Saga Content ChannelsSaga channels are collections of specific types of information. Each channel contains many content items: unique instances of that type of information. Saga currently has the following general channels: PagesThe equivalent of traditional webpages. A PAGE is an HTML page, roughly equivalent to the <body> section of a normal webpage (ie, without the <head> section or global navigation and features, which are generated by site layout templates). Navigation (Links)Navigation links for a site can lead to individual textpages, listings/detail views of content items in any channel, or web addresses external to Saga (at Portland State or beyond). In order to encourage usable navigational structures that are not too deep, Saga is limited to four levels of navigation per site. Events & DeadlinesTime/space-specific events or deadlines (eg, a lecture, a game, the last day to drop classes, etc). Learn more about events > Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQs)Answers to frequently-asked questions (eg, Where can I park?, How do I get my email?, etc). Learn more about FAQs > News & AnnouncementsNews articles or announcements (eg, press releases, letters from administrators, commencement announcements, etc). Learn more about news > ProfilesSaga profiles are designed to be brief descriptions of the people, places, things and activities that make Portland State such a vibrant, diverse community. Learn more about profiles > Media LibraryThe Saga media library enables users to upload ancillary documents that are linked from other Saga content items (eg, PDFs, images, wordprocessing documents, etc). Channel CharacteristicsA single channel content item can appear in multiple contexts within a single Saga site (ie, be accessible via multiple NAVIGATION links), or even appear in multiple Saga sites. This allows there to be consistent and easily updated content for information that needs to appear in many contexts. For example, the same single Saga page listing all of PSU's undergraduate majors, minors and certificates can be displayed in the Admissions, Registration and Advising websites. If the page were edited, the changed page would appear in all three websites simultaneously. Content items in each channel can be categorized by one or more TOPICS to enable content filtering. For example: PSU basketball games might be event items categorized under the topic "PSU > Campus Life > Athletics > Basketball" so a view of the events channel filtered by that topic would display a calendar of all PSU basketball games. Content items in each channel can be related to content items in other channels through topical categorization. For example, a basic webpage (a PAGE content item) about the topic "international admissions" could be displayed simultaneously (in the same TEMPLATE) with events, news, frequently asked questions, and/or profiles (other channel content items) about that same topic. When the user moves to a webpage related to a different topic, related content items displayed from those other channels would also dynamically change to be about that new topic. |
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