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Confessions of aCMS Generalist

or how I learned to be like Groot

Stephanie Guay

Director of Web Projects

Nicholas School | Duke University

@techiestephanie#DPA 7

In the beginning…..

In the beginning…..

HTML

In the beginning…..

HTML

CSS

In the beginning…..

HTML

CSS

PHP includes

In the beginning…..

HTML

CSS

PHP includes

I’m AWESOME

Welcome to Plone

Welcome to Plone

Zope/python

Welcome to Plone

Zope/python

Blogs

Welcome to Plone

Zope/python

Blogs

Users can add/edit

Welcome to Plone

Zope/python

Blogs

Users can add/edit

Extend to entire website

Welcome to Plone

Zope/python

Blogs

Users can add/edit

Extend to entire website

I want my own site……

Welcome to Plone

Zope/python

Blogs

Users can add/edit

Extend to entire website

I want my own site……

Welcome to WordPressWordPress

Welcome to WordPress

Duke networkWordPress

Welcome (again) to WordPress

Duke network

Internal network

WordPress

Welcome (again) to WordPress

Duke network

Internal network

php…what?

WordPress

Welcome (again) to WordPress

Duke network

Internal network

php…what?

WordPress

Welcome (again) to WordPress

Duke network

Internal network--100+ sites

WordPress

Welcome (again) to WordPress

Duke network

Internal network--100+ sites

Blogs

WordPress

Welcome (again) to WordPress

Duke network

Internal network--100+ sites

Blogs--60+ blogs

WordPress

Welcome (again) to WordPress

Duke network

Internal network--100+ sites

Blogs--60+ blogs

2 CMSes – everyone is happy? Right?

WordPress

Welcome to Drupal

Welcome to Drupal

php

Welcome to Drupal

php

Entire site Plone >> Drupal

Welcome to Drupal

php

Entire site Plone >> Drupal

Now I have 3…..

So who’s the winner?

WordPress

So who’s the winner?

WordPress

No one

How do they measure up?

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

1. Editing

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

1. Editing

1. Theming

WordPress

How do they measure up?

WordPress

1. Setup/maintenance

How do they measure up?

WordPress

1. Setup/maintenance• deployment

How do they measure up?

WordPress

1. Setup/maintenance1. Setup/maintenance• deployment

How do they measure up?

WordPress

1. Setup/maintenance• deployment

How do they measure up?

WordPress

1. Setup/maintenance• deployment

How do they measure up?

WordPress

1. Setup/maintenance• deployment• architecture

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance• deployment• architecture

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance• deployment• architecture

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance• deployment• architecture

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates• Products, plugins &

modules oh myWordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates• Products, plugins &

modules oh my

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates• Products, plugins &

modules oh my

8 Products--maps, captchas, etc

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates• Products, plugins &

modules oh my

8 Products--maps, captchas, etc--infrequent updates

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates• Products, plugins &

modules oh my

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates• Products, plugins &

modules oh my

WordPress

60+ Plugins (avg 10/site)--forms, slideshows, etc

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates• Products, plugins &

modules oh my

WordPress

60+ Plugins (avg 10/site)--forms, slideshows, etc--frequent easy updates

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates• Products, plugins &

modules oh my

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates• Products, plugins &

modules oh my

WordPress

249 Modules--views, url paths

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates• Products, plugins &

modules oh my

WordPress

249 Modules--views, url paths--frequent, complicated updates

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

1. Editing

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

1. Editing

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

1. Editing

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

1. Editing

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

1. Editing

1. Theming

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

1. Editing

1. Theming

WordPress

How do they measure up?

1. Setup/maintenance

1. Add-ons/updates

1. Content

1. Editing

1. Theming

WordPress

So What Have I Learned?

WordPress

So What Have I Learned?

No one ‘best’ CMS

WordPress

So What Have I Learned?

No one ‘best’ CMS

Be Groot – learn to adapt

WordPress

So What Have I Learned?

No one ‘best’ CMS

Be Groot – learn to adapt

Look at YOUR resourcesWordPress

So What Have I Learned?

No one ‘best’ CMS

Be Groot – learn to adapt

Look at YOUR resources

Use your networks

WordPress

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Confessions of aCMS Generalist

Thanks for listening :)

Stephanie Guay

Director of Web Projects

Nicholas School | Duke University

@techiestephanie#DPA 7