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Content Management System (CMS)

• Guidelines for Use of the Cascade Server Content Management System
• CMS Pros and Cons — What a CMS can and can't do
• CMS Project Proposal Form (PDF) — Revised 3/15/07
• CMS Go Live Checklist (Word)
• CMS SharePoint Site — Documentation, training guides and other materials.

Preparing your content for the CMS

• Content inventory overview and instructions — what it is and why you need it
• Content inventory template (Excel)
• Sample content inventories:
  • Undergraduate Admissions (Excel)
  • Chancellor (Excel)

XML/XSL Resources

Because Cascade Server is an XML-based content management system, you will need to know XML and XSL to automate menus, breadcrumbs and create data entry forms for content contributors within the system. While you won't actually be creating XML, you'll need to know the basics so that you can transform it using XSL:

WEB-BASED

• XML in 10 Points
• XML Tutorials from W3 Schools
• XSL Tutorials from W3 Schools
• XSLT Elements
• XSLT Functions

BOOKS

• Sams Teach Yourself XSLT in 21 Days (Paperback)
  by Michiel van Otegem
  
  
• Learning XSLT (Paperback)
  by Michael Fitzgerald

XML EDITORS

• Cooktop XML editor (Windows)
• Oxygen XML editor and XSLT debugger (Windows/Mac OSX/Linux)

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