Confluence Wiki as a CMS

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CustomWare Wiki Wednesday – May 6 th 2009 Wiki as a CMS and JSON Based Mashups

Introduction
Welcome
A bit about myself
A glimpse of this presentation
Wiki (Atlassian Confluence)
CMS
JavaScript Object Notation
Mashups
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Wiki?
An online repository of pages which utilises a simplified markup language and encourages its users to contribute.
Very freeform, the structure is dictated almost solely based on the users that are using it.
Publically accessible implementations:
http:// www.wikipedia.org
http:// www.customware.net
http:// confluence.atlassian.com
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Advantages of Wikis
Quick to pick up (wysiwyg editors for beginners)
Flexible and customisable
Extensible (macros)
High level of control over the display and content (using direct wiki markup)
Version history and a “sense of ownership”
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Atlassian Confluence
Enterprise wiki
Fine grained permissions for restricting access and capabilities of users
Simple to extend (via user macros, plugin extensions, etc.)
Microsoft Office integration
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Content Management System
A means of creating, editing and managing digital media
Some key features include:
Version tracking
Defined user base
Assigning roles to users
Ability to publish content
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Confluence as a CMS
Confluence has quite a number of functionalities which make up a standard CMS
Using a set of labels and permissions, we can mark content to be published similarly like we would in Confluence
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Confluence as a CMS - Advantages www.customware.net
Separation of the backend (content) with the interface (website), giving the users and editors different views
Easy collaboration between editors
Ability to integrate with various other services (via plugins both bundled and open source in Confluence)

Mashing it all up
Why limit yourself to one content source when you can have it all?
With the growing popularity of website integration and online APIs, there are plenty of free services that we can leverage from
By using data and functionality from various online sources, we can build content rich websites with minimal effort
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JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
Lightweight form of data-exchange that is easily parsed and legible
Based on the JavaScript language but is language independent (can be used with Java, C#, C++, C, Python, Perl, etc.)
Becoming widely used in various technologies (Confluence, Flickr, Google code)
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Mashups – Integrating the Internet www.customware.net

Advantages of Mashups
Lower hosting costs (as content is not hosted locally, capability of delegating data processing to the user through AJAX)
Consolidates relevant data
Dynamic content
Flexible and customisable
Simple and fast integration of many data sources and functionality
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Questions? www.customware.net

Resources
Contact Details
Name: Bo Wang
Email: [email_address]
Homepage: http:// www.customware.net/repository/display/~bo.wang
Presentation Resources
Presentation Slides: http:// www.customware.net/repository/display/WikiWednesday
JSON: http://www.json.org
Atlassian Confluence: http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/
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Thank You www.customware.net Australia - United States - Malaysia - New Zealand - Singapore

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