Download Content Management Presentation Thingy - CMS-Script

CMS Project
Ozarks Technical Community College
Joint project of:
Jason Huddleston, Asst. Coord. Internet Services &
Network Security
Karyn O’Dell, Coordinator of Web Development
Content Management System
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Allows users to update the website…
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Quickly
Easily
Securely
Webmaster responsibility for active site
content
Original Process
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Users with permission were given
Dreamweaver
Files had to be uploaded from users’ office
Problems:
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Catching people at their desks
Users would forget what they had done
Dependent files would be missed
Drag/drop accidents broke templates
Research Process
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Recognized need for secondary “staging”
server for security purposes
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Controlling publication of new content
Assigning responsibility for content
Needed publication process easy for users and
web administrators
Research Process (Cont.)
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Open-Source
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PureCMS
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Zope - Required recode of entire site
Plone
PHPNuke - Layout not customizable
IIS Server
Used Active Directory for permission
FTP to live server
Cost $14,000
None compliant with Dreamweaver
Decision
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Macromedia Contribute
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Compatible with Dreamweaver
Interface easy to use and understand
Users not allowed to access code
Dependent files automatically placed where they
“should” be
“Email Review” option
Contribute Software
Beginning Concept
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Users edit pages from “live” server, but not
upload to the server
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“Email Review” for approval
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Web dept. would then save the page to the
“live” server, from the review, after approval
Problems
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“Email Review” feature was not what we thought it
was
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Sent administrator link to “test” page
Users had to save file to server themselves
Could not require the review before allowing upload
Did not want users to have direct access to live
server
Using Tripwire to compare contents – too slow
Modified Concept
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Users
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Edit pages on the “staging” server (which we
named “Stage”)
No Email Review, just Publish
Email web staff to alert us to the changes
Web Department
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Preview changes on Stage
Copy from Stage to Live via Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver Copying Process
Copying Process Issues
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Tedious to find all needed files
Easy to miss dependent files users would
forget to mention
Connections would sometimes drop in the
middle of download/upload (firewall issues)
Need: Easier, more efficient copying process
Development: Writing our own
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Design Goals
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Compare Stage and Live contents
Report changes
Provide secure web-based form with file list
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Check boxes for approval
Preview pages within form
Copy/Upload approved pages
Logging, tracking, etc.
Development: Issues
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Problems
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JavaScript tree not supporting forms
(www.treemenu.com)
Rsync and SSH instabilities
Users – permissions (FTP)
Solutions
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Rsync – mount live file system local on Stage
(NFS or SAN)
Use rsync alone instead of rsync over SSH
Development: Web form process
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Compares data folders on staging server and
the live server
Generates a file / folder tree in memory with
all of the metadata about the files.
Processes file / folder tree and prints list to
webpage.
Updates approved changes
Using the form
Development: Revisions
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Upgrades
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Last edited date / user
Checked out files
Full file path
Select All/Deselect All (Later removed)
Refresh button
Expandable/collapsible menu tree (CSS &
JavaScript)
Development: To Do
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Revisioning
Logging script use
Tracking changes
Select All files within a folder
File deletion
Thank you!
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CMS-Script on SourceForge
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/cms-script/
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Questions
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Contact Information:
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Jason Huddleston: [email protected]
Karyn O’Dell: [email protected]