https://owl.unipharm.com/mediawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Information_Systems%3AExSite_CMS 2026-09-01T16:29:41Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.4 https://owl.unipharm.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Information_Systems:ExSite_CMS&diff=12609&oldid=prev 2019-07-19T18:50:31Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:50, 19 July 2019</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This page will document the ExSite CMS used to run uniPHARM websites.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>This page will document the ExSite CMS used to run uniPHARM websites.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> An alternative document outlining common CMS tasks can be found [[Information Systems: Common CMS tasks|here]]. </ins></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">&#160;</td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td> <td class="diff-marker">&#160;</td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty">&#160;</td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Overview==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">&#160;</td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The unipharm.com, medicinecentre.com, and umccharity.ca websites run on a Content Management System (CMS) platform called ExSite. 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<p>Created page with &quot;This page will document the ExSite CMS used to run uniPHARM websites. The unipharm.com, medicinecentre.com, and umccharity.ca websites run on a Content Management System (CMS...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>This page will document the ExSite CMS used to run uniPHARM websites.<br /> <br /> The unipharm.com, medicinecentre.com, and umccharity.ca websites run on a Content Management System (CMS) platform called ExSite. As a CMS, ExSite is similar to the more popular Wordpress and Drupal, but is an in-house tool that was developed by ExWare, the company that hosts and manages uniPHARM's public-facing websites.<br /> <br /> ==Technical Notes==<br /> * ExSite was built with the Perl programming language.<br /> * ExSite is open-source, but the base code used to power our websites has been modified to include plugins. <br /> <br /> [[Category: uniPHARM Website]]</div>

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