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the dipterists site

the dipterists site. Paul L.Th . Beuk Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht. History. Initial idea for portal: October 2001 Draft content in static html pages Switch to use of Content Management System (CMS: PHP-Fusion) Online since 11 May 2004 Reasons for actual kick-off:

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the dipterists site

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  1. the dipterists site Paul L.Th. Beuk Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht

  2. History • Initial idea for portal: October 2001 • Draft content in static html pages • Switch to use of Content Management System (CMS: PHP-Fusion) • Online since 11 May 2004 • Reasons for actual kick-off: • termination of asilidae-l • no option for attachments in Syrphidae mailing list

  3. Features • News

  4. Features • News • Forum

  5. Features • News • Forum • Gallery

  6. Features • News • Forum • Gallery • Articles

  7. Features • News • Forum • Gallery • Articles • Downloads

  8. Features • News • Forum • Gallery • Articles • Downloads • Glossary

  9. Features • News • Forum • Gallery • Articles • Downloads • Glossary • Weblinks

  10. Features • News • Forum • Gallery • Articles • Downloads • Glossary • Weblinks • Book reviews

  11. Features • News • Forum • Gallery • Articles • Downloads • Glossary • Weblinks • Book reviews • Marketplace

  12. User facilities • Search

  13. User facilities • Search • Private Messages

  14. User facilities • Search • Private Messages • User groups

  15. User facilities • Search • Private Messages • User groups • Submissions

  16. User facilities • Search • Private Messages • User groups • Submissions • Theme selection

  17. Visits by logged in members last month 9 July 2009 – 8 July 2010

  18. Success determining factors • Userbase composition • specialists, both professional and amateur • non-specialists, for example photographers • Features • relatively high identification rate in forum • Userbase behaviour • everyone is welcome, the RTFM mentality hardly exists • simple measures to prevent flooding by individual users • member approval prevents most spam • ‘Page 1’ search result • Cross linking

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