And, OK, if you’re going to use one, which one???

Mark Branom, IT Services

Wiktionary Definition:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/content_management_system

A computer software system for

organizing and facilitating
collaborative creation of
documents and other content,
especially for loading to a
website
 COMPLETE CONTENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
•Drupal
•Joomla!

BLOGS WIKIS
•Wordpress •MediaWiki
•Movable Type •Confluence
•Blogger •pmwiki
Option 1: Do-It-Yourself

Option 2: Use the Installer!

 Create database
 Go to drupal.org
 Download
application
 Un-archive file
 Rename directory
 Delete the file
 Check and set
server permissions
 Visit the install
page
# Options -Indexes
# Options +FollowSymLinks
# PHP 5, Apache 2.
# php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0
# php_value registrar_globals 0
# php_value session.auto_start 0
# php_value mbstring.http_input pass
# php_value mbstring.http_output pass
# php_value mbstring.encoding_translation 0
Popular blogging tool
Basic Content Management
System
Simpler to use, configure,
and edit than Drupal, but not
as powerful
Also free and open source
http://tools.stanford.edu
Popular wiki tool
Basic Content Management
System
Simpler to use, configure,
and edit than Drupal or
WordPress, but not as
powerful
Also free and open source
http://tools.stanford.edu
Stanford Tech Commons:
http://techcommons.stanford.edu

Infrastructure Tools:
http://tools.stanford.edu

University Web Resources:

http://web.stanford.edu
 Official Drupal Site:
http://www.drupal.org

 Stanford Drupal Resources:

http://drupal.stanford.edu

 Drupal Web Framework at Stanford:

http://itservices.stanford.edu/service/web/drupal

 Drupal in Practice:
http://drip.stanford.edu

 Drupal Service Details:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/its/communications/webservices/wiki/index.php/D
rupal_Service_Details

 Drupal Email List:

https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drupallers
 Official WordPress Site:
http://www.wordpress.org/

 WordPress Web Framework at Stanford:

https://itservices.stanford.edu/service/web/wordpress

 WordPress Service Details:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/its/communications/webs
ervices/wiki/index.php/WordPress_Service_Details

 WordPress Email List:

https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/wordpres
s-users
 Official MediaWiki Site:
http://www.mediawiki.org/

 MediaWiki Web Framework at Stanford:

https://itservices.stanford.edu/service/web/mediawiki

 MediaWiki Service Details:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/its/communications/webs
ervices/wiki/index.php/MediaWiki_Service_Details

 MediaWiki Email List:

https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/mediawik
i-users