Web Publishing
From iCommons wiki
Online publishing and blogging tools should focus on a range of technical abilities, from simple HTML What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) programs to blogs and Content Management Systems (CMS). While all tools should come with simple and easy-to-use documentation, this is especially stressed for more complex software.
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Podcasting
Loudblog
- Description: Loudblog is a sleek and easy-to-use Content Management System (CMS) for publishing media content on the web,specialised on Podcasting.
- Comments: It automatically generates a skinnable website and an RSS-Feed for Podcasting. Just upload your audio/video files, add some notes and links, and you’re done!.
- Technical Level: Low technical level, you need to know how to install a PHP Script on a Server with a MySQL Database.
- Site: http://www.loudblog.de/
- Other Resources:
- How to design and publish your website in NVU
- NVU Downloads (Scroll down to Extensions, Guides, and Themes for tutorials.)
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Content Management Systems
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Wordpress
- Description: WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.
- Comments: Arguably the best blogging engine for users that want a no-mess, no-fuss solution to their personal publishing requirements with excellent support and documentation and lots of themes and extensions. Can also be a used as a basic content management system.
- Technical Level: Seamless installation. Up and running in less than 5 minutes. Does require access to database and existing connection details to ensure a speedy installation.
- Site: http://wordpress.org/
- Other Resources:
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ActionApps
- Description: Action Applications (AA) is an open source Content Management System (CMS) developed by the Association for Progressive Communications - Apc.
- Comments: A collaborative web publishing tool for non-profits, which is:
- Fast & Easy: If you can fill out a form, you can publish professional-looking items online—in minutes.
- Flexible: Automate all kinds of content—news, events, action alerts, member lists, RSS and email alerts.
- Collaborative: Unique Content Pooling features help NGOs work together to save time and build audience.
- Technical Level: Low technical level for final users. Requires knowledge how to install a website in a server with a MySQL Database.
- Other Resources:
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Drupal
- Description: Drupal is software that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a great variety of content on a website. Drupal can be used for community web portals and discussion sites, corporate web sites/intranet portals, personal web sites, aficionado sites, e-commerce applications and resource directories.
- Comments: A very powerful tool for building community-orientated websites.
- Technical Level: Middle technical level, requires knowledge how to install a php script on a server with a MySQL Database.
- Site: http://www.drupal.org/
- Other Resources:
- Civic Space is an extension to Drupal with features for NGOs. It includes Contact Management with CiviCRM, Mass Mailing-functionalities, an advanced donation system and Event-Management.
Joomla
- Description: FileZilla is an open source FTP client with a GUI interface.
- Comments: The most developed and reliable open source FTP client there is. Has a very pretty user interface that mimics the looks of popular closed source clients.
- Technical Level: Low technical level, though requires an understanding of what FTP is, and why it's useful.
- Other Resources:
- How to design and publish your website in NVU
- NVU Downloads (Scroll down to Extensions, Guides, and Themes for tutorials.)
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Wikis
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Tools
FileZilla
- Description: FileZilla is an open source FTP client with a GUI interface.
- Comments: The most developed and reliable open source FTP client there is. Has a very pretty user interface that mimics the looks of popular closed source clients.
- Technical Level: Low technical level, though requires an understanding of what FTP is, and why it's useful.
- Other Resources:
- How to design and publish your website in NVU
- NVU Downloads (Scroll down to Extensions, Guides, and Themes for tutorials.)
NVU
- Description: Based on Mozilla Composer, NVU is a full-featured WYSIWYG HTML editor.
- Comments: I use it for basic web development and am very happy.
- Technical Level: Low - easy to use.
- Other Resources:
- How to design and publish your website in NVU
- NVU Downloads (Scroll down to Extensions, Guides, and Themes for tutorials.)
TinyMCE
- Description: TinyMCE is a WYSIWYG HTML editor created in JavaScript.
- Comments: The cool thing about this editor is that it can run right off of the CD or website. May be useful to include on the CD as a minimalist addition that can be run almost anywhere.
- Technical Level: pretty much anyone can use it, though they'll need to find a place to upload their files.
- Site: TinyMCE Site
- Other Resources:
Wiki Engines
- Description: There are all sorts of wiki systems of differing difficulty of use and range of functions. The simpler ones require only basic server administration skills to set up.
- Comments: Wikis can be used for publishing content, though in my opinion they're more useful for work behind the scenes - coordination of projects, collaborative writing - and maybe therefore should even be in the Participatory_Media section.
- Technical Level: Setting up a wiki requires server access (though you can run one locally for yourself) and basic server administration skills. Using a wiki that has already been set up is quite easy, though some people still find it more difficult than posting through a CMS system.
