Transcript Content Management System: FAO experience in the use of Content

Content Management System:
FAO experience
FAO experience in the use of
Content Management Systems for
Community Building
Web-based Community Platforms
PEOPLE
CONTENT
Static elements
TECHNOLOGY
Interactive elements
Web-based Community Platforms
• sufficient time must be allocated to user
requirements and needs analysis
• management of Content and motivation of
People are more complex than development of
Technology
• ongoing management and updating of Content
is a key issue in web-based community
(knowledge) platforms
• decentralized management of Content is
essential
CMS: FAO Evaluation
• several Open Source platforms were
evaluated (e.g. Joomla, OpenCMS, Typo3,
Drupal)
• Typo3 selected as preferred platform for
development of web sites and knowledge
exchange platforms
• specialized Open Source tools selected for
communities with limited requirements
(Wiki, E-Forum, BLog)
CMS: Static Elements
• Customization of the CMS front-end
needed for user-friendly input forms
• Sufficient time allocated for network
“administrators” to learn how to use CMS
back-end
• Not all network “administrators” want/like
to use CMS back-end
CMS: Interactive Elements
• People more important than Technology
• Specific training on network management
and facilitation required to run knowledge
exchange tools within the CMS (Forums,
Wiki, Blog, etc.)
CMS: FAO experience
• Examples of web site/knowledge exchange
platform designed and implemented in FAO
using Typo3:
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E-Agriculture
FSN forum
High level conference on World Food security
Emergencies web site
Terrafrica
Webshore
WFD web site
World food situation portal
OneAGP