Website Requests

Request for Site Update

To request a change to the SimAust Website, send an email SimAustWebTeam@SimAust.com with:

  1. The type of request (see below)
  2. All the required information for that type of request (see below)

Publish a News Item

Creates a new “tile” under the News page which can be clicked for more detail.
Website path: Global Nav  News

    1. Short Title – Short headline to appear on the tile
    2. Image – A file (840 x 450 px .png or .jpg recommended)
    3. Content – The content to display on the detail page. Recommended to include:
      1. Long Title – The full headline of the news item
      2.  Description – The full text of the news item. 
    4. Review required? – If the Requestor wishes to see a preview of the content prior to the event going live on the site. NOTE: This will significantly delay the publication of the event.

Publish an Event (incl. SimCafe items)

Creates a new “tile” under the Events page and can be clicked for more detail.  The tile can be scheduled to automatically appear/be hidden by calendar dates.
Website path: Global Nav  –> Events

    1. Short Title – Title to appear on the tile
    2. Start/End Dates – When the event tile will appear/disappear
    3. Event Type – One of “Affiliates” “ASC” “SimCafe 2.0”
    4. Image – A file (840 x 450 px .png or .jpg recommended)
    5. Content Type – This determines what will happen when a user clicks on the tile:
      1. “Content” – Clicking the item will display another page showing the content in provided in “Description”
      2. “Redirect” – Clicking the tile will immediately redirect the user to the URL specifed in “Redirect URL”
    6. Redirect URL (if applicable) 
    7. Content (if applicable) – The content to display on the page for the event. Recommended to include:
      1. Long Title – The full title of the event to display on its page
      2. Description – A description of the event.
      3. Link URL – A URL linking to more information
    8. Review required? – If the Requestor wishes to see a preview of the content prior to the event going live on the site. NOTE: This will significantly delay the publication of the event.

Create a Page and assign to a Page Contributor

Creates a new page or pages that will be managed by a Page Contributor outside of the Web Team. The page can optionally be linked from the site Global Nav, although this requires a more lengthy approval process.

Website path: Varies depending on request. 

    1. Confirmation that a new page is needed. The page
      1. …WILL be owned and managed by an existing or new Page Contributor
      2. …WILL provide significant content and value to SimAust members, affiliates, or the SimAust mission
      3. …WILL NOT conflict or be redundant with existing SimAust site content
      4. …WILL NOT be better served as an Event (time-limited, published under “Events”)
      5. …WILL NOT be better served as a News item (published under “News”
    2. Ownership – Determines ownership of the page. One of:
      1. “Existing” – The new page will be created under a PARENT PAGE currently owned by an existing Page Contributor, and will be owned by that Page Contributor.
      2. “New” – The new page will be created in an area of the website currently maintained by the Web Team, and a new Page Contributor will be assigned. NOTE: This requires Web Team review.
    3. Parent – The PARENT PAGE under which the new page is to be located. Affects layout in the page administration view, and who has access to see (but not edit) the page.
    4. Contributor (only if Ownership is “New”) – The Page Contributor who will manage the page content. Affects who may actually edit the page.
    5. Navigation – Determines if a link to the new page should appear in the Global Nav menu.
      1. “Solo” – The page will NOT be reachable via the Global Nav and will instead be reached via an existing page or external link.
      2. “Global” – A new link must be created in the site Global Nav. NOTE: This requires Web Team review. 
    6. Global Nav (only if Navigation is “Global”) – Path, title, and position of new Global Nav item
      1. Path – The Global Nav menu under which the new link should go, e.g. “Specialty Groups”
      2. Title – 25 character maximum. The exact title of the new item to be added to the Global Nav Path. 
      3. Position – Where in the existing dropdown the new item should go, e.g. “between Healthcare and Defence”
    7. Source – Determines the layout and initial content of the new page:
      1. “Default” – The default WP page template. Blank content. 
      2. “Template” – A page based on an existing WP page template. Blank content. 
      3. “Clone” – A page based on an existing SimAust page, and will contain a copy of the existing page. 
    8. Source URL (only for “Template” and “Clone” sources) – The URL of page to base the new page on. 
    9. Title – The title of the page
    10. URL – The final portion of the page URL (e.g. “/seriousgames”)

Create a new Page Contributor user

    1. Confirmation that Page Contributor will be responsible for created page content:
      1. The Page Contributor (not a delegate or proxy) will be the person performing the page edits 
      2. The login and password for the Page Contributor will not be shared
      3. The Page Contributor accepts responsibility for the publication of the page content published under their login including any future child pages.
    2. First and Last Names
    3. Email address