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DRF INTRANET“DRFBOOK”
Thursday, September 9, 2010
DRF INTRANET“DRFBOOK”
Thursday, September 9, 2010
PLAN
1. What is an Intranet?2. Well known examples
3. Our open source alternative4. Features
5. Calendar Sharing6. Document Sharing7. Discussion Sharing
8. Email9. Demo
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WHAT IS AN INTRANET?
• A better way to communicate and collaborate with coworkers
•What is the difference between this and a website?
•What do I need? a web browser
• Use Firefox
•write down and store password in a safe place
• http://drfbook.developdigitally.com (maybe drfbook.com one day)
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EXAMPLES
• SHAREPOINT (Market Leader)
• IBM Lotus
• Pros: Great features, Well Supported
• Cons: Cost (Setup + Licensing Fees)
•Open Atrium (built on Drupal and is used by World Bank)
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OPENATRIUM.COMby developmentseed (works with many big NGOs)
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DRFBOOKTools to connect coworkers
We are customizing a version for the DRF
to be used as a central point of reference
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FEATURES
• Calendar Sharing
•Document Sharing
•Discussion Sharing
• Staff Directory
•Messaging
• Link to DRF email
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CALENDAR SHARING
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CALENDAR SHARING
• Central Calendars for each group
• i.e. each group has its own calendar, eg. “DRF Jamaica” group is islandwide calendar, documents, etc
• Import ICAL feeds (eg. from Outlook, Google Calendar)
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DOCUMENT SHARING
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DOCUMENT SHARINGeg. Email instructions in “DRF Jamaica” group accessed by all.
A powerpoint slideshow(.ppt) file is attached to page
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DOCUMENT SHARINGHere, the content(text) is stored on the page and not in an
attachment. Notice we can use a hierarchical structure.
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DOCUMENT SHARINGWe can track changes or revert to old versions by clicking the
“Revisions” tab.
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DISCUSSION SHARING“Shoutbox” and “Private Messages” add easy communication
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SHOUTBOXlike twitter, can broadcast messages to select groups or
islandwide
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PRIVATE MESSAGINGlike with facebook, notifications are sent to email. Eg. I want to
send message to Noreth and Karen and have them reply.
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WEBMAILDRF Email access ([email protected])
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QUESTIONS?I will now login to DRFBOOK to demonstrate some of this.
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