WikiCMS

⌘⌘ Wolfgang Fahl[edit]

• Wolfgang wf@bitplan.com is from germany.
• He is a teacher for software architecture
• He has been working with MediaWiki since 2007
• He has started learning english in England

⌘⌘ Agenda[edit]

• What is a Content Management System CMS?
• Could you use a MediaWiki/Semantic MediaWiki as a CMS?
• Why would you not use MediaWiki as your CMS?
• Why would you use MediaWiki as a CMS?
• WikiCMS: use Semantic MediaWiki as CMS

⌘⌘ What is a Content Management System CMS?[edit]

According to Wikipedia a Content Management System has the following features:

• a CMS supports the creation and modification of digital content.
• a CMS is a collaborative environment
• a CMS supports
  • format management
  • history editing
  • version control
  • indexing
  • search
  • retrieval
• a CMS supports the separation of content and presentation

⌘⌘ Could you use a MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki as a CMS?[edit]

• MediaWiki supports the creation and modification of digital content. ✓
• MediaWiki is a collaborative environment ✓
• MediaWiki supports
  • format management ✓
  • history editing ✓
  • version control ✓
  • indexing ✓
  • search ✓
  • retrieval ✓
• MediaWiki supports the separation of content and presentation ✓

⌘⌘ Why would you not use MediaWiki as your CMS?[edit]

• Anyone can edit it
• No workflow
• No approval method built into the wiki

⌘⌘ Why would you use MediaWiki as a CMS?[edit]

• MediaWiki is free
• MediaWiki is proven to work
• There is a lot of knowledge/documentation about MediaWiki available
• There are lots of extensions available of MediaWiki

⌘⌘ Why would you use MediaWiki as a CMS?[edit]

But this also true for Wordpress? Why still use MediaWiki?

• That depends where your focus is!
• Presentation -> Wordpress
• Structured Content -> Semantic Media Wiki

⌘⌘ What content is available in MediaWik/Semantic MediaWiki ?[edit]

see Royal-Family Wiki

Photos		Lists
Videos		Tables
Maps		Graphs
...

⌘⌘ WikiCMS: use Semantic MediaWiki as CMS[edit]

⌘⌘ WikiCMS: separation of frontend and backend[edit]

⌘⌘ WikiCMS: Examples[edit]

Frontend	Backend
BITPlan Website	BITPlan wiki
EV blog	BITPlan wiki
Royals	Royal family wiki
WikiCMS site	BITPlan wiki
Shark site	BITPlan wiki

⌘⌘ WikiCMS: Design Examples[edit]

• BITPlan site
• EV blog
• Sharks site

all using Rythm template engine

⌘⌘ WikiCMS: where to get it[edit]

http://wikicms.bitplan.com

⌘⌘ WikiCMS: next steps[edit]

• Publish WikiCMS via MediaWiki's extension mechanism
• Establish a community of interested stakeholdes around it
• Add plugin-cabability
• Allow sharing for Designs/Skins

⌘⌘ Questions/Discussion[edit]