{"id":388,"date":"2019-11-20T15:31:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/marketing\/?p=388"},"modified":"2019-11-20T15:31:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:31:27","slug":"coming-soon-a-new-version-of-the-web-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/2019\/11\/20\/coming-soon-a-new-version-of-the-web-cms\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming soon: a new version of the web CMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been a few years since we\u2019ve had an upgrade to our web content management system (CMS), but we\u2019re pleased to announce that we\u2019re going to be moving to a new version soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve still got some final testing to do before we confirm the date, but we\u2019re aiming for the week of 9 December, after term finishes (and just in time for Christmas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s changed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although there are quite big changes to how the CMS looks, the fundamentals of creating, editing and publishing content work in the same way as before, so there isn\u2019t a whole new system to learn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will be some great improvements though, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A much more modern interface<\/li><li> Lots of improvements when creating and editing content<\/li><li> An improved media library<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.41.21.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.41.21-1024x632.png?resize=1024%2C632&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.41.21.png?resize=1024%2C632&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.41.21.png?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.41.21.png?resize=768%2C474&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.41.21.png?resize=825%2C510&amp;ssl=1 825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.41.21.png?w=1334&amp;ssl=1 1334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Improvements include being able to see the content types used in a section at a glance, and reordering content items by dragging and dropping <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.44.31.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"908\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.44.31.png?resize=908%2C570&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.44.31.png?w=908&amp;ssl=1 908w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.44.31.png?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-19-at-10.44.31.png?resize=768%2C482&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>In the media library, more information is shown up-front now, making it easier to find what you\u2019re looking for<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll be putting together documentation that highlights where anything has changed. For example, you&#8217;ll find that some of the menus are in a slightly different place now, and there are a couple of minor terminology changes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens during the upgrade?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The upgrade is planned to take place in the week commencing 9 December. We\u2019ll announce the exact date closer to the time. We\u2019re anticipating it will take two days, during which the CMS will not be available for users to log into.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Live web pages will not be affected<\/strong> when we upgrade the system. Once the upgrade is complete, publishing will resume as normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Come to a briefing session to find out more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of the upgrade, we&#8217;re running briefing sessions where you can see the new system in action and talk to us in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the Marketing Support and Digital teams will be available to answer any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll be running two sessions (both will cover the same content, so you only need to come to one of them):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>10am on Wednesday 4 December<\/strong>: Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>10am on Thursday 5 December<\/strong>: Lakehouse, Ron Cooke Hub<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScWfZvzZcBsbIy_ehYk3jo3bz3BlrO2tCDHyxZfVTrMPgMAYg\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">Book your place<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a few years since we\u2019ve had an upgrade to our web content management system (CMS), but we\u2019re pleased to announce that we\u2019re going to be moving to a new version soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,40],"class_list":["post-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-cms","tag-upgrade"],"acf":[],"uoy_author":{"name":"Paul Kelly","bio":"Digital Platforms and Developments Manager","image":{"src":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=200&d=mm&r=g","width":200,"height":200,"alt":""}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/t4-v8-structure-main.png?fit=825%2C510&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}