Folder Structure
Every college, department, office, student organization has their own folder in CMS. Folders in Cascade will always match up with the live URL. For example, the CMS training pages you viewing have the URL: www.fhsu.edu/cmstraining/. This means that within our site there will be a folder called “cmstraining.” This can be useful if you’re trying to navigate around the CMS and need help on where to begin.
Basic folder and file types
Under college/department/office/organization folder, there are several universal sub-folders and files:
- academic-programs folder (for college and department only)
- documents folder
- images folder
- _banner: the image applies to the entire folder, displays between header and main content
- _menu: the gold and black bar which displays on the left/right side of the main content
- _callout-contact: the gold and black bar which displays underneath the menu bar
- index: the index page is also called department landing page or homepage, which loads automatically when the name of the folder is input into the URL after fhsu.edu/. The name of this page index or html can be omitted
For example:
fhsu.edu/alliedhealth/ is the index page of the alliedhealth folder (Department of Allied Health).
fhsu.edu/alliedhealth/academic-programs/ is the index page of the academic-programs sub-folder.
*Note:
No department has full access to their department index page and academic programs index page. We do not allow full access to these pages to ensure that we can maintain a consistent structure and brand identity across all our department pages.
When to Use Folders
If you plan on creating multiple pages that are related to one another then you might consider using a folder. For example, many of our academic departments have an “academic-programs” folder. Within that folder are all the academic program pages associated with their department. This is beneficial because 1) It allows content editors/creators to quickly find where resources are likely to be within their department, and 2) it signals to search engines the relevance of a particular set of pages, which will help users to more easily find your content.
