The Carolinas Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology is hosting this workshop on content management systems...
Event details
There are roughly a gazillion open-source CMS products using a variety of means (PHP, Ruby on Rails, Java, blogging software, etc.) to manage documents, graphics, text, and other digital creations. They can also be used to manage web content, and hold the promise that all you need to do is create the content and leave the HTML markup and publishing to the CMS.
But just what exactly is a CMS? What does it look like? How does it work? Many CMS products are free or open-source--but does that mean they're cheap in terms of the time you spend setting them up?
This event is intended for beginners or those new to the CMS idea. It's especially for anyone who's been asked to use a CMS to revamp their organization's web site, but doesn't know where to start or where to go for more information.
There will be no hands-on activities at this event, but there will be plenty of opportunity to see a few choice CMS products in action and to ask lots of questions.
When
Saturday, April 18
9 a.m.-1 p.m. (approx)
Where
Manning Hall, UNC-CH campus
Directions
Registration Fees
Students (with ID or student email address): $15
Members of STC or ASIS&T: $25
General: $35
You can pay via credit card at the cc:ASIS&T site.
Register now: https://www.asis.org/Chapters/carolinas/ccregform_041809.html
Sponsors
Program
9:00-9:30 "What Is A CMS? Do I Need One?"
9:40-10:10 Break-Out Groups (one presenter for each room, one CMS for each room)
10:20-10:50 Break-Out Groups
11:00-11:30 Break-Out Groups
11:30-Noon Lunch and chat
Noon-1p.m. Continue eating during informal Q&A with all three presenters
Presenters
Jeff VanDrimmelen: "What is a CMS? Do I Need One?"
Dan Frey: WordPress
Julia Kulla-Mader: Drupal
Jonathan Pletzke: Joomla
Q&A session will be with all four presenters listed above.
