1. Welcome
Introductions

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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)

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. Thank You Bill Wilson Mark Albert Will Ezell wilson@gettysburg.edu
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Mark Albert
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Will Ezell
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