As Ryan mentioned in an earlier post, we will be making the transition to a new version of the CMS along with the redesign. The new version has some really exciting features that we would like to start introducing here on the blog. Before we do, I thought it might be good to give a high-level view of some of the technology that will drive our new site.
One of our goals with the redesign is to produce a text-only and accessible (compliant with ADA, Section 508) version of nearly the entire site. The underlying technology of our site lends itself perfectly to accomplish this without the need for users maintain additional or separate data. With a single XML document produced by the Ingeniux CMS, we can dynamically present the document to the consumer based on their request (specifically, URL string match or browser user agent). So the consumer asks for a text-only version of x59375234203928.xml 
Admissions.xml and the XML document that was previously presented in its full html/css/js/ajax/flash is transformed into an accessible document by dynamically applying the appropriate XSL style sheet.
The text-only version of the site is just one example of how we can leverage this framework. We are using the same method to generate RSS feeds galore and a site map that renders both as html and as xml (our xml sitemap can be fed to google and follows the protocol from sitemap.org). Other possibilities include rendering multilingual pages, browser-specific content (eg. content for mobile devices) and multiple brandings. If you would like more info on the topic, Ingeniux has a good article on their site titled “Cobranding and Syndication“.
