Content Strategy that Works - NewCity's David Poteet
Content Calendars
Images and Files in CMS
Photos to use in the content can be found at the following network locations:
- X:\CHHS Communications\Website\Images
*Note: when uploading photos to the CMS the minimum photo dimensions are 1000x750 pixels. Ideally, images should be 2400x1600 pixels and in some rare cases 4000x2667 pixels.
If you don't have photo editing software on your machine please use: https://ipiccy.com/
WP Media Library
Image requriements
- should be 2400x1600 pixels
- .jpg format
- no more than 1 MB in size
- use alt text with images unless they are strictly decorative, then leave the alt text blank
File requirements
- all files need to pass accessibility checks (in Word, Adobe, etc.) before uploaded to WP
- file naming convention
- all lower case letters
- no spaces
- use dash instead of underscore to separate words
News feed slab
Information from Gretchen Gerding on tags and categories:
Tags - Attached is a list of tags that we use on CHHS SOURCE. They control in some cases where a news story feeds on our website. If you click on a tag that appears at the bottom of a story, you can read all stories with that tag that are on SOURCE. Images - use 4x3 aspect ratio with a minimum of 1024x768 pixels for "Featured" SOURCE stories. Please avoid portrait orientation.
Random CMS notes:
- To add navigation to the flex landing page just toggle on the display intro section under "Intro with sidebar nav."
- Header options: color scheme/style (centered text over bg image) should only be used for home pages.
- Don't rely on caption field attached to image in media library. Add caption text in the field within the page instead.
Content migration schedule - start with unit sites on October 1
Start migration on or before | Unit | People Involved | Content Work Plan/ Sitemap | Kick-off meeting | Launched | Notes |
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| Social Work | GG, GP, JG, TH | SSW sitemap | 12/17/18 | ||
| Food Science and Human Nutrition | GG, GP, JG, ZH | FSHN sitemap | 12/17/18 | ||
| Education | GG, GP, JG, MP | SOE sitemap | 12/17/18 | ||
| Health and Exercise Science | GG, GP, JG, KS | HES sitemap | 12/17/18 | ||
| Occupational Therapy | GG, GP, LM | OT sitemap |
| 12/17/18 | Jen at conference Oct 30 - Nov 2 |
| Construction Management | GG, GP, JG, KH, DC | CM sitemap |
| 12/17/18 | |
| Human Development and Family Studies | GG, GP, JG, MF | HDFS sitemap |
| 12/17/18 | |
Nov 19-23 | - | - | Fall break - CSU closed | |||
| Design and Merchandising | GG, GP, JG, KA |
| 12/17/18 | ||
Dec 3-14 | Content freeze and pre-launch assessment | |||||
Dec 17-21 | Site launch and post-launch assessment | |||||
| Center for Community Partnership | GP, JG, CT, JG | CCP sitemap |
| 2/15/19 | |
| Center for Educator Preparation | MP and GP | SOE sitemap |
| 5/13/19 | Melissa will migrate the CEP content - we'll create site and set up landing page for her. GP is helping migrate this site. As of 4/15 GP migrated - awaiting approval from SOE |
| Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center | GP, ZH, MB, SC | KRNC sitemap |
| 2/15/19 | Jen created sitemap / MacKenzie placed notes / ready for migration |
| Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising | JG, DB, GP | Avenir sitemap |
| 3/18/19 | GP created sitemap. DB and JG filled in sitemap - straight migration. |
| Early Childhood Center | MF | ECC sitemap |
| 6/25/19 | Jen created sitemap and built shell for site in WordPress.Maria will migrate ECC content and contact us if she needs assistance with anything. Jen is migrating enrollment app to a stand alone application (4/9) |
| AK, JG, GP | ATRC sitemap |
| 3/8/19 | GP created sitemap, AK will review and fill in - should have completed between 2/1-2/4. Target "go-live" could be end of Feb. | |
| Human-Animal Bond in Colorado | TH, GP, JG | HABIC sitemap | 4/25/19 | GP created sitemap and migrated content. TH said they will be ready to launch May 1. | |
| Center for Family and Couple Therapy | MF, GP | CFCT sitemap |
| 5/17/19 | Jen created sitemap and built shell for site in WordPress.Maria will migrate CFCT content and contact us if she needs assistance with anything. As of 5/7 GP is helping MF complete this site. As of 5/16 SS performing final pre-launch review |
