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• About CMS and Site Manager
• Training and access to Site Manager
• Talk to us

Our Services

• Technical development:
  
  • Developing new page templates and features
• Technical support:
  • Helpdesk for users of Site Manager
  • Bug fixing
  • Software version upgrades
• System administration:
  • Access management for Site Manager
  • Setting up new sites and users
• Training:
  • ‘Contributor’ and ‘Moderator’ training for new users of Site Manager
• Advice & guidance:
  • Best practice for web standards and legal compliance with technical aspects of web accessibility policy
• Requirements analysis and technical solution design:
  • Managing the information objectives of special projects and the preparatory activities up to the point of build.

In delivering our services we work closely with:

• Key communications staff and web publishers across UAS
• Public Affairs Directorate – provides the style and design guidelines, and performs a Quality Assurance role.
• Oxford University Computing Services – provides ad hoc support for the design of new functionality, and hosts the web servers.
• BSP PC Applications Development – develops databases with a web interface.
• TERMINALFOUR – supplies the Web Content Management System.

The Web Service is overseen by a UAS Web Steering Group which makes operational decisions and prioritises work.

About CMS and Site Manager

A Web Content Management System (CMS) is a software system used to manage and publish content on a website. Users access the CMS via a web browser and add their content using pre-defined templates.

No technical understanding of the web is required, the system is designed to allow users with little knowledge of web programming languages to create and manage content. This means more people can become involved in the process, allowing people to author pages about their specialist subject. It also means that updating and creating web pages is quicker and easier.

The system chosen at UAS is Site Manager by TERMINALFOUR. They have many other clients in the UK Higher Education sector, including the universities of York, Manchester and St. Andrews.

Training and access to Site Manager

Users will be granted access to Site Manager after they have attended a one-day training course. Training courses are run every six weeks and take place at BSP’s offices at Hythe Bridge street. If you wish to attend a training course, please contact webcms@admin.ox.ac.uk, confirming the following details, for each person needing training:

• First name
• Surname
• SSO/WebAuth ID (e.g. admn1111)
• Email
• Role in Site Manager (moderator, contributor)
• Site (area the user requires access to)

Requests must be confirmed by the departmental manager responsible for the site(s) the user will be publishing to. Confirmation of requests should be sent by email to webcms@admin.ox.ac.uk.

If you already have access to Site Manager there are two training manuals to remind you of the training:

• Site Manager - Training Manual for Moderators (3,612kb) 
• Site Manager - Training Manual for Contributors (2,773kb)

Talk to us

To request the creation of a new website, or new functionality for your existing site, or to discuss other web related matters, please contact BSP’s web team:

• Tel.: 01865 (2) 80088
• E-mail: webcms@admin.ox.ac.uk

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