WELSTech Audio

Episode 047 – Nov 26 2008

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This week the focus of the WELSTech podcast is Content Management Systems.  Martin and Sallie are joined by WELS.net webmaster, Julie Duran, and we take a look at WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.

The discussion:
  • Content Management Systems – WELS.net webmaster and manager of WELS Web Services, Julie Duran, joins Martin and Sallie for a discussion of the “big three” open source Content Management Systems (CMS) – WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.  Any of these software solutions could be used to build and manage a church or school web site, and the conversation includes pros and cons of each option.
    • FinalWeb
    • WordPress
      • St. Paul’s in Washington, DC
      • Joomla
        • Eastern Montana WELS
        • Cornerstone
        • Drupal
          • Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
          • Salem Lutheran in Stillwater, MN
          • Open Source Content Management System Overview (.pdf)
          • Visit the WELSTech Wiki to share your experience with any or all of the CMS systems discussed
            • The tidbits:
            • Picks of the week (24:45)
              • Balsamiq Mockups
              • Visualizing the Bible image
              • Sync your password management files across platforms
                • PC – Password Safe
                • Mac – Password Gorilla (reads Password Safe)
                • Sync via Live Mesh
                • WELS.net feature (33.15)
                  • Church Year Worship Resources
                  • Community feedback (33:55)
                    • John Simonson from Good Shepherd in West Bend, WI shared additional search engine optimization tools from Google
                      • Insights for search
                      • Search-based keyword tool
                      • Coming up on WELSTech (35:33)
                        • Episode 048 – Gail Potratz joins us for a discussion on teaching our children research skills in a Web 2.0 world
                          • The featured artist:
                          • We close with music of WELS artist, Michael Schroeder (michaelschroeder.com) – O Come, O Come Emmanuel from his CD titled The Reason For the Season (37:35)
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