Standards of Practice
IT supported websites adhere to specific standards that follow current development best practices and assure optimal performance. We've synthesized these into four areas of operating our websites: Terminalfour CMS, our Design Library, UCD's Hosting environment, and monitoring website Accessibility.
Using the Terminalfour CMS
Our Content Management System (CMS) facilitates users to easily create, manage and publish content to websites through a set of user-friendly browser based publishing tools. Terminalfour, UCD's choice of Content Management System is a secure and resilient cloud-based application which publishes directly to UCD's Web Server.
Easy Integration of the UCD Standard Template Website
The website can be duplicated on request and then populated with your own content. There are also several "Copy and Drop" pages available to add to the site on request.
Compliance with obligations under Disability Legislation
Under the Disability Act 2005 we have obligations to visitors to our websites with, for example, a visual impairment. The CMS helps ensure a positive user experience for all visitors to our website.
Publication of multi-lingual web content
The CMS will assist the publication of sections of websites or whole websites in either bilingual or multilingual format, a key component to cater for increasing numbers of international visitors to our website.
Design Library
The Design Library is a collection of available Page Layouts and Content Types that can be used to develop a site in Terminalfour. These will evolve and be added to on a regular basis.
Hosting
UCD sites operated using the CMS are hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) housed in the EU region in ireland. AWS provides reliable, scalable, secure, and highly performing infrastructure for the most demanding web applications.
Accessibility
Accessibility is a vital part of any good website, and UCD is taking steps to incorporate WCAG criteria into the development and maintenance of all our websites. Learn about our ongoing efforts and the tools we use to meet accessibility requirements on the WebSmart Accessibility page.