Information Technology Services

Web Services

Maintaining Clark Web Sites

About Maintaining Official Sites

Choose a Web Content Manager

Each academic department and administrative office at Clark must select an individual who is responsible for maintaining the content on their official web site. Generally, the Web Content Manager or WebCM is a staff member within the department.

Existing Content/New Content

Web Content Managers are only responsible for editing existing content and keeping it up-to-date. The creation of new content should be discussed with University Communications and templates can be created for you prior to beginning any new content project.

Getting Permissions

New Web Content Managers must undergo a short introduction to the Clark template with Deirdre Ni Chonaill, the Web Manager in University Communications. Once you've met with Deirdre Ni Chonaill, she will request that you be given permissions to the appropriate Clark site. After that, training in FrontPage (SharePoint Designer [part of Office 2007] beginning in August 2008) can be requested from Matthew Essig in ITS.

Software

Most WebCMs use FrontPage/SharePoint Designer which comes installed on all Windows computers managed by ITS. Dreamweaver is also supported for those on Macintosh computers or those PC users who would like a different tool. Dreamweaver can be purchased at academic prices through ITS.

Keep in mind though that no software is actually required to edit the official sites. If you know HTML and would like to just use a secure-FTP program like Fetch or Filezilla, you are welcome to use any code editor or text editor to edit your site. See connection info below.

Getting Connected

The connection instructions differ a bit based on what software tool you are using. If using FrontPage, the new server requires a secure connection now, meaning that you have to use https:// before your web's URL. In Dreamweaver, you now must use sFTP or secure-FTP to connect to a University site. See the help documents below: