This document summarizes Wong Hoi Sing's presentation on commercial use of open source web content management systems. It discusses what open source software (OSS) and web content management systems (CMS) are, compares Drupal, WordPress and Joomla, and previews new features in Drupal 8 like mobile responsiveness and multilingual capabilities. It also lists online resources for learning more about CMS options and the Drupal community in Hong Kong.

1. BarCamp Hong Kong 2014
Commercial Use of
OSS Web Content Management System
PantaRei Design Limited
Wong Hoi Sing, Edison
2014 Nov 15th

2. Wong Hoi Sing, Edison
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CEO, Founder, PantaRei Design
– 2009, PantaRei Design founded
– 2010, HKFYG YBHK applicant
– 2011, ITF SERAP applicant
– 2011, HKSTP Incu-Tech applicant
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FOSS and Drupal Developer, Contributor and HKDUG Co-founder
– 2000, Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 ('potato')
– 2005, Drupal Developer
– 2008, BarCamp HK Speaker
– 2008, HKDUG Co-founder
– 2011, Drupal 7.x Core Contributor
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hswong3i@pantarei-design.com
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https://www.drupal.org/u/hswong3i

3. PantaRei Design
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Hong Kong based FOSS service provider
– Content Management System (CMS) with Drupal
– Cloud Hosting Solution with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Business Partner with industry leaders
– 2012, AWS Consulting Partner
– 2013, Acquia Partner
– 2013, Atlassian Experts
– 2014, Rackspace Hosting Partner

10. Outline
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Commercial + OSS Web CMS?
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Web CMS Comparison
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Drupal 8 Quick Preview
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What's Next?

11. Commercial + OSS Web CMS?
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What is OSS?
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What is Web CMS?
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What Commercial Needed for?
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Why OSS Web CMS Suitable?

12. What is OSS?
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Developed in a public, collaborative manner
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The source code is openly shared
– Anyone can study, change and distribute
– People are encouraged to voluntarily improve

16. What is Web CMS?
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Web Content Management System (WCMS)
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Website authoring, collaboration, and
administration tools
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Designed to allow users with little knowledge
to create and manage website content

18. What Commercial Needed for?
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No vendor 'lock in'
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Secure
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Mobile responsive
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High Availability (HA)
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Update easily
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Accessible

19. Why OSS Web CMS Suitable?
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Accessible to non-tech users
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Secure and stable
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Mobile Responsive
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Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
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Highly customizable

20. Web CMS Comparison
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OSS vs Proprietary
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Drupal vs WordPress vs Joomla!
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More About Drupal
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Drupal Showcases

21. OSS vs Proprietary
Free License Paid License
Hidden Source CodeOpen Source Code
Maintainance FeesOptional Server-based
subscription fees
Commercial SuportCommunity or
Commercial Suport
Limited UpgradingKeeps on Upgrading

22. OSS vs Proprietary (cont.)
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Adobe CQ
– CQ5 Web Content Management (WCM) is a
platform for delivering engaging, multi-channel
customer experiences to drive online business
– Rich library of web components

25. Drupal vs WordPress vs Joomla!
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License: GPL
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LAMP-Stack based
– L: Linux (OS)
– A: Apache (Web Server)
– M: MySQL (Database)
– P: PHP (Programming Language)

26. Drupal vs WordPress vs Joomla!
(cont.)
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Drupal
– Originally designed as MVC framework
– Incredibly customizable
– Developers love it
– Slight learning curve
– Tons of modules & different features

28. Drupal vs WordPress vs Joomla!
(cont.)
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Wordpress
– Originally designed for personal blog
– User-friendly
– Looks pretty
– Basic tasks are easy
– Customization is not as easy as Drupal

30. Drupal vs WordPress vs Joomla!
(cont.)
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Joomla!
– User-friendly
– Powerful Admin interface
– Best interface for managing large amounts of
articles
– Modules are hard to maintain.

