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CMS Weekly Episode 36

CMSW2009-09-28

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• Another DAM Blog
• Think! About Drupal versus Commercial CMS
• Alfresco Meetups – Reserve Your Seats

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Jumping Feed Points

by Kara Karsten
One of the “under the hood” details on moving the podcast home is the location of the xml file that lets iTunes and other podcast receiving software know where to find the next episode.

From the listener’s standpoint, nothing changes. Suffice it to say that one of the connections that should have happened — didn’t.

Each of the episodes from September have been published – and should be in the iTunes store. Earlier Episodes are available at the SDRNews site – or if, you’d like a copy let us know and we can email them to you directly.

Just like DNS, this may take a few days to sort out and propogate.

Thanks for your patience.

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CMS Weekly Episode 35

CMSW2009-09-21

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• Alfresco Opens the Cloud
• Ninja Forge Joomla Book Released
• Perfect Storm in the Workforce

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Show Notes and Links

by Kara Karsten

The new format here at CMS Weekly is emerging, with notes to some of the major news items mentioned for the week, and complete episodes from previous weeks.

It will take several weeks to transition the materials.

You can access complete episodes under Categories – to the right. And you will eventually be able to index to a specific story through the tag cloud.

The Archive list refers only to the FIFO order in which articles were moved in – so that probably will disappear shortly, replaced with something more useful.

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SilverStripe reaches 200,000 downloads
Transcript From Episode CMSW2009-08-10

We talk an awful lot about Joomal, Drupal and Alfresco on this show, but there are a lot of other CMS tools, open source and otherwise. SilverStripe is one such CMS tool. This week they announced they reached the notable milestone of 200,000 downloads.

The actual number could be much higher, due to downloads from an external website SourceForge, as well as discs distributed with magazines and manuals. This also does not include module and widget downloads.

With 10 supported languages, a 450 page technical reference is available in German, and targeted for release in English this month. Is this a “CMS to watch” for 2010 or 2011? User comments on php.opensourcecms.com are mixed. One thing is clear – it is not for the beginner. Building websites using SilverStripe requires technical website development competence, and is thus aimed at providing efficiency and power to experienced website developers.

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Analytics360 Plugin for WordPress Story Added
Transcript From Episode CMSW2009-08-10

The Analytics360 plugin for WordPress integrates your Google Analytics stats right into your Dashboard. This plugin was developed by Crowd Favorite, with the sponsorship of MailChimp.

WordPress bloggers – interested in seeing if your blog posts and email campaigns are driving web traffic to your website? Integrate Google Analytics into your dashboard with the Analytics360 plugin, co-developed by MailChimp and Crowd Favorite. Being a MailChimp customer isn’t required to use the plugin, but if you are, the data from your MailChimp email campaigns is also included in the analysis. View a demo video and find the download on mailchimp.com.

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Google Wave: Is it the latest “gotta have it” gizmo for your cutting edge website?
Transcript From Episode CMSW2009-08-10

Google Wave is a personal communication and collaboration tool announced by Google at the 2009 Google I/O conference. It is a web-based service designed to merge e-mail, IM, wiki and social networking, boasting automated translation between 40 languages, as well as robust spell/grammar check and numerous extensions.

And you can extend it even further with the Google Wave APIs. Go to wave.google.com for a developer preview. Also, be sure to check out ninjaforge.com for Ninja Wave, a Joomla! extension for embedding Google Wave on your Joomla! website.

Ninja Forge is a subscription based Joomla! extension web site. They call themselves the “first and premier Open Source Extension Club”, providing cutting edge quality, trust, support, freedom and technology. Stian Didriksen is a 19-year-old developer, busy pushing the envelope – you may want to follow at @stipsan at his site, ninjaforge.com.

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The Productivity Myth: Step Away From the Twitter, Get Back to Work
Transcript From Episode CMSW2009-08-10

Employers it seems are very worried about lost productivity due to social media usage. The fact is that there are already tons of other outside distractions at work ranging from instant message, email, workplace socializing and the never ending cigarette break – so this is not a new problem – but an old concern applied to a new technology; similar to what we see when the ranks of psychologists hit the TV news circuit to describe some new addiction caused by technology.

During the same time that Facebook grew from 100 million users to 200 million and Twitter went Oprah, U.S business sector productivity has increased 2.0 percent. This is a bit off the recent historic rate 2.5% – but I don’t think anyone during this recession is blaming that on Twitter.

