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So what are we going to talk about this Morning ?

What Web Architecture or Platform do I choose to

build a new Website on ?

Be-Spoke

Open Source Re-usable code from an Internal Library

The Big Question ?

Requirement

Delivery TimeBudget

The 3 Primary Considerations…

Initial Considerations…

•Extremely Custom Requirement (No Matches found!).•Need to build from ground up.•No Room for Uncertainty •Security Concerns – Not let hacker find out !

Be-Spoke

• Corporate Websites• E-commerce• Community Sites• Online Content Publishing• Standard Websites

Open Source

•Smaller Modules• Tools and Utilities

Re-usable code from an Internal

Library

The Maze ! The Questions ?

Which OPEN SOURCE ??

Have I heard of the CMS ?

Is it going to be difficult ?

Is there enough Documentation ?

How do I say if its fits the

requirement ?Why not custom development?

Which one is better ?

Are there plug-ins available

I don’t know , if I know every thing ??

Is this my Best Choice?

So How does one Decide ? Not a rather simple Decision you see!

• Requirement – Right on top !• Money • Time• Expectation• Future Scalability• Resource Pool Availability• Integration Requirements

Narrowing Down the Choice further…

• Community• Plug-ins and Extensions available• Language (PHP, .Net, Python..)• Ease of Management by the user• Structural Flexibility• UI simplicity• Documentation• Version Management bandwidth

Some Common Open-Source platforms

Popular Picks…

Magento• Ideal for

Ecommerce• User Friendly

Administration• MVC Framework • Ample Web 2.0

Plug-ins.• Mutli-store Needs• Thorough

Understanding required to manage

Drupal• Ideal for

Combination CMS & Ecommerce Websites

• Ample Web 2.0 Plugs available

• Not so easy Admin UI

Wordpress• Ideal for Blogs and

Corporate Websites• Loads of Plug-ins

available• Very user-friendly

UI• Ideal for Dummies!• Themes usually

similar looking

Joomla• Ideal for Multi-

purpose Sites – Ecommerce+ CMS+ Community

• Extensive Communit and Resource Pool

• Advantages of being an Old Platform

• To many choices- Overload!

Most Popular Open Source CMS

So Finally …• Consider the knowledge level of the End-User who would be using

the back-end.

• Checkout Sample sites and review final products.

• Are you ready to take on an un-explored journey. NO – So what do the specialists say ?

• Is the platform Mobile Ready – Primary Digital Devices changing rapidly!

• 2 Years later – The platform you choose could just be obsolete and a Super New CMS will most likely take over. So don’t worry too much

• Go Ahead - Enjoy and Explore!

Questions ?

Have a nice Learning day!

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