Hartford.edu is the University’s official website and serves as the central gateway to all schools, colleges, and organizations. Content for hartford.edu is managed through the University’s centralized content management system (CMS). The Office of Marketing and Communication provides expertise and support to ensure the University’s website is accurate, accessible, and effective via:
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Web content: Writing, editing, and optimizing content for clarity, accuracy, and user experience.
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Design: Creating graphics and layouts tailored for digital environments.
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Analytics: Monitoring site performance and user behavior to guide improvements.
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Accessibility: Ensuring all web content meets accessibility standards.
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Site management: Coordinating updates and maintaining consistency across pages.
We collaborate closely with University technical staff to uphold site standards and functionality.
Our team also assists clients with a full range of Internet marketing channels, including search-engine optimization, paid search advertising, and targeted web and mobile advertising campaigns.
Have An Web Edit or Request?
Submit a request to update, optimize, or fix an area of hartford.edu through the form linked below. If you are a staff or faculty member of a school or college, please defer to your Marketing Communications Manager for all website edits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cascade Server is the University of Hartford's Content Management System or CMS. Its purpose is to provide an easy to use, powerful, and flexible platform for publishing web materials into the University's web hosting service.
Separate from the University's web server and web site, Cascade Server is a stand-alone application designed to help manage the web content for all University of Hartford staff and faculty web users.
A Content Management System (CMS) is a content management system software, a web application, for creating, managing, and storing HTML content. It is used to control a large collection of dynamic web material (HTML pages, associated files, documents and images). It allows for publishing, editing, and modifying content from a central page.
The consistency of a CMS allows for the development of a small set of templates for pages and other design elements, and applies them throughout the site. It makes writing, publishing and maintenance easier, supports the implementation of other technologies that rely on structured content, and it assists with brand continuity throughout the site.
The Benefits
- The ability to update and change content anytime using a web browser, allowing a large number of people to create, share, and contribute to website data
- Greater consistency with design and layout
- Access to most all content through out the site to promote content sharing
- Improved site navigation
- Content is displayed using current web standards, increasing accessibility for all users, with or without a disability
- Reduced site maintenance costs
- Version tracking with the ability to reactivate previous instances of the same page
- The CMS has built-in search capability
If you already have CMS access and need a refresher–or if you’re new to the University and responsible for maintaining web content–you can schedule a one-on-one training by contacting Kylee Heyerdahl.
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For website marketing opportunities contact Kylee Heyerdahl.
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For internal communications to the UHart community, contact Jonathan Easterbrook.
You can log into the CMS here, using your predetermined login credentials. Need to reset your password? Contact Myrani Alvarado.