| Scenario Planning Institute | MP and GP | 4/16/19 | Melissa will meet with Thomas Chermack to figure out what content he wants to migrate to his new site. We'll get the shell built once they've had a chance to discuss and then she'll migrate the content. As of 4/11 site is migrated by GP - awaiting photos and review by MP and TC. Site live! | ||
| Legacies Project | GG | Legacies sitemap | 3/15/19 | GP created sitemap, GG will migrate | |
| Child Trauma and Resilience Assessment Center | MF | CTRAC sitemap |
| 5/16/19 | Jen created sitemap and built shell for site in WordPress.Maria will migrate CTRAC content and contact us if she needs assistance with anything. |
| Campus Connections | MF and GP | CC sitemap |
| 4/5/19 | Jen created sitemap and built shell for site in WordPress.Maria will migrate CC content and contact us if she needs assistance with anything. GP migrated site. |
| Prevention Research Center | MF and GP | PRC sitemap |
| 4/8/19 | Jen created sitemap and built shell for site in WordPress.Maria will migrate PRC content and contact us if she needs assistance with anything. GP migrated site. |
Health Behaviors Laboratory | ZH | 3/7/19 | Zara migrated. GP assisted with some image tweaks. | |||
Race and Intersectional Studies for Educational Equity Center | MP and GP | 5/3/19 | As of 4/15 GP building pages. | |||
HES - Youth Sport Camps | SR | As of 5/10 BB wants to wait until camps start to launch but I asked SR if we could at least get the content migrated before GP's last day | ||||
HES - Health and Fitness Programs | SR | As of 5/10 SR working with LB and BB to figure out the content for this site | ||||
They decided to put testing information on the main HPCRL site | ||||||
| HES - Human Performance Clinical Research Laboratory and individual HES lab websites
| SR, GP | 7/10/19 | GP migrated HPCRL and all HES lab websites. | ||
HES - First Responder Evaluation Programs | SR | 5/24/19 | GP migrated content 4/24. | |||
HDFS Labs
| MF, GP | 6/25/19 | Still awaiting HDFS approval on many of these sites. As of 5/7 GP is building the Emotional Dev Lab site for Karen Barrett As of 5/14 the EFP, FAIR, FIW, and RELATE sites are very outdated and need major revisions - they will work on these after the semester is over. Emailed TZ on 6/25 would like to take sites offline until they have time to revamp content. TZ approved taking her four sites offline until she has a chance to revamp. | |||
DM - Human Factors Product Innovation Lab | GP | 3/21/19 | ||||
CM - Construction Management Association of America - CSU Student Chapter | GP | 3/21/19 | ||||
OT - Laura Swink Lab | GP | Waiting for Laura to respond with content and lab/project name before we create the site. Laura thinks they'll be ready in June or July. GP let her know to contact Linda or me. | ||||
SSW - PCRAWL (Parent-Child Relationships and Well-being Laboratory | JG, GP | Apr 3 | 4/23/19 | Samantha Brown's lab she is currently working on content. Jen will build the shell and ask GP to place content. | ||
FSHN - The Sporks | MM, ZH, JG | Apr 3 | Jen will build the shell for "The Sporks" website which is a special research project website for Laura Bellows and external collaborators. Morgan and Zara will build the site and ask for help if needed. | |||
Brainwaves | JG, LM | Patti says she'll have content update in June/July once their lab moves locations. I want to meet with her to see if we can take the existing site offline (since it's so out of date with a lot of broken links, etc.) can we just create a landing page in WP for their site with a brief description about what they do for now? Per a phone conversation on 5/24 we removed the old site. Patti will send content for the new site that we'll build on WP in the coming weeks. | ||||
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Web Content Managers, please review this 1-1/2 hour CMS training prior to our scheduled kick-off meeting.
We'll start each unit off with a 1-1/2 hour kick-off meeting where we'll discuss the following:
- Make sure you can access the CMS
- Give a brief review of what was covered in the recorded CMS training and some additional features that were not covered
- Answer any CMS questions
- Look at the unit's content work plan/sitemap (linked above) and assign who will be responsible for which sections
- Discuss any challenges and finalize the migration plan