Welcome Introductions
About CNAV About dotCMS CNAV and dotCMS Brief History Current State Reasons why the CMS was created. Technologies used in the CMS. CMS as a Platform
The Gettysburg/Dotmarketing Project The Partnership Benefits of open source CMS. Long term relationship. History of the Project Started April ’05. CMS decision June ’05 Launched June 5, ‘05
The Benefits of Integration Leverages existing investment in portal. Leverages the institutional intelligence aka: data in CNAV. CNAV acts as middleware – allows asynchronous upgrade path for the different components. Minimizes “change”, as in “painful change”. Leverages in-house skill sets / assets like SQL skills, DB Licenses.
CNAV provides a DMZ for Gettysburg’s institutional data. CNAV: The Data Sandbox Backs into Oracle 10g CNAV provides a DMZ for Gettysburg’s institutional data. CNAV aggregates and delivers data from Gettysburg’s enterprise systems. CNAV enforces/maintains FERPA compliance.
Current State of Integration Unified Login Permission Groups Department News Department Staff Course information from ERP (PeopleSoft) Athletic Rosters Student demographic information (FERPA) R25 integrated events calendar Integrated Podcasting Engine (Podium)
CMS/Portal CRM Development Personalization and Customization Relationships start with the first web visit Begin to build cradle to grave CRM features into CNAV through CMS. Prospective Student Interview and Events Scheduler eCommunications Tools for Admissions and Alumni
Integrated Digital Asset Management (e.g., Fedora Project) Moving Forward Integrated Digital Asset Management (e.g., Fedora Project) Integrated Prospective Student mini-portal Provide site visitor more seamless experience between public site and portal.
Lessons Learned Identify Integration Points/Data Early Stop redundant data entry. Identify clusterable content. Assign Systems of Record Loosely couple Web services, views, holding tables Be flexible Be prepared to compromise and change in development Working Together Web Collaboration tools Multi-day Bull Sessions
Thank You Bill Wilson Mark Albert Will Ezell wilson@gettysburg.edu tel:717-337-6933 Mark Albert malbert@gettysburg.edu tel: 717-337-6944 Will Ezell will@dotmarketing.com tel: 305.858.1422