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Before you get access to Zuse

Before you get access to Zuse you will need to know the basics necessary to maintain an author role on a community site. You must attend a receive web editor training to get access to Zuse. Please email the web team Submit a Web Request to schedule a training: webteam@uwss.wisconsin.edu.

Basic resources for getting started with Zuse

How Zuse works

Zuse stores all the content you publish into a database. When one a site visitor to the site navigates to a page, the server delivers the content from the database associated with the page. 

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Different kinds of content in Zuse are created individually and then come together on a page. The basic principle is that each unit of content should be given individual attention. Content is information that has a URL on the page - it is what visitors are coming to the site to look at. Collections are used when building content - they add functionality to content, for example, a menu or a form. Collection items must be build built before they are added to the page.

The different types of content include:

• Content: pages, posts, news stories, events

• Collections: menus, media, documents, forms

  , carousel images

  , reusable content

  , templates

How publishing new content works

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Authors and Editors work together to build content for the website. Authors can save drafts of pages, but only editors can publish pages. Editors have access to build some types of content , like templates, that authors don't have access tocannot. Learn more about templates in Creating a Dynamic Site with Templates, Zuse Create and Reusable Content.

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Putting some thought into your site before you get started will save you time in the long run. As you begin to think about how you want to build your site, consider the following:

• Audience: Who you are writing for will make a difference

  about

  in how you frame your content.

• Content: What information do you need to include on your website?

As you begin to define the above two parameters, you can continue to plan your site. Think about the following things you need to plan for:

• Pages: How will your content be organized into pages? When planning this, think about your audience and what visitors to your site will be looking for. It may be useful to create a list of pages (content outline) you will include on your site.

• Navigation: What is your menu structure going to look like? How are visitors to your site going to find the information they need?

  • How do you want to organize your site-wide navigation bar?

  • What links would you like to appear in the footer?

  • Are there parent-child page relationships that would make sense to create?

• Layout: Try to define the layout of your pages now in order to have a consistent look throughout your site. Consider if using templates would make doing this easier. A little thought about the layout, before you begin working, can make all the difference.

Take a look at some of the resources on this site to learn about expectations for your site, and to get guidance about best practices.

• Creating an Accessible, Usable Web Site

• /wiki/spaces/WT/pages/3211347

• Web Governance

  Polices

  Policies

• Responsible Linking

Get started building your site:

• Setup

  Set up contact information

• Set up the title and tagline

• Define templates you want to use based on the layout decisions

• Create a page

Tips for refining your site to make it better

• Know your audience: you can't

  write

  create a useful site unless you know who it should be useful for.

• Update your site

  often

  frequently. Out-

  out

  of-date content reflects badly on

  the whole site

  UW System.

  • Keep

    a

    an editorial calendar for when pages

    are

    will become out of date

    to remind

    .

  • Set reminders for yourself to update

    them

    the pages.

  • Develop a plan for what happens after your content is

    out dated

    outdated. For example, what goes up next

    ,

    or how should it change?

• Break up text-heavy pages with photos, pull quotes,

  call outs

  callouts, and supplementary menus.

Building a page

Choosing a method for building your page

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For example, you may want to use Zuse Create for your home page because it has a unique layout not shared with any other pages. You could use the Classic Editor for a page describing policies because the content is the focus of the page and you don’t need multiple columns, and so an author can create the page. You could use a template for a set of Staff Bio pages so they can easily all share the same layout, perhaps with a menu on the left side, and the content can be created by an author.

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Many things in Zuse require you to first upload or build a piece of content for the page, and then insert it into the page. For example, before you insert a form onto your page, you must first build the page. Below are some links to tutorials for help uploading and building content.

Adding content to your pages

Build simple pages with the Classic Editor. See Using the Classic Editor for a basic explanation of the buttons available in the Classic Editor. See Three Ways to Create Content for a complete list of tutorials applicable to both Zuse Create and the Classic Editor. Listed below are some of the most useful things you can include in your Classic Editor pages.

• Add images display images on your page to add visual interest.

• Add forms to allow your viewers to communicate with site stakeholders, create event registrations, contact forms, surveys and more.

• Add document lists to display a list of documents based on a category or add a link to a single document.

• Add accordion and tab menus to display a lot of information on a single page by using dynamic tabs or accordions.

Build more complex pages with Zuse Create including all of the things above plus:

• A Callout or Notice visually highlights a section of content on your page.

• An Event List shows upcoming events in a list that feeds from your calendar.

• Recent Posts or RSS Feed show a list of recent posts, either from a Zuse blog or external RSS feed.

• Sub-page or Supplemental Menu to help visitors to your site navigate around your site or displays a list of related links. Menus Disambiguation explains the different types of menus on your site.

• Pull quotes highlight quotes visually on your page.

• An Image Carousel is a slideshow of images to highlight content on your site.

Setting up your page options

Before you finish you page, make sure that you have configured your page to your liking. Here are some of your options:

• Hide breadcrumbs on pages to remove the page’s path from below the main red menu.

• Edit Page Attributes to set the template and parent/ child relationships for a page

• Use the Post Expirator to automatically expire pages on a certain date/ time.

• If the page should not be published immediately, use the Publish Box to schedule a publish date or set page statuses to communicate to other site administrators about the situation.

• If you have made an error, you can restore a previously saved version of the page.

Using Templates and Reusable Content

Reusable content and templates are a tool to save you time and effort in building and maintaining your site. They allow you to create and maintain a page layout (template) or a piece of content (reusable content) once and then use it multiple times. 

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Reusable content are pieces of Zuse Create content that you want to display multiple times on your site. This could be a disclaimer , or a “need help” message. They can also be combinations of modules, like a recent post list and an upcoming event list. You can add your piece of reusable content to many multiple pages. If you need to change it in the future, you only need to edit it once on in one place (your block of reusable content) and the update will filter down to all of the pages where it has been included.

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Using reusable content, templates, and content placeholders allow authors to create more complicated pages than they could by using just the Classic Editor. Editors can set up templates and reusable content blocks for authors to use so they can build more complex pages without having to use Zuse Create.

Resources for Templates and Reusable Content

Using the Editor-Author Workflow

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Here are some features that can help streamline the editor-author collaboration.

• Editorial comments and notifications allow people who are collaborating on a page to leave comments for each other that won’t be posted on the site.

• Each page has a page status. Draft and In Review statuses both mean that the content is not yet viewable on the internet. Work with your team to come up with an agreement about how you will use each status.

Stakeholders

If you have someone who will not be making updates to pages but needs to be able to view pages before they are published, they can become a stakeholder. Becoming a stakeholder doesn't require any training, but stakeholders can login to view unpublished content.

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You have already found the sites the that hosts the documentation for Zuse. Our guides have high-level information about getting started with Zuse, explain concepts, and suggest recommend strategies. Our tutorials provide step-by-step instructions for completing common tasks. Our technical references are for people who like the details.

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