1. Content Management Systems A talk to the Community Networking Conference 2002 Mitra www.mitra.biz mitra@mitra.biz

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

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

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

5. 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

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

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

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

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

10. An example Tyagarah Sustainable Community Alliance

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

12. 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

13. 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 www.apc.org

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