University Marketing and Communications

Maintaining Clark Web 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 should be 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 Marketing and Communications. Templates can be created for you prior to beginning any new content project.

Getting Permissions

  1. New Web Content Managers must undergo a short introduction to the Clark's Web policies and template with Deirdre Ni Chonaill, the Web Manager in Marketing and Communications.
  2. Once you've met with Deirdre, she will determine whether you need further software training. This can be requested from the helpdesk@clarku.edu.
  3. Once this has been completed, please let Deirdre know and you be given permissions to edit the appropriate part of the Clark website.

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

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, 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. Please refer to the documents below or contact ITS Help Desk for more information.