Porting
Content to New
Department
Sites
Humanities Communications Team
What is Porting?
– Simply bringing content from the old site to the new site
– Porting is relatively simple, but it is very important and the biggest part of
moving to the new department site
First Steps
– Complete a content inventory
– Using an Excel document or Google spreadsheet might be the easiest way to do
this
– Document what pages, the information on those pages, and how that
information is organized.
Once you have a content
inventory…
– It’s time to set up a place for that content to go
– Use the “Simple add pages or posts” plugin
– This is why the content inventory is so important – it establishes
what pages go where!
– Be careful: sometime, there will be pages with the same name
(i.e., a faculty page under both the German and Russian programs)
Menus
– Once your pages are established, organize them using
menus (Appearance > Menus)
– Top Navigation: BYUH Top
– Pages are listed on the left
– Subpages will be indented under top level pages
– To create a menu, check the pages you
want to include
– Click “Add to Menu”
– All pages will be on the same level. To
create levels, drag and drop the
subpage to the right
– For optimal user experience, use no
more than three levels
– To create a menu item that redirects to
another site, choose custom links
Now, add your content!
– Simply work through the old site, copying information
and pasting it onto the proper pages in the new site
– Again, use the content inventory to help keep track of
what goes where and what has already been brought
over
– Refer to the WordPress guide for ideas on how to set up
different pages for optimal user experience
What about new pages?
– You may have some new information you want to add, or a page may not have
been brought over with the plugin
– Create a new page, and copy/paste the information from the old site to the new
site
Links
– Links should come over with the copy/paste
– If they don’t work, the will have to be add them again
Images
– Images grab visitors to the site and make it more exciting
– Choose high resolution images that capture the essence of the department
– The color tones of the hero image should coordinate with department colors
(such as used for the ribbon)
– These images can be changed easily (to reflect the season, just for fun, etc.)