Hi Gareth (and all)
I was recently at Aberystwyth University and attended a meeting of Welsh
Web managers.
In the summary of what people were up to I noticed that quite a number
had an interest in T4. I pointed out that the Scottish Web Folk group have
similar shared interests.
A couple of things occurred to me:
O Whether there's scope for a T4 user group session at IWMW 2010 (location
details and dates to be announced shortly, BTW).
O Whether an event such as that could be used to agree shared priorities,
which you could present to T4 staff (they are likely to be at IWMW 2010
again, I would think).
In addition I also proposed that training materials, such as for sue of T4,
should be made available with a CC licence as standard - see my post at:
http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/opening-up-institutional-training
-resources/
Thoughts?
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Kelly
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Information Sharing List for Scottish Web Folk
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gareth J M
> Saunders
> Sent: 30 October 2009 10:20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Wanted: the collective genius of SWF T4 users for T44U
> presentation in Dublin
>
> Dear folks,
>
> this is an email for those of you who use TERMINALFOUR (T4) Site
> Manager.
>
>
> === BACKGROUND ===
>
> Laura Murphy and David Miller from T4 have asked me to give a short (20
> minutes) presentation at next month's T44U event in Dublin on the
> following
> topic, and I quote:
>
> "to share hints and tips for the on-going
> rollout [of new sites using Site Manager]
> and the challenges faced ... or anything else
> you think people will find interesting that
> is vaguely CMS related"
>
> I tried to tell them that we're unbelievably busy trying to roll out a
> new
> students' portal (https://isaint.st-andrews.ac.uk) but they wouldn't
> take no
> for an answer and promised me "a few drinks", which really is no way to
> try
> to motivate someone who is pretty much tee-total (apart from the odd
> chalice
> of communion wine)!
>
> So I thought, rather than presenting from our own limited point-of-view
> here
> in St Andrews, how about opening it up and sharing the top tips from
> Team
> Scotland's T4 experience.
>
> So, if you'd be so good as to jot down a few thoughts I'd really
> appreciate
> it. I'll then compile it into a beautifully crafted presentation and
> wow
> our Celtic cousins in Dublin next week with our collective genius!
>
>
> === TOP TIPS WANTED ===
>
> What are your top tips for rolling out a new site (or updating a new
> site)
> in Site Manager?
>
> * What gotchas should folks look out for?
> * What things do you think: I always have to remember to do/check this
> or
> that?
> * Any tips to make things easier for end-users, for power users and
> admins?
> * What naming conventions do you use (that would be particularly useful
> to
> share) for both content and files?
> * Any software tools that you find particularly useful?
> * Any hacks that you find speeds things up when using Site Manager to
> setup
> a new site / update an existing site? (e.g. text replace on files in
> /usr/local/terminalfour/contentstore/styles)
> * Any tips on converting the HTML code into a Site Manager style?
> * Any tips on configuration of servers (staging/test/dev/live)?
> * Any tips on publishing?
>
>
> === DEADLINE ===
>
> Obviously if you could send these the sooner the better. We're jetting
> off
> to Dublin on Wednesday 11 November (my birthday!) so ideally I'd like
> to get
> it written before then. If I don't get much then I'll just have to pad
> it
> out with photos of Reuben and Joshua and snippets of my favourite
> periods of
> post-reformation Scottish church history!
>
> Thanks folks,
>
> Gareth
>
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> The Revd Gareth J M Saunders
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>
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