CMS Posts
A cousin recently asked me about the process of updating a website.
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She currently has a web site which is managed by a vendor.
Problem is, everytime she wants something updated on her site she needs to pay a certain amount.
In the long term it’s not viable to keep paying whenever she needs to keep her site updated. With many events and articles coming up, she figured it may be time to move on to something which allows her to update content on her own.
She told me that they will be hiring a technical staff soon and he has some .NET development skills. So she asked if I could recommend some good and open source software to help them manage their web site content.
The common CMS nowadays are:
However, those mentioned above are all based on the LAMP platform (Apache, MySQL, PHP) and thus might require some learning curve for a .NET person to implement.
Instead, I did a quick search on Open Source .NET Content Management System (CMS) and the following are 3 software for the .NET guy to look at once he’s in. Continue Reading »
List of Open Source .NET Content Management System CMS
The other day, a friend told me that he wants to start a blog to keep track of his life experiences. Image by Sweet One.
He isn’t a technical person but has a smartphone and loves to take pictures with it.
He asked me if I know of an easy way to help him blog and comment on the pictures he took on his phone.
I replied, why don’t you try using Posterous?
To me Posterous is a combination of micro and macro blogging at the convenience of an email client.
Nowadays, smartphones are common and it seems that nearly everyone has one.
If your smartphone can snap a picture and has a built in email client, you will love to use Posterous to update your colleagues, friends and family with the latest happenings.
Micro blogging sites such as Twitter is commonly used to update followers via text.
With Posterous, you can simply take a picture and send it over to Posterous to be created as a blog post. The email subject becomes the post title while the email body become the content of the post.
This is an example on how you can update your boss that you’re late for work because of a traffic jam. 
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Ways to use Posterous for instant web publishing via email
In the past, whenever someone asks me what software should they use as their organization’s intranet system for the purpose of knowledge management repository, I would recommend either Sharepoint or Google Sites (Read a previous post on How to manage and retain knowledge through Google Sites). photo credit: Teemu Mäntynen
Both Sharepoint and Google Sites can be used to manage information and for office collaboration purposes as well. I depends on the decision maker’s preference on which solution best fits their requirements.
Whenever I mention Sharepoint to my friends, this would be their question:
- Is there something cheaper? I do not even want to invest on an operating system just to be able to run Sharepoint.
Whenever I mention Google Sites, this would be their question:
- Is it safe to place confidential documents in Google Sites? We’re worried about security!
It looks like there is a gap between Sharepoint and Google Sites. People seem to want the flexibility to host their information / knowledge on their own at little or no cost.
Is there such a solution? Continue Reading »
Open source web based knowledge management repository
Does your organization currently utilize any knowledge management system (KMS) to store important company related information and documents?
If your organization is still depending on shared folders and emails as a means to capturing and retaining knowledge, then there is an online application called Google Sites which can help your organization manage information better, in a more organized manner. Photo by * CliNKer *.
It is important to keep company information in a central location so that we can easily gain access to it whenever necessary.
If an employee resigns from a company, he / she leaves with the experience and knowledge, unless there is a policy that encourages existing employees to deposit all of their work practices, experiences and deliverables into a knowledge management system. Continue Reading »
How to manage and retain knowledge through Google Sites
Is your organization already adopting and using Sharepoint Server for collaboration, document management and enterprise content management purposes? If yes, then did you know that there’s going to be a new version released soon? The upcoming version is called Sharepoint Server 2010. Ever wondered what’s the major difference between this new Sharepoint version against all the previous versions?
In terms of features and functionalities, I haven’t seen or heard about any key differences yet but in terms of infrastructure and server requirements, according to Sharepoint Team blog, yes there’s a major difference which is everything will and has to be 64 bit:
- SharePoint Server 2010 will be 64-bit only.
- SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit Windows Server 2008 or 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2.
- SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit SQL Server 2008 or 64-bit SQL Server 2005.
I don’t think this requirement would affect the large enterprises much. I’m sure they have the resources, funds and requirements to go for Sharepoint Server 2010. Image by trekkyandy. Continue Reading »
The key difference between Sharepoint 2007 and 2010
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