Replacement CMS - Getting it right and getting the buy-in
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The University of Sheffield has been using their Polopoly CMS since 2003 but it is no longer supported and regular users find it slow and difficult to use. They are considering replacing it with a new CMS. The document discusses communicating the need for change, developing a new CMS, and creating a migration process to move content over from the old system to the new one department by department.
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Replacement CMS - Getting it right and getting the buy-in
- 1. Replacement CMS“Getting it right and getting the buy-in”Richard BriertonThe University of SheffieldJuly 14th 2010
- 2. E-mail: r.brierton@sheffield.ac.ukTwitter: youlooklovely *If you want to talk about me behind my back #iwmw10 #p8*I never say anything interesting13/07/2010© The University of Sheffield2
- 3. Where we are coming from...Polopoly CMS since 2003600 editors; 100,000 pages; 14,000 new pages per yearNo longer running a supported productRegular users are fine with itCasual users are less-fine with it13/07/2010© The University of Sheffield3
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- 5. “I use CMS almost daily and it is incredibly slow and awkward to use.”
- 6. “CMS is a catastrophe:the interface is clunky,slow, unattractive”
- 7. “CMS. Please. It's shit. It's unbelievablybreathtakingly shit.”
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- 9. Opportunity for change13/07/2010© The University of Sheffield9
- 10. “Just because you've always done it that way doesn't mean it's not incredibly stupid.”Despair.com – “Tradition”http://despair.com/tradition.html
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- 12. Communication13/07/2010© The University of Sheffield12
- 13. “To be able to walk hundreds of miles a man must believe that something good awaits him at the end. He needs the prospect of a promised land.”War and Peace – Leo TolstoyPage: 1217
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- 15. If CMS is the answer, what is the question?
- 16. Disobedient.
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- 18. 7 CommandmentsKeep the 90% in mind all the timeOne voice - we are not a coalition Training is cheapContent is expensive13/07/2010© The University of Sheffield18
- 19. ...Editors will often best-guess when unsureAvoid unnecessary flexibilityMost editors don’t care13/07/2010© The University of Sheffield19
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- 21. The practical bitDevelop new CMSDevelop migration processMix of generated HTML, parsing content XML from old system, CouchDB, Polopoly import toolsRoll-out departments one-by-one13/07/2010© The University of Sheffield21
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- 23. E-mail: r.brierton@sheffield.ac.ukTwitter: youlooklovely#iwmw10 #p813/07/2010© The University of Sheffield23