Aubri Keleman, Teen Services & Web Coordinator, Whatcom County Library System Tao Gao, Live2Create Interactive Aubri - Rumba with Joomla What is a cms and why is it wicked cool? The webmaster doesn’t have to do anything Pre-redesign collect stats review your brand collect photos – tell a story focus groups set explicit goals in priority order redesign questions do staff and leadership know why a new website is needed which cms is best for us what can we afford money vs time vs design how much staff time can we put into the redesign & upkeep; do you need to outsource or do you have the talent you need on staff how will decisions be made, who gets the final say who is the best for the website how will staff be involved in the redesign process what project management tool should we use – blogs and wikis, they used a wiki goal wc3 compliant new page – www.wcls.org results increased user feedback more content, more up to date content users spend more time on our site improved navigation w3c compliant flexibility Problems you cant limit authors to just one page or section calendar migration Bookmark on Delicious Digg
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CM Tools: Drupal, Joomla, & Rumba
CM Tools: Drupal, Joomla, & Rumba John Blyberg Ryan Deschamps Ryan ModX How not to have to use drupal Cms in general Why joomla Why switch to ModX Good content mngmt system should facilitate division of labor, support overall development, ensure best practices and standards Halifax public library now in modx looked the same in joomla Its not about the front end, its about the cockpit, ask long as the front end performs its about making the lives of your staff happy Why they choose joomla Number 1 in market share Huge community of support Templates www.opensourcecms.com – demo of anything, can see how the back end looks and works why they switched to ModX from Joomla painful upgrade started looking useful stuff – code etc, wanted to look at new services, joomla is not that great for adding unique nice interface but doesn’t help the development of the site ModX Has fine grain user access, can restrict access to specific pages Resources What he does like Still needs work Needs more documentation Some syntax knowledge required Joomla really good for an intranet, wouldn’t recommend for a front end site, community engagement is more important that community size application framework
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