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Cascade Support

Cascade Content Management System

The Cascade Content Management System (CMS) is the platform we use to create and manage University of Montana websites. It enables site editors to focus on producing high-quality content—without needing to worry about technical details like functionality, branding, or layout.

You’ll find helpful resources on this site about:

  • Creating content in Cascade
  • Web best practices
  • Accessibility guidelines
  • And more!

Quick Links

Frequently Visited Pages

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Blocks

Blocks are pre-configured types of content that add a host of features to your website. 
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Open Office Hours

Web Technology Services holds Open Office Hours on a Zoom session every workday from 3 to 5 p.m.
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Images

Everything you wanted to know about how to work with images in Cascade.
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Introduction to Cascade

Our 90-minute introductory training video covers most of what you will need to know in Cascade in order to manage your site.
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Tables

Learn how to build and edit accessible tables in Cascade.
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Employee Database

The employee database displays information about employees in campus departments. 

2M

Visits

UM websites get more than 2 Million page views per month.

40%

Mobile

of visitors to UM websites are using mobile devices.