MySource Matrix Training

This course teaches users the basics of how to use the Administration Interface of MySource Matrix. Whilst focusing on how to perform the fundamental, day-to-day tasks such as creating pages and basic content, we also introduce more complex features of MySource Matrix such as workflow and creating divisions.

This course is not intended to be taken in isolation; rather it forms a foundation before progressing to one or more of the other courses.

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Create pages and files
• Add basic content to a page
• Insert links and images
• Create divisions
• Restructure the navigation hierarchy of your site
• Add metadata
• Understand the publishing model
• Understand the workflow approval process

This course is for people who need to have a comprehensive understanding of all MySource Matrix administrative principles, using a System Administrator account. Anyone who intends to play a major administrative role in a MySource Matrix system must undertake this course and complete it successfully.

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Set up a web site
• Create Users and User Groups
• Understand Roles
• Grant permissions
• Define and apply complex Metadata schemas
• Define and apply complex Workflow schemas
• Create Layouts and Paint Layouts
• Understand and create a Thesaurus
• Understand and create reports
• Administer the System Management and System Configuration tools

This course teaches users how to use the assets that are available in the MySource Matrix CMS package. It is aimed for people who need to know how to set up Member registration pages, image libraries, staff directories, etc. The assets that are included in this course are as follows:

• Account Manager Page
• Asset Builder Page
• Asset Listing Page
• Custom Form
• Multiple Page
• Redirect Page
• Related Asset Listing Page
• Remote Content
• Sitemap
• What's New

This course teaches users how to use the search assets available in the MySource Matrix Search Package. This includes the Search Manager, Search Page, Search Folder and Search Lists.

By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Understand how the Search Manager works
• Set up the Search Manager for indexing
• Change the weights for search
• Create a Search Page
• Create a Search Folder
• Create a Search List
• Create a Search Log Report

This course teaches how to create and edit designs in MySource Matrix. The main topics covered by this course are:

• Design and Design Customisation assets
• An in-depth study of all the MySource Matrix tags used in parse files

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Create a Design and apply it to a site
• Understand the importance of a Design Customisation
• Create a Design Customisation
• Understand the MySource Matrix tags
• Apply the MySource Matrix tags in the Design

Please note that this course does not cover design template creation using tools like Photoshop, etc. Neither does it cover topics like CSS layouts, HTML structuring of your parse file or meeting W3C standards.

This is an advanced course only suitable for skilled people who will play a System/Server administrator role. This course focuses on topics such as:

• Setting up your MySource Matrix System
• Activating/de-activating rollback mode
• Using shell scripts to bulk-create/bulk-upload assets
• Installing patches and running upgrades
• Addressing performance issues

This is an advanced course suitable for skilled people who will become a MySource Matrix trainer. This course covers effective training techniques, and involves a brief outline of the subjects covered in MATR 101 and MATR 201. It then goes on to explain how to run each course and the training material available:

• Course environment setup
• Course presentation
• Course workshops

This course teaches the use of cascading stylesheets to control page layouts using DIV containers. The main topics in this course are

• Use of Floats
• The Box Model
• Basic DIV Positioning
• Common Layouts
• Creating Menus using CSS
• Browser Issues

This is an advanced course and prior knowledge of HTML, DIV containers and CSS skills are necessary.

This course teaches the complicated world of web standards and accessibility issues with a focus on content layout. Anyone who needs to consider accessibility issues and W3C compliancy issues when publishing content on a web page should attend this course.

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Determine accessibility requirements of your site
• Implement your desired level of accessibility
• Use tools to help validate your site's compliance and accessibility
• Maintain these standards in your MySource Matrix site

This course seeks to demystify web statistics for website owners. Allowing site owners to collect and interpret information on how users are interacting with their website using reports produced by two popular statistical packages, AWStats and Google Analytics.

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Generate web statistics and gain meaning of common terminology
• Access AWStats and Google Analytics
• Interpret reports generated by AWStats
• Set up goals and tunneling using Google Analytics
• Interpret reports generated by Google Analytics
• Understand the basics of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)and how to interpret the impact on your website statistics