If your office does not have an editor or if your website requires minimal updates during the semester (2-3 edits a month or less), we can help you with our Website Updates Form.
Our team strives to complete requests within 3- 5 business days, although the timing may vary based on the complexity of the task. While we're happy to assist, we suggest that all departments appoint an editor for minor updates. This not only respects the time and focus of our web team but also allows you to manage your content efficiently. Your collaboration will help us keep everything running smoothly.
If your website needs a refresh, a major update or if you think there is a need to create a new site, please fill out the request form below for a new website build. Provide as much information as you can, and someone from our team will be in touch to discuss timeline and the best approach to achieve your goals.
Website Management
All administrative offices and departments at Oswego are encouraged to have a website through oswego.edu and a department editor to manage it. Editors must attend an introductory training session before they are given access to the site.
Drupal, our content management system, does not require any prior web editing experience or specialized knowledge. It allows for ease and flexibility in building web pages, is user-friendly, and creates visually appealing sites. All oswego.edu sites have the Oswego branding, and many aesthetic features are built in, to maintain consistency throughout our web domain.
For editor access and training, please schedule a meeting using the button below. To submit a request for a website refresh, major update, or creation of new pages, please use our Website Updates Form above.
Session Types
Introductory Session
Training sessions will introduce you to the Drupal editing interface where you will learn to log in, create and edit pages in our CMS (content management system), upload photos/videos, link to documents and web pages, format page styles, and restructure your navigation and touch on layout templates. You'll be set up with an editing account before the session.
Introductory sessions will get you started with the basics of using the editing interface. An editor account will be established for you before the session. This session is suggested if you have no prior experience with Drupal or as a refresher session if it’s been a while since you’ve done any editing. You will learn how to:
- Log in
- Create and edit pages
- Upload photos, videos and files
- Link to documents and websites
- Format page styles
- Restructure your navigation
- Add various content components
- Incorporate basic digital accessibility principles
Component Session
Drupal offers flexible, responsive layouts for your content, as well as stylized components for featured content. This session is for editors who have already attended the introductory session and are looking to take their pages to the next level. We will go over:
- Content components and their uses
- Different page layout styles
- Using hero images
- Accessibility features
Improving Digital Accessibility
There are some basic steps you can take to help improve the overall accessibility of your digital content. While the other sessions briefly touch on accessibility features, this session will go into deeper detail about how to make your digital content more inclusive. We will discuss:
- How accessibility principles benefit a wide audience, regardless of abilities
- Using headings and lists
- Adding alt text
- Embedding links with descriptive text
- Choosing the best wording and language
- Captioning videos and providing transcripts
Content Development
Content is king. Often, it’s not the design that makes a great website but the content that’s displayed on it. Visitors come to your website for information, but what information should you be displaying, where, and how? What’s the best way to present it? Schedule an appointment to discuss the finer points of aligning your website to your business goals. You will be sent a brief questionnaire prior to our meeting. Questions will include:
- What are the goals of your site?
- Who is your target audience?
- What would you like them to accomplish on your site?
- Where do you expect them to go next?
Training Guide
Our training documentation provides step-by-step instructions, covering the basic steps of editing pages in the new CMS, including:
- adding a new page
- adding components to a page
- using the text editor
- uploading images
- linking files
- linking to another web page
- and more