1. Why?

Corporate Strategy 

UoL moving all website into the Plone System

User Friendly

Student

Design a website with immediacy of information is of the highest importance

Staff

Use a web system that doesn't require specialist skills to make web content. 'Anybody' can write web content

Website Redesign

A chance to rethink website

2. Plone

• Content Mangement System
• Web 2.0 ethos

3. Design

Appearance

• Main body of page
• navigation
• Portlets
• SLC Template
• The Future: Plone 3

Structure

All SSDS sites will be designed around a set structure. This will give users a sense of familiarity.

SSDS Structure

4. Plone Content Features

Pages 

• For written content
• HTML Based - Fast Loading
• Insert images
• Advanced Content

Forms

• Used for users to send information directly to you from the Website - Contact Us
• Feedback
• Suggestions
• Booking

Events

• Schedule events through website, which automatically updates.

Blogs 

• Used as a News Reel
• RSS

Smart Content

• Content can be filtered based on criteria e.g Word in title, or a type of content
• Saves having to produce large number of webpages
• Can be used to contextualise content

Locked Down Content/Intranet

• Content can be kept private to select users

Permission

• Owner/Manager 
• Editor/Member
• Reader
• Public 

5. SSDS Objectives, Plans and Procedures

Objectives

• To have a fully integrated website, linking all services together, sharing web content
• The website needs to be consistent in structure and appearance across all services
• The opportunity for web content to grow as when needed and is future proofed.

Plans

• What do we want to put online...everything?
• Present equal opportunities to all student Campus or DL.
• Have information where student will look for it.

Procedures

• New Content
• Proof reading
• Recording changes to sturcture
• Permission Tracking
• Back Up