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JOOMLA, WORDPRESS & NUCLUESHTTP://WWW.TECHNICALPROJECTS.ORG
By Savitri Wilder
What is in Today’s Session?
Introduction Joomla Overview WordPress Overview
Wordpress Wordpress MU
Nucleus Examples Discussion/Q&A
Joomla Overview
For developers: Installation, with basic requirements as follows:
PHP 4.2.x MySQL 3.23.x Apache 1.3.x
Local installation: http://help.joomla.org/content/view/34/132 JSAS XAMPP or similar
Add-ons/extensions (2882 extension as of 4/3/08) Designers
Dreamweaver plug-in Admin
Easy to navigate control panel User
Easy to navigate menu system and front end editing option
Joomla’s Features
Divided by Sections, Categories, and Content Plug-ins can be in the form of Components
(content specialized elements or applications), Modules (used to display different information), and/or Mambots (functional units of code that support the operation of Joomla)
Global configuration Different user privileges Can add to menu and publish to front page
easily
WordPress Overview
Difference between WP and WP-MU Developers
Very easy web interface and same basic server requirements as Joomla
Many extensions, including widgets Designers
I have not tested it yet but there is a Dreamweaver plug-in (works in DW 8 or greater)
Admin Easy to navigate control panel
User Easy to navigate menu system and front end editing
option Users
Different user capabilities
WordPress’s Features
Can have a feel of a full website through its “pages” feature
Great spam catcher through Askismet Great selection of themes Easily embed videos, podcast, or other
Web 2.0 applications Import/export option Full features:
www.wordpress.org/about/features
Nucleus Usage
Nucleus was used before WordPress MU was available
We have no access to files and folders permission in our server
Although Nucleus is a very nice blog application, we found that WP has more features especially with MU
Users have no access to his own control panel Only two levels of user access: admin or user
UCM Joomla Examples
MMSP: www.mmsp.org Uses Community Builder Zip code search
Wild Life Society: www.ucmo.edu/wildlifesociety Paramedico: www.ucmo.edu/paramedico (still
working on CSS) Prevet: www.ucmo.edu/prevet (needs content) Mathforum:
http://faculty.ucmo.edu/mathforum/mathforum
Other Joomla Examples
OSU: http://osu.okstate.edu/ Antioch LA: www.antiochla.edu Antioch St. Barbara: www.antiochsb.edu UMich: www.si.umich.edu/computing W. Carolina U: http://ief.wcu.edu U. of Alabama: http://vast.uah.edu U. of Virginia:
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu Albion: www.albion.edu/sports
UCM WordPress Examples
INST 5400: http://inst5400.technicalprojects.org
GRAP 2610: http://grap2610.technicalprojects.org
Bryan Carter: http://english2205.wordpress.com
Other WordPress Examples
http://www.slconvention.org http://giftedkidsnetwork.com/wp http://www.teach42.com WordPress hosted blogs:
www.wordpress.com
Joomla Links
Joomla: www.joomla.org Installation:
http://help.joomla.org/content/category/48/268/302/
Dreamweaver extension: www.joomlasolutions.com/joomla_dreamweaver/joomla_dreamweaver_extension_1.0.mxp
JSAS: www.jsasonline.com
WordPress Links
WordPress: www.wordpress.org MU: http://mu.wordpress.org Dreamweaver Extension:
http://vikiworks.com/2007/08/22/dw-extension-for-wordpress-template-build
Other Links
FTP: Cyberduck: www.cyberduck.ch Filezilla: www.filezilla-project.org
Compression Apps: 7-Zip: www.7-zip.org
My Contact
Savitri Wilder University of Central Missouri 207B Dockery 660-543-8687 [email protected] http://www.technicalprojects.org