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Cascade CMS is a content management system (CMS), that allows web content contributors to maintain, track changes, and analyze content.

Getting Started in Cascade

Access & TrainingĀ 

Web content contributors will be held responsible for anything they post on the website and must abide by the web guidelines and policies of the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO).

You must:

  • Be an active maintainer
  • Remove old files
  • Replace outdated content on a regular basis
  • Access and Login
  • Watch the On-Demand Training

The BasicsĀ 

Cascade CMS is a content management system that was designed to be user-friendly. You don't need to know HTML - UNO uses Cascade's WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) program to create webpages. 

  • Adding a Video to a Page
  • Creating a Bulleted List
  • Creating a Folder
  • Creating Jump Links
  • Creating a New Page
  • Creating a Profile Page & Directory
  • Creating a Table
  • Dashboard
  • Data Tables
  • Drafts
  • Files (documents, videos, and images)
  • Flex Template Usage Guide
  • Folders
  • I Lost My Page!
  • Image Sizes & Recommendations
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  • My Content Widget
  • Publishing & Unpublishing
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  • Set a Page to Not Publish
  • Shared Blocks
  • Templates
  • Update Site Navigation
  • Uploading an Image or File
  • Versions

Writing for the Web

Writing content for websites is much different than writing for print. 

People read websites differently than they do print material—they scan for information. Here are some tips for ensuring the content you present is web-ready.

  • How to Format a Page
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
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Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications
102 Eppley Administration Building
6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182

General Email: marcomm@unomaha.edu
Media Relations: unonews@unomaha.edu
Events: events@unomaha.edu

Phone: 402.554.2358

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Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications

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