The document discusses web content management at the University of Texas. It outlines the challenges of managing hundreds of websites across many departments. It then details UT's process of selecting a web content management system (CMS) including establishing requirements, evaluating options, selecting Stellent, and initial implementation stages. The goals are to improve consistency, accessibility, workflow, and free up time for content creators.
10. Typical University Web Presence Web Publisher Web Consumer Content Contributor Web Publisher Web Publisher Web Publisher Web Publisher Content Contributor Content Contributor Content Contributor Content Contributor Content Contributor Web Consumer Web Consumer Web Consumer Web Consumer IIS Web Server Apache Web Server IIS Web Server IIS Web Server Apache Web Server Apache Web Server Apache Web Server IIS Web Server Apache Web Server IIS Web Server
11. Typical Web Content Management Model Web Editor Web Consumer Content Contributor Web Publisher Web Publisher Content Contributor Content Contributor Content Contributor Web Consumer Web Consumer Web Consumer Web Content Management Server Web Editor Template Creation Content Approval
12. A Point CMS Approach in Higher Ed Web Publisher Web Consumer Engineering Web Server (CMS Solution B) Law School Web server (CMS Solution A) Business School Web Server (CMS Solution C) Departmental Apache Server (CMS Solution D) Content Contributor Web Publisher Web Publisher Web Publisher Web Publisher Content Contributor Content Contributor Content Contributor Content Contributor Content Contributor Web Consumer Web Consumer Web Consumer Web Consumer
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14. A Hybrid Model Web Editor Web Consumer Content Contributor Web Publisher Web Publisher Content Contributor Content Contributor Content Contributor Web Consumer Web Consumer Web Consumer Web Content Management Server Web Editor Template Creation Content Approval Pre-existing Apache Web Server Pre-existing IIS Web Server
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17. Timeline Solicit community input Develop functional specs Review solutions Request for information Review responses Select 4 possibilities Product demos Select 2 finalists On site POCs Product recommendation License negotiation Product training Software Install (development) April January July Jul-Aug Jul-Aug August September October October Nov-Dec Feb-Mar April 2003 2004 Early wins May Production installation Implementation Planning May-Jun June
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21. CMS Scorecard -- + Macintosh Support Support for Standards -- Deployment to other Web Servers Versioning Metadata + Workflow Templates + Content Creation Integration w/ Campus Infrastructure Stellent Merant Requirement/Vendor
22. Stellent Architecture at UT Main Content Management Server (Solaris) Web Editor Content Contributor Web Publisher Content Contributor Content Contributor Web Consumer Existing Apache Web Server Existing IIS Web Server Active Directory Oracle Stellent Content Server Instance Tamino Instance Windows PDF Converter Server Netapp Filer Authentication PDF Conversion Metadata Store Disk for Content Server Web Consumer (possibly)
Efficiency example: news release time 10 minutes to create a Web page and another 15 minutes to get it linked all of the places it should be linked
Hundreds of Web Servers Thousands of Web publishers/developers Content owners/contributors Millions of Web consumers
Hundreds of Web Servers Thousands of Web publishers/developers Content owners/contributors Millions of Web consumers
Hundreds of Web Servers Thousands of Web publishers/developers Content owners/contributors Millions of Web consumers
Hundreds of Web Servers Thousands of Web publishers/developers Content owners/contributors Millions of Web consumers
On bullet 2 mention that publishers can choose to create part of a site with the CMS and another part in a traditional method On bullet 3, if the medical school for example deploys a CMS for their Web site and the Business School deploys one for their Web site, as is often the case does the Medical school benefit from the Business School, can they share commons assets across their different solutions?
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