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  • Site Builder - Deleted Assets and Pages CHANGES!

    Apr 8, 2024
    When an administrator deletes a page or asset from a Web site, it doesn't actually delete. Site Builder 3.0 will store your deleted pages and assets automatically for 90 days. After that, these items are removed permanently.

    Automatic Deletion of Removed Pages and Assets

    During the week of May 6th, 2024, Site Builder will have the Automatic Permanent Deletion of Removed Pages and Assets functionality turned on. It will delete this old removed content from the Site Builder database after it has been 90 days.

    You can see what Pages and Assets have been removed by navigating to the Site Builder Dashboard for your site. In the left hand navigation at the bottom are links for Removed Pages, and Removed Assets.

    Please look through the Removed Pages and Assets and backup any content that you might think is important and does not exist elsewhere. 

    Additional Information on Site Builder Maintenance and Removed Pages and Assets

    See Site Builder Administration - Deleted Assets and Pages

    Deleted Site Builder Assets

    By Stephen Dampier
    Author - IT Training and Development Specialist
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  • UC ANR Data Center cutover changed to Dec. 9

    Dec 1, 2023

    December 1, 2023

    Based on feedback from various stakeholders regarding our Data Center move cutover activities, ANR leaders have approved adjusting the start time to accommodate critical deadlines. Originally scheduled for Friday, Dec 8, at 5 p.m., the new start time is now set for Saturday, Dec 9, at 6 a.m.

    The new cutover schedule is from Saturday, Dec 9, from 6 a.m. to Monday, Dec 11, concluding at 7 p.m.

    Various web-based services, such as UC ANR websites, UC ANR Portal, VMS and the survey tool, will be unavailable during the cutover. However, hosted separately, Outlook email, Zoom, and project board will operate without interruption.

    The IT team will provide regular updates on the progress via email throughout the cutover.

    Your support and understanding are crucial during this project. If you have any concerns, we encourage you to reach us at ucanrit@ucanr.edu

    Regards,

    Sree Mada
    Chief Information Officer
     
     
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  • Clean Up the Clutter of Your Site Builder Site

    Apr 13, 2023

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    IWP is coming and everyone with a Site Builder website can help us out by getting rid of unused or deactivated pages and assets, deleted pages, and unused files and images. There is a significant overhead for the servers to keep track of the content and assets. All of these items take up space on the servers.

    On average all Site Builder sites have 1/3 of the content and assets not being used.  One change can cause the site to Republish All Text Assets. When this happens on a large site, the server can slow down as it re-inventories all of your content. It can cause the database to be overwhelmed, and crash the server. Removing all the unused stuff can boost the speed of the server and site and help it run more efficiently.  This is why it's important to keep your Site Builder sites maintained by doing house keeping on regular basis. 

    Here's a guide on Site Builder Maintenance.

    Update 7/1/2024: Site Builder Websites and Blogs will soon be migrated to the IWP. It is essential to clean up your sites now. You can find an outline of what site and blog owners should be doing to clean up their sites. Site Builder Cleanup Checklist

    The Integrated Web Platform (IWP) Project is more than a website redesign. Here's an update on IWP. Want to know more about IWP? IWP 101: Understanding the Basics and IWP FAQs.

    By Stephen Dampier
    Author - IT Training and Development Specialist
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  • New Zoom Rooms!

    Mar 17, 2023

    UC ANR has new Zoom Rooms with new monitors, speakers, cameras and Zoom Room Controllers (Tablets).

     You can find the Zoom Rooms at the UC ANR building on 2nd Street in Davis.

    Zoom Rooms:

    1. San Joaquin Valley Room - Large Meeting Room - TBD
    2. Sacramento Valley Room - Large Meeting Room - TBD
    3. Colorado - Quiet Room
    4. Mojave - Quiet Room
    5. Coast Room - Downstairs
    6. Bay Room - Downstairs
    7. Sierra Room - Upstairs
    8. Modoc Room - Upstairs
    9. Rm 167 - Quiet Room
    10. Rm 151 Quiet Room

    The Zoom Rooms are easy to use, and quality of sound and video are outstanding. 

    UC ANR Zoom Room Quick Start Guides:

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  • Google Analytics 4 is Here!

    Mar 1, 2023

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    By popular demand, Google Analytics 4 is up and running for Site Builder! 

    Sign up and Create a Google Analytics 4 Account, and then Create a GA4 Property for your site.

    Once you have a Google Analytics 4 property number, you can go to your Site Builder site, and add the GA4 Property under the Site Information and Appearance section, toward the bottom of the page.

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    You can continue using your original Universal Analytics Property until Google shuts it down later this year.  Your older UA Property will have historical data that GA4 will not have. If this data is important it's possible, though not convenient to back up the old data.

    Test the Google Analytics 4 setup 

    You can test GA4 to make sure it's working by looking at Real Time User Activity under Reports. Real cumulative data will most likely take several days.

    Tip: Access your site from several browsers and devices and you'll see activity!

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    General Google Analytics setup for Site Builder

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