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Notice:

September 27, 2023

There have been some issues with publishing from within Edit mode of a page via the Page Information menu, Publish page option. If you experience an error attempting to publish a page from the Page Information menu, please use the Quick Publish option from the My Sites interface after selecting the page.

Apologies, this error was introduced in a recent update and Adobe is aware of the issue. We do not have an estimate on when this issue will be fixed. This message will be removed and replaced once the issue has been fixed. We will also send information out to college and unit communicators.

Basic Ensemble Training Resources

Enroll in self-paced, basic Ensemble training from TLOS. Module one is now available!

View the Oct 13 basic training session recording. VT username (PID) login required.


What is Ensemble

Ensemble is the common name for the content management system used to host websites for Virginia Tech internet domains.

Currently, Ensemble uses Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) as its back-end infrastructure and supports more than 800 websites. This is a locally installed and heavily modified version of AEM that is unique to Virginia Tech.

The primary audiences for sites hosted in Ensemble are prospective students, research partners, and prospective donors to the university.

Ensemble does have the capability to interact with external data sources through web forms, iframes, and JSON/XML data via asynchronous JavaScript.

How is information about Ensemble arranged

The content of this website is arranged by user role agnostic information–getting started, faq, support, tools–and user role specific information for the three roles–author, publisher, webadmin.

Utility classes

Utility classes enable functionality within the Ensemble CMS. See what formatting and utility features are available.

Theme widgets

Widgets are combinations of components, classes, and content that yield a specific look within the One theme. They aren't components, yet.

"How do I ... ?" questions

Do you have a "How do I do this?" type of question? Check out some of the ones we've answered. If it's not there contact us.