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From Open Source to On Your Phone: Using Drupal to Develop the Library’s Mobile Website

From Open Source to On Your Phone: Using Drupal to Develop the Library’s Mobile Website. Prof. Junior Tidal Library jtidal@citytech.cuny.edu Twitter : @ JuniorTidal http://library.citytech.cuny.edu 04.05.13. What Are We Talking About?. Mobile Device Usage Open Source

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From Open Source to On Your Phone: Using Drupal to Develop the Library’s Mobile Website

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  1. From Open Source to On Your Phone: Using Drupal to Develop the Library’s Mobile Website Prof. Junior Tidal Library jtidal@citytech.cuny.edu Twitter: @JuniorTidal http://library.citytech.cuny.edu 04.05.13

  2. What Are We Talking About? • Mobile Device Usage • Open Source • How the Library Uses Open Source • The Library’s Open Source Based Mobile Site • Why a Mobile Site Instead of an Application • eBooks, the Desktop Site and the Mobile Site • The Future

  3. Mobile Device Usage Has Increased • As of December, 2012 • 87% of all American own a cell phone • 45% own smartphones • As of January 2013 • 26% of Americans own an e-reader • 31% own a tablet computer

  4. City Tech Students • Students are visiting the library website using: • iPhones • iPads • iPod Touch and Classic • Sony Arc • Other Android Devices

  5. Mobile Device Usage • Visits during the Fall 2011 semester • 2,547 • Visits during the Fall 2012 semester • 3,920

  6. Open Source • Open source refers to freely available, community supported source code. • Even though open source is freely available, there may not be a large enough community to support particular products • Open source projects may cease without warning. • The library uses a variety of open source products.

  7. Open Source Software Used By the Library

  8. RedHat Linux • Linux is an open source operating system • The library’s web server is powered by the Red Hat distribution

  9. Apache Web Server • Apache allows users to connect to the library’s website. • This open-source program powers more than 100 million websites.

  10. Drupal • Drupal is an open source web content management system or CMS • This CMS utilizes PHP and MySQL to present web pages. • The library’s website is based on Drupal 6.

  11. Piwik • Piwik is a web analytics tool.

  12. Clickheat • Clickheat is an analytics program that tracks the most clicked on areas of a web page.

  13. MediaWiki • MediaWiki is the same platform that power Wikipedia. • The library utilizes it for internal communication.

  14. WebMin • WebMin is an open source configuration tool. • It allows server administration through a GUI-based web browser.

  15. WordPress • WordPress is a blogging platform. • The library uses it as a blog.

  16. PHPMyAdmin • PHPMyAdmin is another web-based GUI. • We can administer MySQL over the web instead of connecting to the server through the command line.

  17. The Library’s Mobile Site • The library uses a separate installation of Drupal 7 to manage our mobile website. • Like the desktop version, we uses the Apache web server hosted by City Tech CIS • The mobile website uses jQuery Mobile, a touch-optimized web framework, through a Drupal theme • Drupal 7 was selected due to the large support community of librarians

  18. Mobile Website Vs Mobile Application • Why use a mobile website? • Using a library mobile website allows for greater cross-platform compatibility • Mobile applications require more programming • A mobile website is more cost effective since we do not have to develop a separate iOS (Apple) application and Android application

  19. eBooks and PHP Parsing • eBook resources are becoming more popular. • The mobile site uses a PHP script to harvest eBook resources from the desktop site. • This intended for mobile and tablet users. • This is used so there isn’t redundant maintained between the two sites. • Once a new eBook resource is added, it is automatically available on the mobile site.

  20. The Future of the Library’s Mobile Site • More resources are moving towards mobile and tablet computing • Usability testing • Continued hardware capability • iPads used as catalog stations • CUNY Catalog Mobile ready • Utilizing more mobile technology for library services such as GPS, and SMS services.

  21. Wrap Up • Mobile Device Usage • Open Source • How the Library Uses Open Source • The Library’s Open Source Based Mobile Site • Why a Mobile Site Instead of an Application • eBooks, the Desktop Site and the Mobile Site • The Future

  22. Questions?

  23. Thanks!

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