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Drupal (drupal.org) and Joomla! (www.joomla.org) are both free, open source content management systems which allow individuals to build websites, manage online content, and offer an array of online applications. Both use PHP programming language and can use the MySQL database. Learn about Open Source Content Management Systems and the advantages of both Joomla! and Drupal at our Saturday, April 18, 2009, meeting.Jeff Schuler (www.jeffschuler.net), the creator of the Drupal Cleveland (http://drupalcleveland.info/) website for Drupal users and developers in Cleveland, will speak on Drupal's features.Presenting on Joomla! is Bryan Salva, Lead Designer and Owner of BSalva.com Web Management, who led the presentation on Open Source Content Management Systems at last year's Cleveland Software Freedom Day.
Jeff Schuler (www.jeffschuler.net), the creator of the Drupal Cleveland (http://drupalcleveland.info/) website for Drupal users and developers in Cleveland, will speak on Drupal's features.
Presenting on Joomla! is Bryan Salva, Lead Designer and Owner of BSalva.com Web Management, who led the presentation on Open Source Content Management Systems at last year's Cleveland Software Freedom Day.
Marc Majers is the Manager of Web Development at the Cleveland Institute of Art. His skill set is centered on the desire to keep learning. He is a blogger, teacher, emcee, musician, and award-winning web professional. His more than ten years of digital design experience focuses on web strategy, user-centered design, usability testing, and new media.
MySQL has become the world's most popular open source database because of its consistent fast performance, high reliability and ease of use. It's used on every continent (yes, even Antarctica!) by individual Web developers as well as many of the world's largest and fastest-growing organizations to save time and money powering their high-volume Web sites, business-critical systems and packaged software.
In this session, we will begin with an overview of MySQL and discuss the features and functionality that compel organizations, including industry leaders such as Yahoo!, Facebook, Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, and Zappos.com, to adopt MySQL. In addition, we'll cover what you need to start implementing MySQL, including installation, management and support.
.Net Membership and Role Provider classes are Microsoft's built-in classes for managing user authentication and role management. We will see a demonstration of how to use the wizard which sets up the system, including building a SQL database for membership and creating password management code. We will also learn about setting up custom membership and role manager to work with our existing Active Directory Authentication and database roles. The demonstration will include how to use roles to hide or show menu items as well as control page access.
Attendees to this meeting are requested to examples to share with the group of what they are doing in regard to accessibility.
What’s a Mashup? From Wikipedia “ In technology, a mashup is a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool; an example is the use of cartographic data from Google Maps to add location information to real-estate data, thereby creating a new and distinct web service that was not originally provided by either source. Mashup originally referred to the practice in pop music (notably hip-hop) of producing a new song by mixing two or more existing pieces.”
We will look at a couple mashups that others have built using Google Maps. Then we will look at Microsoft’s Popfly http://www.popfly.com/ which is a web based tool for creating your own mashups.
Until recently, it was very complicated to make Flash files. Not anymore. We will look at Sprout http://sproutbuilder.com/ and iSpring http://www.ispringsolutions.com/ where almost anyone can make Flash files.
Sprout is a free web based tool for making Flash files. We will show how you can combine a variety of content into a flash widget that you can post and share with others. We will talk about a key feature of Sprout, which is viral marketing.
You can convert your PowerPoint presentations into Flash files for posting on the web. iSpring Pro 3 from iSpring lets you convert your PPT files and enchance them.
Group member Jim Evans will be making the presentation on Mashups and Flash Creation.
Please go to their website to register (limit 250) and to view the Session List.
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Microsoft Developer Evangelist, Brian Gorbett will present the exciting new developments of Microsoft's Silverlight. Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.
The Great RoomEast End of the Third Floor of the Administration BuildingNotre Dame College - www.NotreDameCollege.edu 4545 College RoadSouth Euclid, Ohio 44121-4293Use elevator on the west end of the building to get to the third floor.
From I-271: Exit at Brainard Road/Cedar Road (#32); take Cedar Rd. west to Green Rd. Turn right onto Green Road (North). Take Green Road to College Road (four short blocks). Turn Right onto College Road. The entrance to Notre Dame will be on the left.
Go to www.notredamecollege.edu/about_ndc/map2.html for campus map (see building #1 on Flash map - Administration Building) and driving directions (try the "map it" form on the Google map). Parking is free. We have invited Chris Rennison back to present more on Flash Video Development. Topics will include:
Go to www.notredamecollege.edu/about_ndc/map2.html for campus map (see building #1 on Flash map - Administration Building) and driving directions (try the "map it" form on the Google map). Parking is free. WebPlus advertises that it is an affordable, easy-to-use Web designer software, and that it can create professional websites for a fraction of the cost of other web design programs. WebPlus allows the experienced user to directly edit the HTML code associated with the objects it creates, and to add your own separate HTML pages. For beginners, "anyone can create a stylish website in minutes." Come to the February 16th Web Development SIG meeting for Dan Kozminski's presention on WebPlus (www.serif.com/webplus/webplus9/).