Companies that think they may have a productivity problem because of social networks and the like actually have a measurement problem – that is – they don’t know how to objectively measure whether an employee is meeting standards of productivity. In the absence of clear measurement – they resort to punitive actions (blocking these sites, monitoring employee behavior) that can damage morale and trust.

If your sales team is nailing their numbers do you care if they are on Facebook? If your call center is handling volume with great customer satisfaction – do you care if they use Twitter?

Lastly, most companies don’t recognize that they often expect employees to check email after hours and bring work home when needed. If this is the expectation then blocking employees from accessing these social sites during “work hours” is not a fair bargain.

My recommendation for companies is to clarify job performance criteria and establish clear guidelines on how to productively engage social media (social media savvy employees are an asset not a liability)… and to build those guidelines collaboratively with their employees using these very same technologies. My favorite guideline comes from IBM (they have the best guidelines that I know of) which says, “Don’t forget your day job”. Enough said.

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Steve Karsch: Drupal 7: What’s In It For You?
Transcript From Episode CMSW2009-08-10

Thanks to everyone who attended my session at DrupalCamp Philly today. Here are the slides from my presentation.

Thanks to Steve Karsch for sharing his slides from DrupalCamp Philly. His presentation was Drupal 7: What’s In It For You.

First the all-important Drupal 7 release dates: Code Freeze currently scheduled for September 1st, But no release date specified as yet. 2010?

It requires: PHP5, MySQL 5, PgSQL 8.3, and PDO.

Some highlights: PDO-based abstraction layer; support for any database supported by PHP; theming improvements; the Drupal7 User Experience Project.

Links to SimpleTest Handbook and other details on stevekarsch.com. Sign up now to help test at drupal.org.

Just sent @CMSExpo a copy of the Google #wave embedding #joomla module, setting up the demo now.

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DrupalCamp Fever continues
Transcript From Episode CMSW2009-08-10

This past weekend, August 8 and 9, Drupal enthusiasts gathered in CA for DrupalCamp LA. You’ll recognize some of the same folks we talked to at DrupalCamp Colorado in June – Platinum sponsors pingVision and acquia, and Gold sponsor Volacci. Other than these familiar names, the session offerings look completely unique.

Another event shooting for 200+ attendees with lots of out of state registrants is DrupalCamp Atlanta. This is the inaugural event for DrupalCamp Atlanta, is sponsored by the Atlanta Drupal User Group and is a one-day event on September 19th. Registration is free and lunch is included, thanks to generous sponsorship by MediaCurrent interactive solutions, Matrix, acquia, MailChimp, autotrader.com, Volacci, a small orange, Microsoft and CMS Website Services. Get involved or register at drupalcampatlanta.com.

And don’t forget DrupalCon Paris on Sept 1-5. You can find CMSWeekly coverage of DrupalCamp Colorado in June under the events tab of SDRNews.com.

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Mediacurrent: Drupalcamp Atlanta Fever is in the Air!
Transcript From Episode CMSW2009-08-10

I might also note Drupalcamp LA in progress this week and have a look at some of the speakers there that you interviewed in Colorado. Whenever a group organizes a conference for the first-time there are a lot of unknowns – the phrase “if you build it will they come” is always in the back of your mind.

However, I am happy to report that the response so far to the inaugural Drupalcamp Atlanta has been just awesome – as I write this, we have 158 attendees, 15 sessions, 9 sponsors, 2 keynote speakers with strong Drupal credentials, and a passionate organizing committee. We’re setting a goal of trying to sell out at 250, which is the max capacity the venue can adequately hold.

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Joomlearn LMS Basic Edition for Joomla 1.5 Released!
Transcript From Episode CMSW2009-08-10

Joomla Showroom is pleased to announce that we have finally released a Joomla 1.5 native version of the Joomlearn LMS Basic Edition. This version is a FREE download is now available in our free downloads section of our website. Joomlearn LMS Basic Edition is available now for Joomla 1.5 native, in a free download from joomlashowroom.com.

Joomlearn is a Learning Management System for managing your training material and delivering training through a Joomla website. After completing the training, users can take a quiz and print a certificate. The Basic Edition is free, and a Silver Edition is also available, offering more options for a fee. joomlashowroom.com.

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