Centralised Websites with Decentralised Authors Universiteit Leiden ICS Web Communication / Infra Adriaan M. Bloem, Project Manager

Universiteit Leiden Founded in 1575 Currently 17.251 Students Staff of 3.935 People Number 58 Position in “The World's Top 100 Science Universities ”, The Times Higher Education Supplement

Founded in 1575

Currently 17.251 Students

Staff of 3.935 People

Number 58 Position in “The World's Top 100 Science Universities ”, The Times Higher Education Supplement

ICS Web Communication Department Web Communication of Expertise Centre ICS PAUW Programme: Target Audiences & Content Navigation & Design Organisation Infrastructure

Department Web Communication

of Expertise Centre ICS

PAUW Programme:

Target Audiences & Content

Navigation & Design

Organisation

Infrastructure

Scope All Web Content in the “leidenuniv.nl” and “leiden.edu” domains, with the Exception of Content other than “Traditional” Web Content; DAM, LCMS E.g., Blackboard, D-space, Hive, ActiveMedia, blogs, wiki’s… Information Systems with Web Interfaces E.g., U-Twist, ZRS, ISIS, SAP, …

All Web Content in the “leidenuniv.nl” and “leiden.edu” domains, with the Exception of

Content other than “Traditional” Web Content; DAM, LCMS E.g., Blackboard, D-space, Hive, ActiveMedia, blogs, wiki’s…

Information Systems with Web Interfaces E.g., U-Twist, ZRS, ISIS, SAP, …

Getting the General Idea

Getting the General Idea

Visitor Navigation

Visitor Behaviour – If we believe this: Mixed Link Dominant Search Dominant Source: Jakob Nielsen,"Designing Web Usability"

Mixed

Link Dominant

Search Dominant

Source:

Jakob Nielsen,"Designing

Web Usability"

University Homepage?

Search Results 1.630.000 pages 361.000 pages 380.000 pages According to…

1.630.000 pages

361.000 pages

380.000 pages

Define Target Audiences

“ Ask not what you can do for your website … John F. Kennedy Ask what your visitor wants from you !”

“ Ask not what

you can do

for your website …

Organise Sites in Themes

Utopia of Content Management

Utopia of Content Management

Producing Content Institute for Law of Sanskrit- Speaking Parrots

Looking for Content Students

Paradox Faculty of Law Sanskrit Parrots University

Re-use of Content Faculty of Law Sanskrit Parrots University

Fixing the Plumbing

Fixing the Plumbing

Current CMS: Statistics 496 Separate Websites 33.424 Unique Pages 4.448 User Accounts

496 Separate Websites

33.424 Unique Pages

4.448 User Accounts

Structure: Present and Future 496 Separate Instances of the CMS Structure: Present Publications Within 1 Instance of the CMS

Content Flow Structure: Present

Structured Decentralised Sites News Info Events

Categorise Structured Items ? Title Paragraph Text Paragraph Title Abstract Paragraph Text Paragraph Title

Inheritance GLOBAL CONTENT LANGUAGE A LANGUAGE B OU SITE OU SITE OU SITE THEME A HOMEPAGE LANGUAGE A THEME B THEME C ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♠ ♥ ♠ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ ♠ ♥

Group Items in Themes Research Inherited Content

Overview of Resulting Process Organisational Unit Website Decentralised Organisational Chapters OU Theme Chapters Targeted Websites University Homepage

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