We will also be looking at free web development software in the "If It's for Free, It's for Me!," section of the meeting. Several free resources for HTML development, graphic software, and other web-related tools will be presented. Web Development SIG Members are encouraged to share the free and low-cost web development resources that they use.
Go to www.notredamecollege.edu/about_ndc/map2.html for campus map (see building #1 on Flash map - Administration Building) and driving directions (try the "map it" form on the Google map). Parking is free. Web SIG Co-Leader, Stuart Smith, will present how to set up a: 1) Sub-domain, 2) Simple ASP.NET password, 3) Spry widget.
Stuart Smith is the Website Director for Notre Dame College (www.NotreDameCollege.edu), and, through Stuart O. Smith, Jr. & Associates - www.sosAssociates.com, provides website design, redesign, and maintenance services in Northeast Ohio.
Go to www.notredamecollege.edu/about_ndc/map2.html for campus map (see building #1 on Flash map - Administration Building) and driving directions (try the "map it" form on the Google map). Parking is free. Chris Rennison will give a presentation on adding audio and video to your website.
WebAssist's Super Suite includes a wide variety of reasonably priced, excellent extensions for Dreamweaver that give Web Developers easy access to a variety of advanced capabilities, including a shopping cart, a security toolkit, a database toolkit, a search database toolkit, a site import tool, a beautiful photo gallery, a file upload tool for your website, and much more.
For a preview, see www.webassist.com/professional/products/productdetails.asp?PID=110. Each of these extensions can be bought separately or in a number of convenient packages.
At our May 19th meeting, Web Development SIG Co-Leader Stuart Smith plans to share the results of his recent work to update a navigation system. Stuart Smith is the Website Director for Notre Dame College www.NotreDameCollege.edu, and through Stuart O. Smith, Jr. & Associates - www.sosAssociates.com- provides website design, redesign, and maintenance services in Northeast Ohio.
The Great Room(East End of the Third Floor of the Administration Building)Notre Dame College - www.NotreDameCollege.edu 4545 College RoadSouth Euclid, Ohio 44121-4293
Go to www.notredamecollege.edu/about_ndc/map2.html for campus map (see building #1 on Flash map - Administration Building) and driving directions (try the "map it" form on the Google map). Parking is free & coffee can be purchased at the Library's Falcon Cafe. Web SIG Co-Leader, Stuart Smith, will review different online survey companies and options, and look at some HTML/CSS tips. Stuart will also review the results of our member survey, and discuss plans for 2007 meetings.
Stuart Smith is the Website Director for Notre Dame College www.NotreDameCollege.edu, and through Stuart O. Smith, Jr. & Associates - www.sosAssociates.com, provides website design, redesign, and maintenance services in Northeast Ohio.
Go to www.notredamecollege.edu/about_ndc/map2.html for campus map (see building #1 on Flash map - Administration Building) and driving directions (try the "map it" form on the Google map). Parking is free & coffee can be purchased at the Library's Falcon Cafe. HAPPY 2007 - One year since SIG restart. We will cover an array of miscellaneous topics suggested in 2006. Details will be added here as they are confirmed.
Here we go again, Jan Limpach of Keyphrase-Marketing.com a Cleveland Search Engine Marketing Firm will dazzle us with his antics and remove some of the mystery around all those numbers of yours. Ms. Wendy Winans of www.BradyWorld.com will share some of her personal experience on how to use/understand those numbers and links in an effort to improve one site through understanding who your audience is and where your traffic is coming from using website statistics software.
If you have a website this is a gotta be there event.
Part II: More Web Q & A and "Pet Peeves about the Web"
Atomz - FreeFind – PicoSearch - Verity - We will learn different options for adding a search function to your website.
We will then discuss future Web SIG meeting topics. Please plan on attending -- we want input from our members.
Adam Pratt is an Application Engineer at Adobe Systems and he's an Adobe Certified Expert in GoLive, Photoshop, LiveMotion, Illustrator, InDesign, PageMaker, and Acrobat. He joins us from Chicago where he's worked in print, multimedia, and web design for several publishers and web development companies. He also co-authored SAMS Teach Yourself GoLive 6 in 24 Hours.