American University of Beirut

AUB website templates

​​​About this website

This website is a central place to showcase the different building components that an Authorized Publisher can use to build a website or a page on AUB's domain using Microsoft SharePoint Content Management System (CMS).

In the right menu you can browse the different page layouts and templates samples. Under web parts you can see the different web parts available for adding to a page, each web part has a page showing it and explaining how to add/modify it.​
​Important Note: You cannot add the same web part twice on one page.

Always make sure that your website is up-to-date and that you are using proper English along with short and concise information. Do not create new pages and sub sites without consulting with the Office of Communications.

Please refer to this website all the time to make sure your website conforms with AUB's policies in terms of templates, styles, image sizes and icons. Your website should abide by the following 

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
SharePoint allows web editors to enter meta descriptions and keywords to enhance SEO.

Meta Description
Search Engines may display this text under a link to this page on a search results page.
Please enter between 25 and 150 characters in this field.
Keywords
Provide keywords that describe the intent of this page. Separate each keyword with a comma.
Please enter between 25 and 255 characters in this field.

Training

CMS training sessions are conducted by the Office of Com​munications on a monthly basis. Please email us​ for more information on training sessions, SEO​ and your Google Analytics data. You should also email us to request access to your website (faculty and staff can ask for full publishing​ access). You can also download the tutorial below​.​

Download ​Microsoft SharePoin​t 2016 tutorial here

For more information on the Digital Unit a​t the Office of Co​mmunications click here

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