Content Management Systems A talk to the Community Networking Conference 2002 Mitra

Mitra GreenNet 1985 Association for Progressive Communications 1989 –Pegasus Internet Standards Sustainability Technologies Community Networking

Contents Small Organizations Static v. Dynamic Content Management Systems Range of CMS APC-AA Site creation Content Pooling

Small Organizations Small organizations < 5 staff and volunteers Minimal funding Some data changes monthly Minutes, news etc

Two choices ? Static Easy if have a volunteer Easy to host –Too simple –Requires HTML skills to update Database driven Data changes easily –Expensive –Long lead times –Cost & time to change –Lack of volunteers

Content Management Systems Web Interface –Admininistration, Editing and Authoring Authentication Workflow Simple – lists and items Separate data and interface Relatively simple

CMS Range Vignette –US$100k+; weeks of training; High volume, integration, … APC-AA or Wok … Bloggers such as PMachine –Limited configuration –Personal publishing

APC-AA Developed for and by non-profit sector Open Source Middle ground – service provider model Multilingual

APC-AA features Simple table creation Tables plugs into HTML files Content Pooling

An example Tyagarah Sustainable Community Alliance

Site creation example Create Table Setup Categories Create a few views Setup permissions Integrate into web page Demo …

Alcohol Content Pooling Example Originals The Health Communication Unit Center for Addiction & Mental Health Ontario Drug Awareness Partnership Focus Resource Center Feeding into Alcohol content pool

Association for Progressive Communications Started 1988 – GreenNet and IGC Sponsored Pegasus in 1989 Grown to about 28 countries Internet Policy and Regulation Rapid Response Network (Mirroring) Gender and Power Capacity Building

Some more examples Rabble.ca APC-AA slice examples page Games