eUB Substitution Pages

This feature allows the normal content of the eUB home page (www.buffalo.edu) to be easily, quickly, and temporarily overridden by another 'lite' page that has been prepared in advance, which could be useful in case of a bandwidth or server overload.

Editing the page

Go here and use normal authoring tools to edit the content of the eUB Substitution Page:

Edit the substitution page

Testing the page

Follow this procedure to test the page:

  1. Load the live test page in another browser/tab: http://www.buffalo.edu/eub-substitution-pages/test.html
  2. Open the substitution page in author: https://ubcms-author.buffalo.edu/cf#/content/www/eub-substitution-pages/eub-lite.html
  3. Edit the vanity URL of the substitution page and set it to the path of the test page from step 1, /content/www/eub-substitution-pages/test
  4. Do not check the "Redirect" checkbox.
  5. Click OK, then activate the substution page.
  6. Wait at least 45 seconds.
  7. Reload the test page from step 1.
  8. Verify that the test page now shows the substution page content.
  9. Verify that the test page still has its original URL and is not actually a redirect to the subsitution page.
  10. Remove the vanity URL from step 3 and deactivate the substution page.
  11. Wait at least 45 seconds.
  12. Reload the test page from step 1.
  13. Verify that the test page now shows the original content again: http://www.buffalo.edu/eub-substitution-pages/test.html

 

Using the page on the real eUB

Follow this procedure to actually use the page to replace the eUB home page (www.buffalo.edu):

  1. Load the eUB home page in another browser/tab: http://www.buffalo.edu/
  2. Open the substitution page in author: https://ubcms-author.buffalo.edu/cf#/content/www/eub-substitution-pages/eub-lite.html
  3. Edit the vanity URL of the substitution page and set it to the path of the real eUB home page, /content/www/eub
  4. Do not check the "Redirect" checkbox.
  5. Click OK, then activate the substution page.
  6. Wait at least 45 seconds.
  7. Reload the eUB home page.
 
To switch back to the normal eUB home page:
  1. Load the eUB home page in another browser/tab: http://www.buffalo.edu/
  2. Open the substitution page in author: https://ubcms-author.buffalo.edu/cf#/content/www/eub-substitution-pages/eub-lite.html
  3. Remove the vanity URL from step 3 above and deactivate the substution page.
  4. Wait at least 45 seconds.
  5. Reload the eUB home page.