Super-Admin Site Creation SOP

Owned by Karin Wrzesisnki
Last updated: Sept 25, 2024 by Rachel Klingler
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Standard operating procedure for creating new sites and users

Creating new sites

  • Site address: For SEO URLs should be words not abbreviation, unless it's a non System specific abbreviation, like PK16
  • Supersites: Need to be short words or universal abbreviations. Supersite require the commitment of existence for 6 or more years.
  • Site Title: Title should not have "Office" or "UWs", that is inapplicable or redundant
  • Admin email: Should be Webteam@uwsa.edu
  • After creating the site, you must assign it a profile.
    • From the dashboard of the new site, go to Tools > Site Defaults.

    • Choose the desired profile (legacy for the old theme), pull active plugins from source site, then pull options from source site.

Networks

We have multiple networks

  • Main Network
  • HR Network
  • UWSA Network
  • Sandbox Network: Only for training

Adding Users

Roles

There are three roles plus super admin:

  • Editor: This is the default role for office users.
  • Author: Authors can't use Zuse Create.
  • Stakeholder: This role allows viewing unpublished sites.

Usernames

Users log in with SSO and are automatically assigned a username based on their EPPN.

Wisconsin.edu users will probably be rachel.klingler@wisconsin.edu → rachel.klingler.uwss.wisconsin.edu

If you are having trouble figuring out a users username, have them log in and hover of the 'Howdy' menu in the top right to display the username they were assigned.

Environments

Using non-prd environments allows you to test changes without putting production at risk.