Cascade

New site now provisioned in new template version

Next steps:
- JN begin build out of new site

In progress:

- relocating more content into various sections of new template version

Next steps:

- continue relocating content

Uni 101 site wanted no left column. I used the administration/site configuration and tried to set the block for 07-secondary-navigation to "no block", but when I submitted that change, the configuration appeared not to be updated (i.e. the path to the block still appeared there) and the page itself still allocated space on the left side.

Wrote to JS, and she said she set 07-secondary-navigation and 08-quicklinks to "no block" and that generated the desired effect. (The site configuration now shows empty for those two content areas, and the actual page shows the main content area extending to the left edge.)

I still don't understand what caused the behaviour I got. I did not set 08-quicklinks to "no block", so maybe failing to do that causes Cascade to ignore the fact that I did set 07-secondary-nav to "no block". I haven't tested that.

Stewart and I met with HT, IG to discuss their new Cascade site.
Discussion included: various features, recommendations, suggestions regarding structural layout;
photos; social media, content, timeframes

Next steps, tasks:

- HCMC: prepare spreadsheet based on today's tentative "layout"; arrange another meeting later in August to review/finalize spreadsheet in readiness for submission/approval to communications

- Dept: will review/update their content; attend next meeting to review/approve spreadsheet

- forwarded link to IG re cms tutorials

Cascade supports forms (i.e. if you manually enter the html tags for a form, Cascade will not corrupt them).
Cascade is using a php implementation of FormMail. The URL of the instance UVic is running is https://web.uvic.ca/fm.php . Technical docs on that are at https://github.com/andrewmriley/phpformmail, and they look very similar to other implementations of FM I've seen.
I've implemented a form on the UNI101 site. It is mechanically working, but will probably need some tweaking (e.g. error handling, layout) based on feedback from BC.

Uni 101 is switching over to Cascade format.
SA, JN, met with BC (Uni 101) to discuss new site. New site to reflect
most of the existing layout.
Application form is separate item and will be revised by HCMC
BC to input site content

In progress:
- building new site's structure
- sent email to BC requesting information related to layout structure; advising BC
of site status

Received request from SA(Med.St) for changes to courses page
Included new information as well as posters on site
Sent confirmation email to Med.St. (cc'd SA/HCMC) task completed and posted

Continuation of building new structure
Tertiaries displaying inconsistently at present will follow up at drop-in session
Start of inputting specific content to begin

Publication seems to have gone OK; saw that the banner was missing links to the faculty site and to the calendar so I fixed those, then set it to publish again.

Fixed a few last-minute bugs I found ahead of the final site publication tomorrow afternoon. Fingers crossed.