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So you're a webmaster for a website that doesn't exist and your first task is to create it?
So you're a webmaster for a website that doesn't exist and your first task is to create it?
There are several options of getting this done within the MPDL infrastructure.
There are several options of getting this done within the MPDL infrastructure.
== Use Cases ==
*Need a collaboration space on the web to work on a project application?
*Want to publish something like the sengbusch collection?





Revision as of 09:45, 17 April 2009

Webmaster Apprenticeship Training

How to create a project website
Tools

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So you're a webmaster for a website that doesn't exist and your first task is to create it? There are several options of getting this done within the MPDL infrastructure.

Use Cases[edit]

  • Need a collaboration space on the web to work on a project application?
  • Want to publish something like the sengbusch collection?


Wordpress μ Blog[edit]

Wordpress isn't only a blogging software. It can easily serve as CMS. New blogs in our installation can be created by Lars and Robert, same goes for user accounts.

The Good[edit]

  • relatively easy to change the layout, in particular because there are lots of themes to choose from.
  • something like a "news" section is pretty much built-in - it's a blog after all.

The Bad[edit]

  • when it comes to support for collaboration

And The Ugly[edit]

Colab Portal[edit]

As you currently read this information, you already discovered the colab wiki. It is a publicly available installation of the mediawiki software. Everybody can register for an account and start to create new pages or to modify existing articles.

The Good[edit]

  • probably the easiest way to publish "single pieces" of information

The Bad[edit]

  • layout is defined for complete installation
  • very weak measures for access control

And The Ugly[edit]

Trac instance + Subversion repository[edit]

https://dev.livingreviews.org/projects/

The Good[edit]

  • very good support for collaboration.

The Bad[edit]

  • relatively hard to change the layout.

And The Ugly[edit]

  • Served via HTTPS using a root certificate which isn't pre-installed in most browsers. Thus, not the first choice for public facing websites.


Web checkout of a Subversion repository[edit]

example: http://srvd.livingreviews.org/mdbase/trunk/