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The YES Website Redesign

The proposed deadline to complete rebuilding all Phase 1 priority and program detail pages is Friday, March 27, and launching in April 2026.

Our immediate goal is to prioritize the development of key high-level pages targeting prospective students associated with the Main and Utility Navigation in the new Global Header for both UA Main and Wayne College websites. Each main navigation section includes a defined number of supporting pages, as outlined in the approved Sitemap and Spreadsheet; that will also be required for launch readiness. The number of pages will differ based on your organization. 

Let's get started!

Content Training Recordings + Schedule

Recordings

Content Training Schedule

*Scheduled every Tuesday at 1-2 p.m. on Teams.

December

January

February

  • Feb. 3: R2 Program Detail Pages 
  • Feb. 10: TBD 
  • Feb. 17: TBD 
  • Feb. 24: TBD 

March

  • Mar. 3: TBD
  • Mar. 10: TBD
  • Mar. 17: TBD
  • Mar. 24: TBD

New YES Design + Sitemap Spreadsheets

New YES Design 

Checkout the New YES Design and review what the page templates will look like and the Components/Widgets that are available and summaries. 

Review the Sitemap Spreadsheet for UA Main or Wayne College to identify the priority pages that need to be created or rebuilt. Each spreadsheet includes links to the submitted content worksheets and a field for you to indicate the status of each page’s rebuild. 

Best-in-Class Pages

Creating New Pages + Saving with Temporary Name

Creating a New Pages

Rather than starting from scratch with the UA website, we're going to create new pages with temporary names and saved in existing folders. 

During this process, refer to your Content Worksheet(s) for selecting the correct template and to copy and paste your content into the new widgets. If you need a new content worksheet download based on the page template desired. 

Example: Recreating a page with a file name of "index.dot", the new page will have a temporary name of "index2.dot" or “index2yes.dot.” 

(For the Page Title, refer to the Title on your content worksheet.) 

New Template Step-by-Step Instructions

Relating Content

For content that will be pulled to a central page with a Plug-in - like Profiles or academic Program details - you'll instead:

  • Create Related content first (like Cards or Checkerboards), if applicable - saving and noting the names.
  • Use the Content | Search and select the type of content you'll be adding.
  • Use the Worksheet as guide, create a new content item and fill in your information.
  • Relate the additional content as needed.
  • Save and Publish your new content.

Adding New Widgets with Content

Know Before you Start:

Here's the list of page Widgets: 

Plug-in based Widgets

Save, But Do Not Publish 

During this rebuild process, we'll want to Save but not Publish - our new pages with temporary names. More details on Saving and Publishing (and Unpublishing) are in the Terminology guide.  

Rename Pages for Launch 

Unless a page (or image or document...) has a link pointing to it, it's effectively hidden.  By renaming our pages, we can change what is visible on the UA website. 

Rename the current page to an "archive" name and Save/Publish.

Rename the new page - with the temporary name - to the name of the current page and Save/Publish.

This makes the new page the one that people will see on the main website - without updating all the links that point to it.

New to dotCMS or need a refresher?

Getting started:

Content:

Pages:

Files:

Upload/Add a file

Bios - now Profile items

These can be added to Profile Carousels, Profile Lists, and Contact sections.  You can also [Preview Profiles].

Advanced: