Episode 047 – Nov 26 2008

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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