Using the Web Template System

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Using the Web Template System

• Aaron Knoll
• knollaj_at_buffalostate.edu
• [phone]
• Web Application Developer
• College Relations

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Why use templates?

• Theyre quick.
• A standards compliant Web site is built for you.
• Templates allow you to concentrate on content,
  not development.
• Accurate program information is automatically
  delivered and updated to your Web site.

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What do the templates look like?

• Six designs for departments
• Four designs for offices

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Department Designs
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Gray Grid
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Orange Stripes
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Orbital Orange
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Stop and Go
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Colored Boxes
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O Squares
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Office Designs
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Angling Orange
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Classic White
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Swirly Purple
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Orange Lion
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Theres more to templates

• Google will automatically index your site as it
  is created. New results are added daily.
• Your sites address will be short and sweet
  buffalostate.edu/yourdepartment
• Visitors to your old site will be automatically
  forwarded to your new template site.

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Site Statistics (Urchin)

• Contact Aaron Knoll to have your sites
  statistics turned on.
• http//www.buffalostate.edu/statistics.xml
• Statistics are compiled daily
• Can keep several years
• of data
• Urchin training available
• monthly. Contact
• Aaron Knoll (x 6657)

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Site Photographs

• Each site comes pre-configured with several
  hundred photos of campus buildings, students, and
  campus activities
• Include your departments own photos by
  contacting
• Sue Zilliox,
• zilliosa_at_buffalostate.edu

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Updating your template

• Buffalo State College uses Ingenuix

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Running Ingenuix

• PC users
• Youll need a computer with Microsoft Internet
  Explorer 6.0
• Windows 98, 2000, or XP
• Internet access
• NT credentials (BSC Logon)
• Mac users
• Youll need a system with Safari 1.0 or higher
• Macintosh OSX 10.2 or higher
• a small downloadable client (that runs the
  editing interface)
• Internet access
• NT credentials (BSC Logon)

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Running Ingenuix

• Requires a small software download the first time
  you use it. This software cannot be downloaded in
  a public computer lab.
• Ingeniux should be used through Internet
  Explorer- it will not run using Firefox or
  Netscape as your browser.

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Template support

• General support College Relations
• Content and maintenance support for academic
  department templates College Relations
• Urchin and site statistics College Relations
• Hardware, O/S upgrades, browser software,
  Internet access, or NT accounts, please contact
  the Computing Support Center at 878-HELP

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Template Support

• All training content, as well as additional
  resources available on the College Relations Web
  site http//buffalostate.edu/collegerelations

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Accessing Ingenuix

• Open up a browser window in Internet Explorer,
  and go to the following path
• http//templates.buffalostate.edu/your_director
  y
• In dialog box, enter
• bsclogon\NTusername
• NT password