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Content Editing

Editing content is permitted to and performed by a designated content editor for your web site. Usually, we work with designated content editor while developing your web site. If you are not a content editor, you can find who the designated content editor is by asking your department or work unit's business manager (or you can contact us). If you need any changes to your web site, please contact your web site's content editor.
 
Most of our web sites have been built on a content management system called "Xoops". We have recently introduced a new content management platform called "Drupal" and implemented a new brand (this web site is created using new brand). We have moved few key web sites to new platform. We are contacting several web site owners to move their web sites to Drupal and new branding. If you are not contacted yet and would like to rebrand your web site and move to new platform, please contact us.
 
 

Frequently Asked Questions


Who do I contact for my web needs?

It depends on which unit you belong to, what the general strategy for that unit is and what specific needs you have. A web site, as simple as it sounds, is composed of many specialties, and various groups at Duke are aligned to meet your needs.
 
If you belong to an education and research unit (schools, departments, divisions, research centers, institutes), we create your web site, application or portal. Education and research falls under School of Medicine and conforms to School of Medicine branding.
 
If your web site is specifically targeted to patients (care unit, hospital, clinic, program, doctor’s office), patient experience and entry is centralized at dukehealth.org and you need to contact Duke Creative Services at info@dukecreative.org (919.419.3270).
 
If your need is specific to patient-related application functionality (patient forms, reports etc.), it will be part of the Patient Portal initiative.  You can contact us, and we will engage the program coordinators.
 
If you are outside of the branding restrictions (ex: personal research labs) and you can build a web site from the ground up all by yourself, you can contact Duke Office of Information Technology (OIT) for a free web space. 

How can I add videos and podcasts to my site?
If you have videos and podcasts to link up to your web site, you can contact OIT Digital Media Solutions to request hosting space. We will link to the streaming videos and podcasts from web sites we've built, per your requirements. OIT Digital Media Solutions also has information on video capturing and web conferencing. 

Where can I get photos for my site?
If you need images and custom photography for your site, you can contact Duke Photography or Duke Medicine Creative Services.

How do I make my web site most visible for web searches?
Increasing visibility of your site in search results such as Google, Yahoo, or MSN search engines greatly depends on how you structure your web site and how you define your content (called search engine optimization). When you are populating content, some of the search engine optimization techniques will help you make your site more visible.