Development Tool Proposal By Leah Allan, Karen Edoff, Agnieszka Obstoj and Josh Shipman May 13, 2009

What? To develop a CMS supported website for online training and instruction for a K-12 educational setting.

To develop a CMS supported website for online training and instruction for a K-12 educational setting.

How? Our team engaged in a rigorous research process to find a CMS to meet your needs based upon the criteria given. We researched seven content management systems and we selected the top two.

Our team engaged in a rigorous research process to find a CMS to meet your needs based upon the criteria given.

We researched seven content management systems and we selected the top two.

And The Winners Are:

Cost Effectiveness Both are free to download. Both are open source. Both can be used with a variety of host providers. Bandwidth per month can vary per provider. $4.95 $4.95 $4.95 $5.95

Both are free to download.

Both are open source.

Both can be used with a variety of host providers.

Bandwidth per month can vary per provider.

Ease of Use Both are favored by many due to its ease of use. With the release of upgraded programs, content management keeps getting easier. Both come with many features that make online training design enjoyable for both beginners and professionals.

Both are favored by many due to its ease of use. With the release of upgraded programs, content management keeps getting easier.

Both come with many features that make online training design enjoyable for both beginners and professionals.

Ease of Installation Both are easy to install and offer tutorials in written and web form. Both will works with one click install. Or with Drupal, you have an option of using Fantastico , the script application that simplifies installs.

Both are easy to install and offer tutorials in written and web form.

Both will works with one click install.

Or with Drupal, you have an option of using Fantastico , the script application that simplifies installs.

Need for Support Both provide several forms for technical support: Community: forums and blogs Tutorials Tech support available via email Context sensitive built-in help menus Books available

Both provide several forms for technical support:

Community: forums and blogs

Tutorials

Tech support available via email

Context sensitive built-in help menus

Books available

Our Recommendation

Overall Effectiveness Both can: Offer consistency through use of templates Create multi-lingual websites Create content, sections, and categories Allow for built in components Add menus, modules, and plug-ins

Both can:

Offer consistency through use of templates

Create multi-lingual websites

Create content, sections, and categories

Allow for built in components

Add menus, modules, and plug-ins

Drupal Thumbs Up Drupal provides greater design flexibility, scalability, and good content management. Menus make reordering content extremely easy; just click and drag to move items where you want them. Joomla offers a slower system, rigid content categorization, and limited design/configuration options.

Drupal provides greater design flexibility, scalability, and good content management.

Menus make reordering content extremely easy; just click and drag to move items where you want them.

Joomla offers a slower system, rigid content categorization, and limited design/configuration options.

Drupal Thumbs Up Drupal allows for: Multiple levels of categories along with easily integrated content and modules. Creating and managing multiple websites with one click installs.

Drupal allows for:

Multiple levels of categories along with easily integrated content and modules.

Creating and managing multiple websites with one click installs.

Drupal Thumbs Up Drupal has a great team of developers from all over the world working to make the system truly multi-lingual. The Internationalization modules allow for fully translatable views in over 60 languages. Automatically import translations when adding a new language, installing modules or enabling themes.

Drupal has a great team of developers from all over the world working to make the system truly multi-lingual.

The Internationalization modules allow for fully translatable views in over 60 languages.

Automatically import translations when adding a new language, installing modules or enabling themes.

Drupal Thumbs Up High profile companies, schools and universities prefer Drupal because it currently offers more social networking over Joomla.

Drupal Thumbs Up It is no surprise why Drupal won both of Packt Publishing Open Source CMS Awards this year and last year!

Books about Drupal

Thank You! Leah, Karen, Agnieszka and Josh.