Web Strategy and Development Blog

Access the new Missouri State Web Design System

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The Missouri State Web Design System was officially launched August 22, 2022. 

This system provides guidance to those who collectively support Missouri State’s web presence. 

Within this system, you will find:

  • The Missouri State brand toolkit for the web.
  • How to structure your page with templates and grids.  
  • A guide to the elements and patterns available; in what form they are offered in Omni CMS; and how they may be best used. 
  • Guidance for incorporating images, videos, icons and charts within your page layout. 

To further serve you, training is available through the following: 

Training is still provided through the web support help desk via phone, Zoom or in person (by appointment.)

If you have any design questions, contact Valerie Cummings at 417-836-5670 or VCummings@MissouriState.edu.

 

Website editor open lab sessions for summer 2022 relocated downtown

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Website editor open lab sessions have been relocated to the office of web strategy and development in Meyer Alumni Center suite 601 for summer 2022.

The regularly scheduled time of Friday 2-4 p.m. remains in effect.

More information

Please contact the web support help desk at 417-836-5271, weekdays, or WebSupport@MissouriState.edu if you have any questions.

Omni CMS training available for migrated university websites

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Over 25% of university websites have now been migrated to the new Omni content management system.

Once your site has been successfully migrated, as content editor, you will be contacted and automatically enrolled in our Basic Omni CMS Training in Blackboard. This Blackboard training course has been split into 5 sections with a short quiz for each section.

After scoring 100% on all 5 section quizzes you need to submit a Training Completion Form, which will notify us for verification.

You will regain editor access to your site through Omni CMS once your training completion has been verified.

After training, drop by our Web Editor Open Lab, available every Friday (2-4 p.m.) in Cheek 100, to receive additional in-person support with Omni CMS. Our sandbox training area will also be available by request for those needing more hands-on training.

You may also find step-by-step guides to using Omni CMS within the TeamDynamix knowledge base.

In addition, you may visit Omni CMS Support online for training videos written specifically for content editors.

Questions?

Contact the Web Support Help Desk available 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday-Friday, excluding university holidays.

Martian attack repelled; content management system implementation proceeds

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Sometimes during a major system implementation, sample messages inadvertently make their way to a live website. Such was the case yesterday when an orphaned training session alert went live on ten websites. The following message was displayed.

Sample alert message indicating Martians were attacking

Attack successfully repelled

We are excited to report that the attack was successfully repelled with only minor scratches suffered by the web support team. Web Support Help Desk supervisor Brian Heaton stated “…it was a brief but ferocious attack; it’s a great day to be a Bear!”

Implementation of new CMS continues

Progress on implementation of the new CMS continues, with ten MSU Springfield websites already live and plans to go-live in December with 60+ West Plains websites. Websites published from the new CMS, Omni CMS, include Marketing and Communications, Class Schedule, Catalogs,  Guide to Services, Visitors Guide and Research.

The Web Strategy and Development team recently led the process to acquire a new content management system (CMS) for university websites. This means that all Web Press sites will have an entirely new and improved editor experience. The name of product is Omni CMS, offered by Modern Campus (formerly OmniUpdate). The Omni CMS platform was developed specifically for Higher Education and has many features that we will utilize.

Some of the many advantages this new system will bring, are:

  • Regular online training for editors and administrators.
  • Online knowledge base and other resources.
  • More seamless editing with a deep link feature allowing you to login directly from the live website page you want to edit.
  • WYSIWYG editor with drag and drop functionality.
  • A pre-publish accessibility checker within the system.
  • A cloud hosted platform.
  • A cost effective solution.

We are planning for website migrations to occur as quickly as possible, but will probably extend into summer 2022. When we are ready to migrate your site, we will reach out to editors and work together to complete site migration to the new Omni CMS platform. Prior to that, we will be connecting with various departments and units to help ensure websites are up-to-date. In the meantime, please remove old and outdated content as time permits, which will help streamline the process and result in a more pristine website after migration.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions at WebSupport@MissouriState.edu.

Web Press open lab sessions for summer 2021

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The Web Press open lab has been relocated to the office of web strategy and development in Meyer Alumni Center suite 601 through Friday, August 20, 2021.

The regularly scheduled time of 2-4 p.m. remains in effect.

More information

Please contact the web help desk at 417-836-5271, weekdays, or webpress@missouristate.edu if you have any questions.