An improved user experience at Rutgers.edu includes consistently refreshed and enhanced content. Keeping the site vibrant and timely is essential. Recognizing this priority, the Department of University Relations has shifted resources from print to website production. Our staff now includes a university website editor, Amy Reilly, dedicated to managing and overseeing content on Rutgers.edu. Contact Amy with your story ideas and features for the site.

How Will This Project Affect Your School or Unit
With the use of a content management system (CMS), updating and managing the website will be much easier. Already several sites at the university use the Drupal CMS including Rutgers–Camden and the School of Law–Newark. The websites of the Graduate School of Education, Mason Gross School of the Arts, the School of Management and Labor Relations, and University Relations are currently being redesigned, both visually and architecturally, and transitioned into the CMS. This pilot work will include the creation of flexible templates that other schools and universitywide administrative units may be able to adapt for their own use.

If your school or unit is considering a major update to your website, please keep this CMS project in mind. There are steps web developers can take to make it easier to convert to a CMS in the future. For example, websites can be implemented using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), so that the content is separated from the structure. If you plan to revise your site, please contact Eve Burris for guidance.