Do I Even Want an Open Source CMS?
Genres of Content Management Systems
Different types, but strong overlap
Understanding CMS technologies
Understanding your Requirements
Setting our expectations right
Time for action-setting your expectations for "The Yoga Site"
Time for action-measuring the scale of your site
Time for action-determining compliance and interoperability needs
Determining additional feature requirements
Time for action-choosing additional features
Get hands-on experience with a CMS
Time for action-taking a test drive
Time for action-creating navigation structure
Understanding technical requirements
Time for action-understanding technical requirements
Time for action-install WordPress
Content Editing and Management
Giving a professional look to our site
Time for action-finding a good template
Time for action-setting up a template
Enhancing functionality with plug-ins
Time for action-finding a photo gallery plug-in
Time for action-showing a photo gallery on our site
Time for action-replacing the default logo in our template
Time for action-advancing customization via CSS changes
Understanding the code architecture
The first question-do I need a self-hosted or service-based CMS?
Taking WordPress for a test drive
Time for action-managing content with WordPress
Time for action-customizing the design
Time for action-managing content with Movable Type
Expressing opinions with ExpressionEngine
Time for action-managing content with ExpressionEngine
Searching for more alternatives
Additional help is also available
Do you want a CMS or a portal?
Time for action-managing content with CMS Made Simple
Time for action-exploring customization options
Time for action-putting Drupal to the test
SilverStripe—easy and extensive
DotNetNuke—the first you may notice
Magento—open source e-commerce evolved
Time for action-adding products with Magento
VirtueMart—bringing e-commerce to Joomla!
Time for action-adding products and selling them
Freeway—e-commerce for products, events, services, and subscriptions
Time for action-selling weekly yoga class registrations
Time for action-planning the Yoga Site with Alfresco
Time for action-creating workflows and revisions with Alfresco
Finding alternatives to Alfresco
Wiki CMSs: The power of collective contribution
Time for action-creating events listing for the Yoga Site
Discussion forums: helping each other
Time for action-discussions on yoga products
Photo galleries: Sharing memories
Time for action-posting team photos online
Online learning: facilitating learning
Time for action-creating a yoga course
Getting Involved in the Community
Keep this in mind—asking good questions
Basics of Software Project Management
Outsourcing requires different thinking
Tracking progress and controlling