Wayne State Joomla ! CMS

1. Presented by: Bradley Martens and Allen George Wayne State Joomla! CMS

2. Introduction • Describe problems in the current system • Provide short-term recommendations • Provide long-term recommendations

3. Methods • Interview with Dean Grimm and Multimedia Specialist Jones • Use of COE website/attending town hall meetings • Personal experience with Joomla! CMS • Exploring Joomla’s website and other CMS websites • “Web Content Management Systems in Higher Education” by Powel and Gill

4. Current CMS • 2 years old • Designer no longer works at COE • Insufficient documentation • Site navigation/ design • Hardcoded database • Scalability/ administrative issues

6. Short-Term Recommendations • Hire a PHP coder • Understand database • Make database links relative • Document current code • Add new features

7. Short-Term Recommendations • Costs • Time: A few years • Salary for PHP coder • Allows for easier implementation of long-term plan

8. Long-Term Recommendations • Switch to Joomla! CMS • Open source • Provides templates and extensions • Research extensions • LDAP authentication • Implement existing features

9. Long-Term Recommendations • Create a test site • Test new features before they go live • Requires database to be relative • Usability study • Test current site and new test site • Outline provided in report

10. Long-Term Recommendations • Scalability • Test site and additional research will help ensure scalability • Cost • Hardware upgrades if needed

11. Conclusions • Insufficient documentation to do a proper transition • Short-term recommendation: fix the database and document existing features • Long-term recommendation: switch to open-source Joomla! CMS • Use a test site and usability study to release features and ensure scalability

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