Created in 1998, Sitemaker was an innovative platform developed on cutting-edge technology and it has served us well since that time. However, 15 years represents several generations of advancements in computing and there are now potential performance, security, and opportunity risks in maintaining this legacy system.
For this reason, ITS has established a Sitemaker Retirement Project to transition active Sitemaker accounts to alternative services. Here are some key activities:
The project team will seek guidance and input from a broad cross-section of the university community throughout the planning, evaluation, implementation, migration, and decommissioning phases of this project.
ITS is being guided in their efforts by a pilot user group evaluating other services and the Sitemaker Steering Committee. These groups have representation from the Medical School, Engineering, Public Health, Pharmacy, Public Policy, LSA, the Language Resource Center, ITS, and the University Library.
The project team is currently assessing alternative solutions for accommodating the currently active Sitemaker sites. We are nearing the completion of the pilot and will report out our findings and recommendations by early March.
Based on input from a broad cross-section of stakeholders, the following retirement roadmap for Sitemaker has been recommended:
June 2014 - No new sites
May 2015 - No site edits/read only
July 2015 - No site access/archive only
Nov 2015 - Decommission Sitemaker
A website for the Sitemaker retirement project is currently under development. ITS will add content as the project plan develops including a project overview and FAQ, an updates feed, a feedback form, links to support materials, a calendar/timeline, and a list of key project personnel.
The ITS plan is to begin communicating directly with site owners and the general U-M community in March 2014.
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