http://www.searchengineguide.com/ston
ey-degeyter/how-to-create-a-directory-structure-sear.php)
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How did we get here?
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Joomla: • Customizations prevented
updates • Messy back-end/admin
interface • Old, vulnerable plugins
Why WordPress? • Any CMS will do what we need • Leanest • Easiest • Least intimidating to librarians • Better separation between
code & content
Learning curve Will you need user
accounts? Will it continue to be
supported? Server requirements Back end code
Versioning Functions vs. content Site performance
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Site @ did.csi.cuny.edu/wp
Slides @ vforrestal.com
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