OmniUpdate:Best Practices

Best Practices - Sometimes you'll find a better way for something to get done. Whether they're mundane production techniques or more high-pass "Dos and Don'ts" here's where to share them.

Logging In
To login to sites designated for migration go to http://omniupdate.cc.binghamton.edu/ou/launch.html [1].


 * 1) Click on the link for OmniUpdate Login Page and use your PODS ID & PWD.
 * 2) After you've logged in, click on the link of the site in which you need to work.
 * 3) Click on the "Content" tab to view the file list. (NOTE: at the beginning of migration there will be no files listed.)
 * 4) To create a new page, click on the "+NEW" button to the upper right region of the file list window. You'll be presented with images of the templates and can also create a new folder.

Template Selection
Migrators will then be presented with thumbnail views of all templates in the CMS. NOTE: not all templates are applicable to your site section.


 * 1) Alumni & Parent Relations and Student Affairs should be using About, About (tertiary) and can also use News Story, Spiff Landing and Search with modifications to the text in the colored block in the upper left of the page.
 * 2) Not all syndicated features are programmed into the templates as of 7/28/08. They'll be moved in later.

Directory Structure
Think modular. A classic parent/child >> sibling directory (folder) structure is necessary.


 * 1) Each directory will require an index.html file and a nav.html file.
 * 2) Directories or folders should have plain english, human-readable names. Example: academic-departments, not acaddept. The bread crumb navigation is based on the directory structure, therefore, names must be readable.
 * 3) Folder names cannot contain spaces or punctuation, except underscores or hyphens.