34. More About Drupal
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Open source content management system.
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Web application framework.
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Design and Display.
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Collaborative and Administrative.
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Many tools to organize, structure, find and
re-use the content.
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Interact with external media and file services.

36. Drupal Showcases
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South China Morning Post
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The Department of Applied Social Sciences, PolyU
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The White House
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Tesla Motors
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Twitter
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LinkedIn Developers
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American Red Cross

44. Drupal 8 Quick Preview
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Mobile in its DNA
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Multilingual Capabilities
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Accessibility Integration
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Effortless Authoring
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Field Power
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Views, Out of the Box
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Build-in Web Services

45. Mobile in its DNA
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Administration pages: a snap to use
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New administration experience
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Mobile-first Back to site button

48. Multilingual Capabilities
 Translate anything in the system with built-in
user interfaces.
 Build pages with Views language filtering and
block visibility.
 Get software translation updates automatically
from the Drupal community.

50. Accessibility Integration
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More Semantic
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Aural Alerts
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Controlled Tab Order
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Hidden/Invisible/On-focus
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Fieldsets
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jQuery UI
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Alt Text
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Bartik

51. Effortless Authoring
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In-place editing of content without having to
use the full edit form.
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WYSIWYG configuration made easy with
web security in mind.
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Draft saving made easier.

53. Field Power
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More field types in core
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Attach fields to more types of content
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Entity reference, link, date, e-mail, telephone,
etc.

55. Views, Out of the Box
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Easily customize the front page, listing
blocks, and more.
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Simply create custom admin pages,
customize filters, actions, and more.

58. Built-in Web Services
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Build mobile apps
– Drupal as the data source
– Even post back to Drupal from the client
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Implement state-of-the-art Hypertext
Application Language (HAL)
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Expose content as JOSN, XML, etc.

59. What's Next?
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cmsmatrix.org
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simplytest.me
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HKDUG
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Online Resources

60. cmsmatrix.org
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A community service to everyone interested
in looking for a means to manage web site
content.
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Discuss, rate, and compare th various
systems.
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Easily compare the features
 over 1200 CMS products.

62. simplytest.me
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Evaluate Drupal projects online.
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Just Try It!
 http://simplytest.me/project/drupal/8.0.x

64. The Hong Kong Drupal User
Group (HKDUG)
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Monthly Free sharing meetup event.
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Open to everyone with an interest in Drupal
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Great opportunity to learn more about what Drupal can do and what
folks are building with it.
 Event organizing:
http://www.meetup.com/drupalhk
 Technological discussion:
https://groups.drupal.org/drupalhk
 Business connection:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/?gid=6644792
 General sharing:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/drupalhk

71. Online Resources
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Drupal Tutorial:
 http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/drupal/
 http://www.techiestuffs.com/learn-drupal-best-d
rupal-online-resources-for-beginners-and-develo
pers/
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Community Document:
 https://www.drupal.org/documentation
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Drupal Code Search:
 http://www.drupalcodesearch.com/

72. References
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http://cmsmatrix.org/
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https://www.drupal.org/drupal-8.0
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http://simplytest.me/project/drupal/8.0.x
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http://www.drupalshowcase.com/
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http://trends.builtwith.com/cms#
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http://barcamp.hk/
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http://cms.about.com/od/cms-basics/a/Pros-And-Cons-Of-Joomla-
Wordpress-And-Drupal.htm
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http://www.adobe.com/sea/products/cq/web-content-managemen
t.html#wcm
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http://www.meetup.com/drupalhk/events/207982752/

73. Q&A

74. Thank You
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Please feel free to contact us:
– PantaRei Design Limited
– Unit 326, 3/F, Building 16W
No.16 Science Park West Avenue
Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, N.T.
– Phone: +852 2576 3812
– Fax: +852 3753 3663
– Email: sales@pantarei-design.com
– Web: http://pantarei-design.com