Current

Content, Structure & presentation merged into one

Web 1.0 design

Changing one page requires every page on site to be updated

Changes can only be done by experienced users

Site looking tired and dated – due to difficultly in updating

 

New

New site based on Drupal 5.7 – Content Management System (CMS)

Web 2.0 design – Social Networking site

Content separate from Structure separate from presentation

Easy to change layout & design - themes

Allows any permitted user to add content

Who you are logged on as controls what you can see

Site should stay current and fresh, acting as a great advertisement for the club

New features are available:-

·             Blogs (web logs)

·             Club events and social calendar with sign-up online

·             User administered photo gallery allowing pictures from the latest dive

·             Secure, members only, contact list for email, phone, etc to help plan dives

·             Forums to discuss new dives, sites, equipment or even websites

 

User Types and Role access

 

Guests

What a guest (anonymous) sees

Register if you haven’t already done so

 

Registered User

What an authenticated user sees – ssac_reg_user

 

Club Members

What a club members see – ssac_member

Info that can be gathered from members

 

Editors

What editors see & can do – ssac_editor

 

Admins

What admin users can change – ssac_sub_admin

 

Superuser

Sees and can change everything regardless of permissions – ssac_admin

 

Roles

Administration is performed via groups, not individuals

Default locked roles:

anonymous

authenticated user

Admin created roles:

SSAC Members

Editors

Administrators

 

Account Settings (My Account)

View – Edit – Track buttons

Edit user settings at will

Add picture

Change site theme for user only

ssac_info

Only one field currently

We can add any other required fields, e.g. Date of joining, currently dive qualifications, etc.

 

Editing content

 

Login with editor permissions

 

Administer menu (rhs) – content

 

Full list of items on site – can be filtered

 

Types of content

Page

Story

  Events

Info Snippets

Others

 

Edit screen

Can also be accessed from the content page if you have permissions

Title – Mandatory

Category – optional

Content – Mandatory

Body

Input format

Comment settings

URL path settings

Authoring information

Publishing options

 

Panels

What are panels – Equipment & Costs

Why do we need them

Info Snippets