1. + Team Members Evaluation and Implementation of Web 2.0 Technologies in Support of CReSIS Polar and Cyberinfrastructure Research Projects at Elizabeth City State University Michael Austin Tevin Baskerville Jean Bevins Joyce Bevins Robyn Evans

2. + Abstract Evaluation and Implementation of Web 2.0 Technologies in Support of CReSIS Polar and Cyberinfrastructure Research Projects at Elizabeth City State University Abstract The primary focus of this research project was to study the implementation of Web 2.0 technologies to support scientific research and provide educational resources. Web 2.0 technologies include social networking, text and data mining, knowledge incorporation environments, tagging, visualization, and mashups. These technologies are widely used in popular sites such as MySpace, Facebook, and iGoogle. Various research and government organizations such as NASA, Harvard’s Science and Engineering department, and the Technology Student Association have also implemented these technologies. The 2008-2009 Multimedia Team focused on specific server software packages to execute Content Management Systems (CMS) for future inclusion in several ongoing projects under the Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER) umbrella. Four open source software packages were evaluated, installed, and documented as models for future installations. These software packages were Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, and MediaWiki.

3. + Vocabulary Mashup Wiki Blog Content Management System Open Source

4. + Overview Content Management System Database Management Implementation Installation Platform

5. + Joomla Overview Uses Examples

6. + Joomla Installation MySQL 1. phpMyAdmin at http://localhost 2. Create a new database 3. User name and password

7. + Joomla Installation Joomla 1. Create directory titled “Joomla15” 2. Download Joomla 1.5 3. Extract files 4. Installation guide 5. English 6. Installation Status

8. + Joomla Installation 7. Database Configuration a. Select database type – MySQL b. Enter the Host Name – localhost c. Enter the User Name and Password d. Enter the Database Name

9. + Joomla Installation Completion 8. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) layer 9. Site name 10. Administrators email and password 11. Sample data 12. Installation is complete 13. Delete installation directory

10. + Joomla Results No Errors Installation guide Tutorial

11. + Joomla Recommendations Operation Components, extensions, plug-ins PHP

12. + WordPress Overview Personalization and functionality Required Software

13. + WordPress Installation phpMyAdmin Password Root Account Privileges

14. + WordPress Installation Download WordPress c:\wamp\www\wordpress wp-config.php wp-config–example.php to wp-config.php

15. + WordPress Installation http://localhost Blog title and administrator email address wp-config.php http://localhost/wordpress

16. + WordPress Results Installation Guide On-line Resources

17. + WordPress Recommendation Easily Installed Purpose and Use

18. + Drupal Overview Comparisons Ease of use

19. + Drupal Installation phpMyAdmin Add a username and password Database error Error Correction Download Drupal Extract Files c:\wamp\www\drupal Open http://localhost Drupal installation process Username and password

20. + Drupal Results Database Error Configuration File Unable to install

21. + Drupal Recommendations Highly recommended by others Downfalls Recommended for skilled computer developers

22. + MediaWiki Overview User submission PHP Origin of Wiki

23. + MediaWiki Installation 1. WAMP 2. Download and System Requirements 3. Download MediaWiki 4. Extract to Web Root

24. + MediaWiki Installation 5. http://localhost/mediawiki-1.13.4 6. Setup the Wiki first 7. localhost 8. MySQL and PHP

25. + MediaWiki Installation 9. Site Configuration Form 10. Install Wiki 11. LocalSettings.php 12. Create accounts for users.

26. + MediaWiki Results Not User Friendly MediaWiki Editing Code

27. + MediaWiki Recommendations 9. Programming Level 10. Support 11. Versatile Tool

28. + Results - Installations Installation Ease Guides Resources Stability

29. + Results – CMS on NIA http://nia.ecsu.edu Documentation and Forms Drupal and MediaWiki

30. + Future Work Application to Research Research Models Documentation and Communication Integration Firewall

31. + References Joomla! Retrieved Jan 29, 2009 from the World Wide Web, http://www.joomla.org/http://www.joomla.org/ WordPress Retrieved Jan 10, 2009 from the World Wide Web, http://wordpress.org/http://wordpress.org/ Drupal Retrieved Feb 2, 2009 from the World Wide Web, http://drupal.org/http://drupal.org/ MediaWiki Retrieved Feb 17, 2009 from the World Wide Web, http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWikihttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Content Management System Matrix Retrieved Feb 18, 2008 from the World Wide Web, http://www.cmsmatrix.org/http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ What Is Web 2.0 | O'Reilly Media Retrieved Jan 12, 2009 from the World Wide Web, http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html Everything You Need to Know About Web 2.0 Retrieved Jan 9, 2009 from the World Wide Web, http://www.techsoup.org/toolkits/web2http://www.techsoup.org/toolkits/web2

32. + Questions http://nia.ecsu.edu/niaj/ http://nia.ecsu.edu/wordpress/