See also How to set up the site taxonomy and vocabularies for an independent website
This guide covers how to configure and QA a new fully independent website using the Single Digital Presence (SDP) Content Management System (CMS). SDP developers will create a CMS for users to manage, create and approve content for an independent website (separate to the content.vic.gov.au CMS).
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Roles and responsibilities
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Site admin Note: most independent sites have a separate back end. If you’re part of content.vic.gov.au, you won’t need to create the site taxonomy and vocabularies. Visit: How to create a site section. | Site owner |
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CMS approver | Site owner |
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Content creator | Site owner |
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CMS access and training | SDP |
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UX/graphic designer | External vendor |
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Site admin technical support | SDP |
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Accessing the Vic Gov CMS
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A develop and master site are created for use by developers. The content on these sites is over-ridden with a new version regularly for testing purposes and cannot be automatically moved to your production site. If you need to use these sites, raise a support request.
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Setting up new CMS users
Use our new CMS user guide to set up access for editors in your team.
We encourage editors to complete our CMS training to learn about accessibility requirements and how to add hyperlinks and heading styles.
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Setting up the site taxonomy and vocabularies
You’ll need to configure set up the site taxonomy and vocabularies for your website. This helps content creators and users easily navigate the site and understand its purpose.
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Creating a website homepage
Start by creating a homepage and contact us page.
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For steps on creating these pages, use the landing page guide.
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Contact us page
A contact us page needs to exist so users can contact your team when a requested page is not available.
For steps on creating these pages, use the landing page guide.
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Redirects
Updating the contact us link on the website’s error page (404 page not found)
The default 404 page not found page for each site contains a link to the site’s contact page. For example:
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Create a redirect from connect-with-us to the contact page (e.g. sitename.vic.gov.au/contact-us).
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Migrated sites: mapping redirects
If migrating a site from another CMS to the SDP CMS, redirects must be mapped before go-live.
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Use the URL redirects to add each redirect to the CMS. This should be completed after go-live.
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Linking to Contact us from Was this page helpful?
It’s a Victorian government standard to gather visitor feedback on all of our sites.
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By default, the link is sitename.vic.gov.au/connect-with-us. You will need to set up a redirect to your site’s contact page if you’re using a different URL (similar to the 404 example above).
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Completing a website QA before and after go-live
Use the website QA guide to understand the minimum checks to complete before and after go-live.
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