Running an Online Community with Joomla!
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Joomla! is well known as a great CMS but what if you would like to run a classical online community with it? You need user registrations, discussion forums, classified ads? This session will provide you with some background information on how to run an online community in general and give you some tips on how to use the Joomla! extensions "Discussions" (forums) and "Marketplace" (classified ads) on your website.
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- 1. Joomla! Day China 2012 Running an Online Community with Joomla! Achim Fischer #jdcn12
- 2. • Web-Development (PHP, RoR, JSP) • Software-Development (Java, C) • Mobile Devices (Android, WP7, iOS) • Community Management (italobikes.com) • Joomla! extensions: Discussions, Marketplace www.codingfish.com
- 3. Why am I talking about Online Communities?
- 4. • 12 years online • >9000 registered users • >230.000 forum posts • 80-150 classified ads • 5 moderators • Running on Joomla! www.italobikes.com
- 5. Types of Online Communities
- 8. Features • User Registration • Discussion Forums • Classified Ads • Private Messages • Image Gallery • Blog • ...
- 9. Structure / Team • Owner • Community Manager • Moderators • Registered Users • Guests
- 10. Rules
- 11. Rules Example 1: No commercial posts in the forum section
- 12. Rules Example 1: No commercial posts in the forum section Example 2: No links to auction websites in the classified ads section
- 14. How can Joomla! help us?
- 15. How can Joomla! help us?
- 16. How can Joomla! help us? Rocksolid CMS
- 17. How can Joomla! help us? Rocksolid CMS User Registrations built in
- 18. How can Joomla! help us? Rocksolid CMS User Registrations built in Extendable via 3rd party extensions
- 19. How can Joomla! help us? Rocksolid CMS User Registrations built in Extendable via 3rd party extensions Huge amount of extensions in JED
- 20. How can Joomla! help us? Rocksolid CMS User Registrations built in Extendable via 3rd party extensions Huge amount of extensions in JED Has a vibrant community by itself
- 24. User Manager -> Options (Backend)
- 28. Discussion Forums (Discussions)
- 31. Discussions Forums Setup (Backend)
- 33. Menu Manager New Entry (Backend)
- 35. Forums -> Selected Forum (Frontend)
- 36. Forums -> User Profile (Frontend)
- 37. Forums -> Post with User Info (Frontend)
- 38. Forums -> Mailbox (Frontend)
- 39. Moderation
- 41. Discussions User Setup (Backend)
- 45. Moderation Features Rookie Mode Moderated Forum Moderated User
- 48. Marketplace Categories Setup (Backend)
- 49. Marketplace Categories Setup (Backend)
- 50. Menu Manager New Entry (Backend)
- 52. Classifieds New Entry 1/3 (Frontend)
- 53. Classifieds New Entry 2/3 (Frontend)
- 54. Classifieds New Entry 3/3 part 1 (Frontend)
- 55. Classifieds New Entry 3/3 part 2 (Frontend)
- 56. Classifieds Ducati Category (Frontend)
- 57. Classifieds Red Ducati 900 SS (Frontend)
- 60. italobikes Marketplace Moto Morini (Frontend)
- 61. Joomla! Extensions Directory (JED) extensions.joomla.org
- 62. What else?
- 65. Contact Web: www.codingfish.com Email: achim@codingfish.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/codingfish Twitter: twitter.com/codingfish LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/achimfischer Slideshare: www.slideshare.net/codingfish Weibo: www.weibo.com/achimfischer (@codingfish) Skype: achim.fischer BBM: 286A4033
- 66. Xièxie
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- The answer is simple. I‘m running one by myself.\n
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- renren (facebook)\n
- Need a topic\n
- Before you start a community, think about the features...\n
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- You need some rules and you need to enforce them.\nExample 1: No commercial posts in the forum section. Treat them all equal.\nExample 2: Marketplace on italobikes does not allow links to Ebay Auctions.\n
- You need some rules and you need to enforce them.\nExample 1: No commercial posts in the forum section. Treat them all equal.\nExample 2: Marketplace on italobikes does not allow links to Ebay Auctions.\n
- If you are not a multi billion $ company like ebay it takes time to get your community off the ground.\nTook around 1 year for italobikes (without having social networks)\n
- Joomla! has already a few of the need features built in\n
- You can always find help in the Joomla! community\n
- You can always find help in the Joomla! community\n
- You can always find help in the Joomla! community\n
- You can always find help in the Joomla! community\n
- You can always find help in the Joomla! community\n
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- None, Self, Admin\nCaptcha: Use default, None Selected, ReCaptcha\n
- User registration screen\nHow do I get this screen? Where is the login module?\n
- Enable/Activate Login Module\nPut Login Module in a template position\n
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- Just select the component zipfile and hit „Upload and Install“\n
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- Next step is to create the menu entry\n
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- If a user is logged in he can write posts to the forums.\nNo guest posts are allowed.\n
- lot more stuff...\nSignature, private messaging settings\n
- Please note the little envelope icon = Private Messages\n
- Private Messages are now built in.\n
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- Installation and Menu Entry just like Discussions\n
- Plain new Marketplace\n
- Right after installation you have a demo container with a demo category in it.\nJust rename it and you can start.\n
- After I renamed the demo entries and added some more\n
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- New entry wizard\n
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- Added 2 more photos\n
- Describe duration\nDescribe Backend mode\n
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- Have a look at this website.\nLots of extensions you could need on your community website.\nForums, Classified Ads, Image Galleries and much more\n
- Mobile app coming (Native Android app first)\n
- Project „Chimoora“\nAndroid 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)\nREST API as Joomla! extension\n
- Android first, other platforms will follow\nI‘m done... here are my contact details\n\n
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- Thank you\n