How to Become a New Site Editor
A site editor is someone who is responsible for creating, editing and maintaining the CMS site. Any employee at the University of Wyoming (full or part-time) is eligible to become a CMS site editor once they have completed a comprehensive training course. This training ensures editors understand how to build accessible, on-brand and up-to-date web pages. It is mandatory for the site editors to complete the training in order to gain access to Modern Campus CMS. This training takes approximately 3-4 hours to complete.
Please Note: Students may only become site editors if there is an existing, full-time employee currently managing the website.
Site Owners are responsible for approving new site editor access to a UW website once the site editor is fully trained.
Once you complete your training, you will be prompted to request access to the CMS using your UW credentials. After you have gained access to Modern Campus CMS platform, you are now ready to build your webpage. There are several tools available to site editors to help create an effective and beautiful website.
Resources for Building Your site
Once you become a site editor, you will receive dedicated support from the Institutional Marketing web team, who serves 400+ site editors across campus. CMS editing is a self-serving platform, meaning we have set up dozens of tutorials to allow you to independently troubleshoot your site when questions come up. And if you get stuck, we're here to help!
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Current Site Editor Resources
Site editors are an essential part of maintaining the UW website. The most successful site editors are those who maximize the available resources we have created for you including an extensive tutorial library. As always, if you need immediate assistance, please visit our support page.
We have created several tutorial instructions and videos to help site editors learn and reference while building their websites. If you're in a rush, try our search tool here!
Broken website links are a major problem within our pages which cause a broken experience for our site visitors, including students who rely on the UW website to find information. Help us manage these broken links by periodically viewing your broken link reports and correcting any broken links that exist on your site.
A few minutes a month can really help maintain a strong website for our campus community!
If you have already completed CMS training, you can request access to a site at anytime which will be approved by the site owner.
Thinking about reorganizing your site, or simply rebuilding your pages? A great way to begin is by attending a CMS virtual open lab. These one-on-one appointments give you a chance to a speak with one of our experiences web team members who can give you pointers on preparing your site for an overhaul or just simply helping you organize content on a page that makes sense to your site visitors.
While not a common function of site editors, some site editors may require the need to build a brand new site inside our CMS. This process requires approval from CMS administrators who will thoroughly assess if a standalone website is needed a or a section can simply be built under an existing CMS site.
If your department is short on time, we have a group of trained CMS vendors who are ready to assist! These professionals have already been onboarded and educated on UW's CMS and can be hired directly by your department to build our select pages or entire sites.
Ready to really improve your website? We have an expert SEO team member who has put together ways you can improve your search engine performance and help your site be found by more site visitors.
Website editing requires knowledge of accessible website content. UW is subject to federal laws surrounding digital accessibility and therefore must adhere to WGAC 2.1 accessibility standards on any web page within the UW domain. Learn how you can educate yourself on website accessibility to ensure we are providing an equitable experience for all website users.
If you or someone in your department is unable to make edits to your website due to maternity/paternity leave, extended time out or your department is currently without a site editor, we can help! UW's FAST team provides low-cost website editing assistance for department who need temporary website support.
Resources for Non-CMS Websites
CMS Exemption Form
Sites not hosted inside the CMS—called Central Sites—are managed individually and supported by UWIT. These are ideal for data-heavy or highly-customized sites that cannot be accommodated inside our system.
Please Note: CMS exemptions are rare and not guaranteed.
CMS Exemption FormNon-CMS Site Resources
Explore support services for non-CMS or central websites including external headers and footers, along with branding guidelines that must be followed by all UW entities.
Website Accessibility
Even if your site is not hosted inside the CMS, you must follow WGAC 2.1 website accessibility standards per federal law if you are representing the University of Wyoming in any capacity.
UWIT Services
UW's Information Technology team is required to be involved with any site hosted outside the CMS for security purposes. If you need assistance with setting up a UW domain, you must contact UWIT.
