Web Project Update: March 23, 2023

March 23, 2023
To: The John Jay College Community
Re: New Website: Phase 2 Updates & Content Management Training

Here are some updates and new info on the website project:

1. Phase 1 of the new website launched on March 4, as scheduled. Phase 1 included the Homepage, About Us, Admissions, Advancement and News & Events.

2. We’re launching the new site in phases to make the project more manageable [our site has 8,000+ pages]. Phase 2 [Academic & Student Affairs] is scheduled to go live at the end of May and Phase 3 [everything else] at the end of July.

3. The project continues to track to goal. All five project indicators [overall status, risk, budget, schedule and scope] are green. [See the dashboard for details.] 

4. We started Phase 2 [Academic & Student Affairs] content migration and front end development.

Once Phase 2 content has been migrated to the new site and tested, we’ll let content owners know it’s ready to edit. We’ll also work with project liaisons to establish timelines. [Work on Phase 3 is scheduled to begin in late May/early June.] 

5. We scheduled orientation sessions for Phase 2 content owners and created training videos and a user guide.

Find content management orientation sessions for Phase 2 content editors/publishers here [no need to register] and training videos and a user guide here. 

6. To prepare for Phase 2 & 3 content review/creation, content owners can review  current content and assess what to update, adapt or delete, and what new content to create. They can also review Phase 1 pages for ideas on how to organize and layout their content. Please contact me if you'd like some help with content review/creation.

Content owners can also check out resources on the project page, including content development guidelines  and sample templates. 

Anh Phan, Mandy Meng and I are always available to assist. 

We’ll continue to share project updates periodically via email and regularly via the project page. Please email me with your questions.