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ST Web Re-engineeringProgress Report

• Organization

• Strategy. Objectives

• Status: design, development

• Roles/Responsibilities

• Planning

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Organization• ST Webmasters working group

• Regular meetings since start of project:• 15/3, 22/3, 19/4, 3/5

Divisional Web Masters E. Sanchez-Corral, F. SkaarDivisional Web Secretary E. Cochet, C. BieriGroups' WebmastersDI K. Foraz, I. Bejar AlonsoCE T. Watson, A. KosmickiCV L. AnnilaEL G. BurdetHM S. ProdonMA F. Skaar, N. Dos Santos (TCR)TFM J. Garcin

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Strategy. Objectives • Easy to build, use and maintain • “Attractive and interesting” but simple• Common look and feel

– Homogeneity in the form and information architecture

• Concentrate in the contents, consistency• Assure confidentiality and security issues

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Progress Status • Set-up development environment

– Test site in IT/Central Web servers– Common tool: FrontPage

• Design– Simplicity

• Light images and effects, no scripting if not needed

– Platform and Browser independent• Native html + FrontPage generated code without using specific

features (being tested)

– Site architecture• Simple and clear, common structure for ST groups• Rules, recommendations

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Progress Status (2) • Design

– Common look and feel, homogeneity• Common images• Common styles, fonts, colours by using Cascade Styles Sheet• Pages templates: basic, frame pages, projects, …

– CSS included in all the templates– Standard header, footer– Recommendation for contents– Guidelines for users

– Confidentiality and security issues• Technically possible with FrontPage and IT Web servers• User Requirements being prepared

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Progress Status (3) • Development

– Site common configuration settings defined– Prototype for ST-MA and ST-DI

• Common layout and main topics (except ST-DI)• Direct entry points to Services and Projects• Easy to maintain (granted templates and guidelines are

followed!)• Reviewed and “Approved” by ST Web masters and DI & MA

– ST Home page• Clear overview of information provided • Direct entry points to Services, Projects and Divisional

Procedures

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Responsibilities • Div Web masters

– Site configuration and administration, operation, maintenance (monthly)

– Site structure. Common default for groups– Provide templates (purpose, explanation), guidelines– Create common default group pages– Provide support to group web masters– Divisional pages creation & maintenance

• Group web masters– Customization and contents of group pages– Create new pages if required using divisional

templates/following guidelines

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Planning) • Confidentiality requirements

– Requirements, rules to be defined by GLs and DL

• Preparation divisional (projects, services, procedures) and groups pages:– Pages templates, structure and default group pages +

Divisional pages provided by Divisional Web masters: end April

– Group pages to be provided by Group Web masters once approved within group (GL) by middle June

• Review and Approval of new pages (ST, Groups) by ST Management – June

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Planning (2)

• Put in production new pages, possible planning if approval by ST management– 3rd week June

• ST home page + Divisional pages (Projects, Services, Procedures)

• Groups MA, DI, CV

– 4th week June • Group EL, CE

– July• Group HM

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ST Web • New ST home page:

http://test-div-st.webtest.cern.ch/test-div-st/STdiv2/default.htm

• New MA pages:

http://test-div-st.webtest.cern.ch/test-div-st/groups/ma/ma.htm

• New DI pages:

http://test-div-st.webtest.cern.ch/test-div-st/groups/di/di.htm