[H-GEN] Activitives at Humbug

[David O'Brien]

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:30 pm, Adrian Sutton wrote:
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> > I'd really like to see a talk on how to easily create interactive
> > websites
> > <snip>
> > Ideally: free software, minimal dependencies on other software (no
> > need
> > for mysql or postgresql unless I have a database of my own already,
> > eg),
> > standards compliant, and a pretty default look.
>
> The software I tend to be familiar with are large, expensive and have
> a huge swag of dependencies, however I do spend a huge amount of my
> time working with, selling, setting up, playing with, evaluating and
> particularly criticizing CMSs, Document Management Systems, Web
> Content Management Systems, wikis, blogs, editors and pretty much
> anything else that involves editing content. I'd be happy to do a
> talk on some of the important things to look for from a user point of
> view (I make a lousy sys-admin) when selecting these types of
> systems, particularly in choosing between CMS, DMS, wikis, blogs etc.
>
> I'd tend to think that if we had a few lightning talks on specific
> systems (advantages/disadvantages, setting up, usage and tips etc) I
> could provide an overview of the types of products that are out there
> and what they're good for (ie: what's the difference between a CMS,
> DMS, WCMS, wiki and blog?). I could also give some technology demos
> from a few prototype ideas of cool things that can be done with
> various systems.
>
> If people were interested in such a package I'd even be happy to take
> the lead in organizing people to give different lightning talks and
> bring it all together. I've already got Greg down. :)
>
> > aj
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adrian Sutton.
>
Part of what I'm doing at work right now is evaluating our use of CVS as a 
(documentation) repository and how we could make better use of the existing 
wiki for info sharing, etc. Eventually we're going to have to get into a 
decent CMS so I for one would be interested in hearing about what's out 
there, how they compare, any demos, etc.

cheers
David O'Brien