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Workshop Agenda

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Welcome & Introduction

  1. Me
    1. Who I am
    2. Why I'm Here
  2. You
    1. Who You Are
    2. Why You're Here
  3. What We Will be Talking About
  4. What We Won't be talking about

Things to Think About Before You Get Started

  1. Know Your Goals
  2. Know Your Audience
  3. Know Your Institution
  4. Know Your Limits
  5. Know Where to Get Help

Necessary Considerations

  1. Three Important Skills
    1. Writing Text
    2. Working With Images
    3. Putting it All Together
  2. Process/Workflow
    1. Who Decides
    2. Who Does What
    3. Who Approves
    4. Who's Responsible When There's a Problem
  3. In-house vs. Contracting
    1. Pros and Cons
    2. Assumptions
  4. Some Software that is really great:
    1. Firefox (getfirefox.com)
    2. Web Developer Toolbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60)
    3. DOM Inspector (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6622)
    4. Firebug (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843)

Why Open Source?

  1. The Open Source Community
  2. Some Examples
    1. Guggenheim (http://www.guggenheim.org/)
    2. Indianapolis Museum of Art (http://www.imamuseum.org/)
    3. Science Buzz (http://www.sciencebuzz.org/)
    4. Smarthistory (http://smarthistory.org/)
    5. The White House (http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx)
    6. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (http://www.indianartsandculture.org)

Web Content

Calendars

  • Google Calendar (http://www.google.com)
  • Harvard Museum of Natural History (http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/kids-and-families/google-calendar.html)

Blogging

Hosted/Self Hosted

  • blogger.com
  • wordpress.com
  • wordpress.org

Image Galleries

  • Zen Photo
  • Javascript Galleries/jQuery/MooTools
  • Built in Galleries

Pulling it All Together: Content Management Systems

  • The Big Three: Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress
  • Other Options: CMSMS, Typolight, ModX
  • Why ModX?
    • ModX Structure
    • ModX Terminology (http://www.law.gmu.edu/howto/modx/designing)
    • Templates
    • Snippets
      • Wayfinder
      • Ditto
      • Breadcrumbs
      • Gallery
    • Chunks

Integrating Online Tools

  • Google Analytics
  • Google translate
  • Blogs & Feeds
  • Facebook Fan Box
  • Flickr Galleries