open-source update the progress of reason, an open-source content management system for higher ed
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Open-Source Update The progress of Reason, an open-source content management system for higher ed. Matt Ryan Associate Director of Web Communications & Development Carleton College [email protected]. ?. ?. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress (Creative Commons by-sa). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Open-Source UpdateThe progress of Reason, an open-source content management system for higher ed
Matt RyanAssociate Director of Web Communications & Development
Carleton College
mryan@ carleton.edu
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??Photo courtesy of Library of Congress (Creative Commons by-sa)
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Drawing courtesy of Elton One (Creative Commons by-nc-nd)
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Photo courtesy of ndh (Creative Commons by-nc)
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Photo courtesy of Sifter (Creative Commons by-nc)
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Illustration by Maginel Wright Enright, 1914
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Photo courtesy of Roger Myer (Creative Commons by-nc-nd)
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Photo courtesy of Joe Shlabotnik (Creative Commons by)
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Our development process
Build only what was needed at the time Plan out to maintain future flexibility
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Photo courtesy of EJP Photo (Creative Commons by-nc-sa)
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Illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1918
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Suffrage Parade, 1913. Courtesy Library of Congress, Bain Collection
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Illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1918
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Growth
People Events Media Forms Research Guides RSS & Podcasting Publications Lots more
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Demo
Protesting at the White House against the ERA, 1977. Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress
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Photo courtesy of Soham Pablo (Creative Commons by)
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??Photo courtesy of Soham Pablo (Creative Commons by)
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Our open-source vision
Build a community of schools using and working together on Reason as a shared project
Use our collective knowledge, talents, and needs to solve shared higher ed problems
Use a shared application core which can be readily extended to meet individual school needs
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What's new
Separated code & created clean distinction between core and custom code
Created a number of integration shims: directory, authentication, search, wysiwyg editors
Installation -- hugely simplified the installation process, reduced dependencies
Started building a community Improved documentation
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What's new
Added a host of features, including… Support for running on Windows servers Site maintaner-defined access control Modifiable administrative permissions scheme PHP5 support New extensible caching system Publications/Blogs enhancements MySQL 4.1 iCalendar feeds Customize footers Image gallery module sweetening Several new modules: RSS display, Quotes,
Classifieds, more
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Illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1918
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What's Next? In the short term
Whipping the documentation into shape Getting our 4.0 release out Interface improvements Forms enhancements
In the longer term Growing the community around the project Streamlined php5 API for simplified
development New directions, defined by the community
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You’re invited
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What sets Reason apart?
ConsistencyA project rather than just a product.
Peer CommunityFree Open Source SoftwareMatureMulti-template, Multi-site
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Questions?