Why haven't departments been able to maintain their own sites?
A frustration for many departments over the past two years (since the public site redesign) has been the inability to develop or maintain their own sites.
The reasons for this are many. (If you ever want the full story, please arrange a lunch meeting with me, and I'll be happy to explain.) But the short answer is that because of the state of our current software for managing the Web site and portal -- Luminis Content Management System v2 -- and the need to upgrade that software "soon", I and others involved with online communications felt it best to limit the number of people that could contribute content into LCMS.
After two years, this limitation is nearing the end. I am very happy to announce that Online Communications and Information Technology have started the "LCMS v3 Implementation Initiative." While planning has been happening in earnest since last fall, actual technical implementation of the new system has started with actual migration of content from the old system to the new system set to begin in just a few weeks.
What does this mean to you?
It means that in the near future, departments and programs will once again be able to develop and maintain their own content. It means that we will be expanding the number of people using the new content management system and providing the training and guidelines to be able to do so.
Big changes are coming, and over the next few months we will be posting more about the progress and how this project will impact you.
