Hi Iain,
Are you suggesting that you can create new content for your
new server only via the new custom editor suite?
Won't that alienate all the existing editors who are
happily using other Web editing software? Will the
new custom editor suite offer the same functionality as,
say, Dreamweaver (eg, in terms of global file management)?
We have a large amount of devolved sites/authors here, and
I can just imagine people's reaction if we told them they
had to use a custom built editor...!
Secondly, I'm probably being stupid, but if you substitute
one server for another with different content, which you
then rename 'www.rgu.ac.uk', won't most of the current
external links to content on you old server cease to
function? Isn't that a bit risky?
Or am I missing something?
Moreover, won't all absolute HREFs that people have put
into content on your old server cease to function too?
Confusedly,
Mike
> > >Dear list members,
> > >
> > >I would very much like to have the feedback of some fellow
> > >professionals on this. My information management oriented view
> > >raises issues which don't appear to be having the required impact
> > >on decision makers, hence this request for your input:
> > >
> > >My institution is redeveloping its web presence and is due to
> > >launch its new site in August/September. It is planned that a new
> > >ColdFusion server will become the primary server (www.rgu.ac.uk)
> > >and the existing site, hosted on an IIS server, will be renamed (e.g.
> > >ww2.rgu.ac.uk) and kept only as a legacy. The existing site has been
> > >maintained in a devolved fashion over the last 5 or 6 years, containing
> > >most of the university departments' sites which are administered by
> > >various people using various means e.g. raw HTML, FrontPage etc. The new
> > >site will be a ColdFusion driven front-end, and future developments on it
> > >will be made using a custom written editor suite which enables pages to
> > >be constructed/maintained from users' desktops. User FTP access will not
> > >be available to the new server.
> > >
> > >I would like to know what you think about this approach. Obviously
> > >there are implications in any redevelopment - I would like to know
> > >specifically what some of these might be in this instance
> > >
> > >Your help much appreciated,
> > >
> > >Iain
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Iain A. Middleton
> > >Web Editor and Developer
> > >Public Affairs Dept
> > >The Robert Gordon University
> > >Aberdeen AB10 1FR
> > >tel: +44 (0)1224 262217
> > >fax: +44 (0)1224 262224
> > >When replying, please use: [log in to unmask]
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Web Team Manager
Directorate of Information Systems and Services
University of Aberdeen
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http://www.abdn.ac.uk/web/
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