Diana Mounter

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Diana Mounter commented on Custom V CMS Hi yallaweb, Yes I’ve tried Joomla and use Wordpress a lot, and recently checking out Drupal. I’m a big fan of open source CMS’s. Even so I still think there is a big difference between an online application and a website and you need to look at the requirements and weigh up whether they are matched by an existing piece of software or not. In this case the requirements fitted a custom build as we didn’t need to manage large amounts of content like you would want to on a website. The site was mostly user generated content and didn’t fit into the structure of a usual CMS. I hope the slides also demonstrate the many reasons why trying to fit into a CMS is not always best. 4 months ago
Diana Mounter commented on Community Engagement Online thanks, glad you both like it. 5 months ago
Diana Mounter commented on How I Build Cool Stuff for government thanks. I’ll be posting the link when the video is online. 2 years ago
Diana Mounter commented on Custom V CMS Hi Jeff, sorry you missed my WDS presentation but glad you caught my Webjam! I wasn’t very well when I did my WDS preso so wasn’t exactly on top form for presenting so I reckon you caught the best of the two anyway! Hi magia3! Thanks for being there for my preso, was great to see familiar faces when I was feeling so bad, and great to hear you enjoyed it! I’m already working on a blog post to follow up on the bits I missed, and some inspired by the questions and comments I got after. Cheers, Di 2 years ago
Diana Mounter commented on Custom V CMS Hi Satanic, I have to disagree with some points, even when a CMS comes with all the goodness like RSS, Blogs etc it still doesn’t mean if fits the requirements of the outcome. In this case the Cultural Awards needed an application tailored to the specific requirements of the users submitting entries, and the staff and judges then working with that data. CMS Features doesn’t always mean it meets the Requirements of a project. I’ve yet to find a CMS that effectively manages user generated content (other than comments) among all these other features. Thanks for your opinion and yes sometimes OpenSource can provide a great base to start on if its core is inline with what you want to build. Thanks, Diana 2 years ago

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