Information about the system and how to access	Training and support
Documentation for users	Management Information
Frequently asked questions	News

The information on this site relates to the Polopoly content management system. This system is in the process of being replaced by Liferay. For information relating to Liferay see http://www.uea.ac.uk/is/liferay

Information about the system

What is the system:

This system provides a framework which allows simple publication and management of internet content and is being used throughout the University.

How to access the system:

The UEA website is publicly available at  http://www.uea.ac.uk/  

The editor for creating content for the website is available for those who have permissions to access it at  https://cms.uea.ac.uk/polopoly

To get your access set up please contact Alison Dyer with details of which section of the site you need access to and you will be sent a user access request form to fill in and details of you need to get to sign that form to authorise your access. Once this form has been received your account will be set up and you will be informed via email.
 

Data owners:

Each department is responsible for the content within its departmental website. 

 

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Training and support

For information about training and support with Liferay,  the new Content Management System see Liferay

How to arrange training:

Polopoly training is no longer being offered by CSED due to the transition to a new content management system, Liferay. The transition will be phased and you may still need  training to meet your short term need. If this is the case please complete the following form with details of your training requirement.  Polopoly training request form

Who to contact for support:

1. Help with using the CMS System

Enquiries about using the Polopoly system should be directed to the Staff IT Helpdesk (x2345; staff.help@uea.ac.uk)Helpdesk staff will help with your query or forward it on.

2. Questions relating to migration

If your department has not started the migration process and wish to find out what is involved or if you need assistance with the process including the design of your site then please contact the Digital Marketing Team (digitalmarketing@uea.ac.uk) 

3. Communication to users and mailing list

The CMS team have a CMS mailing list to keep in contact with cms users. Users are added to this list at the same time their permissions are set up.

4. Documentation

5. Frequently asked questions 

 

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Management information

Release notes:

These are documents detailing changes when there are updates to the Polopoly system.

• Release notes 1.3 (10/10/2006)
• Release notes 1.4 (08/12/2006)
• Release notes 1.5 (20/12/2006)
• Release notes 1.6 (10/01/2007)
• Release notes 1.7 (23/01/2007)
• Release notes 1.8 (20/03/2007 and 19/04/2007)
• Release notes 1.9 (28/10/2008)
• Release notes 2.0 (26/01/2009)
• Release notes 2.1 (17/03/2009)
• Release notes 2.3 (14/07/2009)
• Release notes 2.4 (20/10/2009)

Since October 2009 Release notes have been produced within our tracking software. When an update is planned details are sent by email to users and also added to the news section of this site and a link to the release notes provided.
 

Minutes of the Web Steering Group

The Minutes and papers of the Web Steering Group is available as part of  ISD Committees and Consultation   

 

Performance: 

UEA's content management system contains over 20,000 pieces of content and gets over 14,000 visits per day. Average uptime (monitored by jaguard) is 99.80%.

Future Directions

Polopoly is considered in UEA's Web Strategy 2010-15. A Power Point summarizing the Web Strategy is available.

Supplier/Infrastructure Details:

Software: Polopoly CMS
Version: 9.9.7
Hosted: Internal
Supplier: Atex, Advantage 87 Castle Street, Reading, RG1 7SN United Kingdom