Student workers - They build a site, then disappear, leaving the site to rot, even leaving with the passwords &quot;Servers&quot; under desks No common look and feel <blink> - Why, Netscape, why? Lack of accessibility IE only
Name change as a catalyst Our early cms use didn't fix the common look and feel. In fact, it got worse Designer's playground Hand rolled &quot;Mattscape&quot; CMS WebGUI This was the standard of ease of use for years Vignette Blackboard - Early introduction to CMS like concepts
Standard navigation of university web sites into four major types: colleges, divisions, academic departments, and administrative departments. Standardizing the navigation had two major benefits: sped up the adoption of the cms, since Site planning was already done for users. Allowed us to create the standardized templates In the cms