Using a Wiki as an Organization Portal (at TriXML2006)

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    1. Using a Wiki as an Organization Portal for Tri-XML 2006 by Rick Sapir and Bill Albing
    2. Outline
      • Pick a more social portal
      • Select a wiki-based CMS
      • Develop a full-featured portal
      • Learn from our implementation
      • Conclusions
      • Demos
      • Contact Us
    3. Pick a more social portal
      • Signs that you've outgrown your present web site
      • Reasons to "Go Social" (Where is your organization going?)
      • Is Web 2.0 for real ?!
    4. Signs of outgrowing
      • Too many pages not searchable (or search databases not connected)
      • Too many requests on IT dept or on Web manager by content developers
      • No sense of ownership of relevant parts of Web site
      • Other groups developing their own wiki or blog or other splinters
    5. Reasons to "Go Social"
      • Q: Where is your organization going?
      • Internal groups need more collaboration
      • More groups, both internal and external
      • Economy of (social) scale
      • Innovative groups need dynamic tool(s)
    6. Is Web 2.0 for real ?!
      • Yes, Web 2.0 is arriving, piecemeal
      • Yes, but only as real as you make it
      • The rest of the world is discovering it (and isn't going to wait for you)
      • Some are already planning Web 3.0, etc.
    7. Select a wiki-based CMS
      • Decision tree looks something like:
      • What are the options?
      • What is a wiki?
      • What is TikiWiki?
    8. What are the options?
      • SharePoint Services (doc based)
      • Wiki-based CMS packaged
      • More complicated virtual community
      • Stand-alone collab tools (Gliffy, Jot, Google, Writeboard, etc.)
    9. What is a wiki?
      • From user point of view:
        • Ability to edit content on the site
        • Edit from Web browser
      • From the admin point of view:
        • More installation and setup
        • But freedom as package handles admin
        • Users manage content
        • User admin easy; version control etc.
    10. What is TikiWiki?
      • Database stores all the information (settings, options, etc.)
      • Application in PHP with "business logic"
      • Presentation layer uses Smarty, a template engine
    11. TikiWiki layers diagram
    12. Develop full-featured portals
      • Tools we picked
      • Create "Key" areas
      • Overcome user fear
      • Define editorial control
      • Handle installation
      • Handle customization, choose theme
      • Handle wiki package updates
      • Fight spam
    13. Tools we picked
      • Articles (wiki pages)
      • Sample page (sandbox)
      • Graphics/images
      • Syndicating other sites' feeds
      • Blogs
      • Resources (links) (Categorization key)
      • Events / Calendar
      • Left Menu Navigation
      • Search
    14. Create "Key" areas
      • Articles as wikis (Key Articles)
      • Calendar events (Key Events)
      • Resource links (Key Resources)
      • Blog (right now just one, but in future, each user)
    15. Visual example
    16. Edit article
    17. Overcome user fear
      • Some users new to wiki
      • Some users new to collaboration
      • Some users new to our site
      • Some users want ownership/control
    18. Define editorial control
      • Collaboration requires new editorial process
      • Several stages – some articles reviewed, some auto accepted
      • As site grows, assign editors to subsections of content areas
    19. Handle installation
      • Install TikiWiki
      • Configure TikiWiki / choose theme
      • Choose which tools
      • Differentiate
      • Branding
    20. Handle customization
      • Customize only at presentation level
      • Choose theme
      • Avoid customizing business logic
      • Keep backups and use test area
    21. Handle wiki package updates
      • TikiWiki comes out with update every two months or so
      • Keep in touch w/ developer community don't be afraid of submitting updates
      • Always test update in test area before making public / live
    22. Fight spam
      • As more social, spam is an issue
      • Article requests, event entry, etc. all user inputs can result in spam
      • Filters possible but not built in
    23. Learn from our implementation
      • Accept wikis' limitations
      • Maximize wiki's advantages
      • Who else can use this?
    24. Accept limitations of wiki
      • Package is not all things to everyone
      • Not HTML
      • Not WYSIWYG
      • No standard wiki syntax
      • Give up some control of admin Give up some control of content
    25. Maximize wiki advantages
      • Create new pages on-the-fly
      • ANYONE can edit with only a browser
      • Automated admin
      • More direct ownership of content
    26. Who else can use this?
      • Any group!
      • Local chapters of professional associations and user groups (Tri-XML, STC Chapters)
      • Non-profit social agencies etc.
      • Intranet inside a corporation
    27. Conclusions
      • Wikis are powerful packages
      • Social software gaining acceptance
      • Wikipedia and KeyContent are success
      • You can use wiki
    28. Contact us
      • Bill Albing [email_address]
      • Rick Sapir [email_address]
      • www.keycontent.org
      • See the complete article and slide show at: www.keycontent.org/tiki-index.php?page=Wiki-based%20Portal

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