Collage Tips and Tricks

Many sections of the college web site are outside of the primary site file "Main.site" -- which means that the pages within those stand-alone sites don't automatically adopt the correct color scheme (they have the default green color).

The color scheme for pages that are part of the Main.site are derived from the section they flow from, so that pages in "Academics" have an overall light blue color for the breadcrumbs bar, and pages in "Admissions" have an overall fuschia color for the breadcrumbs bar.

To fix this for stand-alone sites the page at the top of the new site file (for example, the Webmaster.site) must have its colorScheme property changed. In addition, the page must be a Primary Page (found under "Metadata").

Here are the steps:

1. Switch to Content -> Deploy Folders view
2. Select "Properties" from the triangular drop-down menu for the file (in this case it's /WebSite/Administrative_offices/webmaster/index.xml )
3. Check out the file using the button at the top of the properties window
4. Change the colorScheme at the bottom of the page to the appropriate hexidecimal value (see the list below).

Check the file in, and the pages that are below that index.xml file in the site tree will have the the new color scheme.

Available color schemes:

About Columbia: F26531

Admissions: EC008C

Academics: c4d2dF

Student Life: dbca21

News: 95a9cc

Events: 8db881

Giving to Columbia: 9a5107

Administrative Offices: 6a747c

Please note: Only use the appropriate color scheme for your section of the web site.

If you're authorized and need to apply changes to the home page there are additional steps required to have your changes pushed on the next Deploy that are dependant on your home page change:

If you are making changes to anything that touches the Home Page you will need to manipulate the Intruder Bank - Home.site structure and approve the Intruder Bank - Home.site changes, the next step you will need to take is on the home page here you need to apply a non intrusive alteration the page, save and approve your changes.

Applying changes to the home page does cause a majority of all files to be redeployed that takes about 40 minutes for deployment.