Comments on: Website 2.0 – why a cms is in your future http://www.librarian.net/stax/2869/website-20-why-a-cms-is-in-your-future/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:29:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: rmlrhonda http://www.librarian.net/stax/2869/website-20-why-a-cms-is-in-your-future/comment-page-1/#comment-125350 rmlrhonda Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:51:22 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/?p=2869#comment-125350 Hey Jessamyn - Spotted you at the DMV yesterday but didn't give a shout as was too crowded for my comfort level. Guess Monday is not the day to hit the DMV! I've been working on switching over to wordpress for our website. I'll have to try to look at your presentation later to see if I can pick up some hints. Wish I could have seen this one live - Rhonda Hey Jessamyn – Spotted you at the DMV yesterday but didn’t give a shout as was too crowded for my comfort level. Guess Monday is not the day to hit the DMV! I’ve been working on switching over to wordpress for our website. I’ll have to try to look at your presentation later to see if I can pick up some hints. Wish I could have seen this one live – Rhonda

]]> By: Deb http://www.librarian.net/stax/2869/website-20-why-a-cms-is-in-your-future/comment-page-1/#comment-125344 Deb Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:40:55 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/?p=2869#comment-125344 This was a great conference! I learned so much about CMS and how real librarians can actually create websites with ease using open source programs like Wordpress! I went home afterwards and registered a domain name and got it hosted through Dreamhost; registered for a Wordpress account; installed Wordpress 2.8 through Dreamhost (soooo easy) and then began to create my library's new website! Thanks to NELA and all the presenters for a great day! This was a great conference! I learned so much about CMS and how real librarians can actually create websites with ease using open source programs like Wordpress! I went home afterwards and registered a domain name and got it hosted through Dreamhost; registered for a Wordpress account; installed Wordpress 2.8 through Dreamhost (soooo easy) and then began to create my library’s new website!

Thanks to NELA and all the presenters for a great day!

]]> By: ggw_bach http://www.librarian.net/stax/2869/website-20-why-a-cms-is-in-your-future/comment-page-1/#comment-125336 ggw_bach Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:48:39 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/?p=2869#comment-125336 agreed. There is so much information out there, organising it is the great task. Google can always index your content, and serve it to the world, but for those patrons of your website or blog ... making it accessible increases your value immeasurable. There are all sorts of approachs -- tags, thumbnails, even random posts! .... a different solution for each content site. CMS is a fascinating issue ... and something like wordpress can act as a rudimentary way to arrange your content. No good blogging and creating good content if it stays hidden in the dark of archives! this is definitely where the expertise of librarians comes in. So much more than a Dewey Numbering system ... taxonomies of information are your domain. agreed. There is so much information out there, organising it is the great task. Google can always index your content, and serve it to the world, but for those patrons of your website or blog … making it accessible increases your value immeasurable. There are all sorts of approachs — tags, thumbnails, even random posts! …. a different solution for each content site. CMS is a fascinating issue … and something like wordpress can act as a rudimentary way to arrange your content. No good blogging and creating good content if it stays hidden in the dark of archives!

this is definitely where the expertise of librarians comes in. So much more than a Dewey Numbering system … taxonomies of information are your domain.

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