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Researcher-maintained Website for Research Dissemination: A Low-cost Model for the Academe, Cooperatives and Small Enterprises Mananghaya, R
[email protected] philcoop.net ICOPED, CEM, UPLB
Outline
Website Experiment
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Opportunity to answer questions about Web presence
Why Where What Who Conclusions 3ABE-July 13-14, 2011
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Website Experiment
Puppy Linux developer community
Height of popularity by Q1 2008 (“Deep Thought”) Domain = puppylinux.org Hosting = First clustered hosting Scripts = CMS+Wiki
Security+Service Issues @ Q1 2008
Crackers were able to access files and folders Support became mediocre (outsourcing?)
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Low English + Technical competence 3ABE-July 13-14, 2011
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Why Use the WWW
Reaching Customers
Anytime, Anywhere, Low Cost
Interaction with Colleagues
Collaboration for New Knowledge
→ Tutorials + Feedback
→ Supplemented by Forum (Separate)
Ownership of Content
Full, Creative Commons, Public Domain
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→ General Public License (Mostly software) 3ABE-July 13-14, 2011
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Where are the Services
DomainRegistration
Private (com, org, net) → same as hosting provider → ph registrar (expensive)
Public (c/o asti.dost.gov.ph)
Hosting
Company → Netfirms.com (was sold recently) → Hostgator.com (continuing growth)
Cost = US$100-150 per year (includes domain name)
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What are the Tools
Content Management System (CMS)
Full-featured CMS (Drupal)
Small, Elegant CMS (sNews)
→ Easy and fast, see philcoop.net, uplbcdc.net
Wiki
→ Plagued with server suspensions due to CPU overload (host allots max of 18-25%)
Wikkawiki = secure, fast
HTML – static solution for max bandwidth
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WikkaWiki
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Snews CMS
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Who Participates
Public
→ Comments in wiki, CMS, form mail (HTML)
Colleagues → Administrator (2-3) → Contributors (Only 15% of registered contributors actually contribute) → Bulk of submissions are spam (porn, ads)
Controls
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→ Registration = manual, Comments = moderated 3ABE-July 13-14, 2011
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Conclusions
Developers (researchers) can do it Be flexible (CMS, Wiki, HTML) esp. when bandwidth becomes an issue Keep looking for small (but beautiful=cheap, fast) solutions Plan is looking good
Good for society (Individuals have control) Supported by industry (Cheap hosting stays)
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