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Content Management Systems. Wally Hubbard GLITS January 16, 2012. Web Sites Use. HTML Graphics CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) JavaScript A database (e.g. MySQL) A programming language (PHP). Content management systems provide all of these, and a base to start from.
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Content Management Systems Wally Hubbard GLITS January 16, 2012
Web Sites Use • HTML • Graphics • CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) • JavaScript • A database (e.g. MySQL) • A programming language (PHP)
Content management systems provide all of these,and a base to start from
The site http://www.cmsmatrix.org/lists1,212different cms systems
Ways to run a CMS • Install it on your own machine • Use VMWare Player & run a virtual machine: • Build your own system in the vm • Download a pre-built vm (http://bitnami.org/stacks) • Rent a bare server from an ISP and install it • Rent a server with a pre-built installation
Common Software Stacks • LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP/Python) • MAMP (Mac OS… • WAMP (Windows… • WISA (Windows, IIS7, SQL Server, ASP.NET…)
Ubuntu Server apt-get install apache2 apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 apt-get install mysql-server
Top LAMP CMS Systems • WordPress (blog)http://wordpress.org/download/ • Joomla (brochure)http://www.joomla.org/download.html • Drupal (multi-user)http://drupal.org/download
Add-Ons • WordPress: 17,841 Plug-ins1,465 Themes • Drupal: 14,180 Modules1,385 Themes • Joomla: 8,873 Extensions
Some CMS Add-On Categories • Advertising • Blogs • Message Boards • E-Commerce • Event Management/Signups/Agenda • Games • Project/User Management
Top Windows CMS Systems • DotNetNukehttp://www.dotnetnuke.com/Resources/Downloads.aspx • SharePointhttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/Try-It.aspx
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