Content Management Systems (CMS)

[Mia Kalish]

Hi, 

 

We have been using WebStudy at the College. We don't use it 'specifically'
for revitalization, but, we selected it because we can use it for Navajo
because of the font support. We have had to fall back to deciding about how
to localize the fonts, because the Unicode implementation doesn't work
perfectly for us (as I knew it wouldn't, but the Committee had to see if
fail before they believed). Anyway. 

 

WebStudy is much bigger than just a CMS; we also use it for general Distance
Education. 

 

However, Jan Tucker, who should be around this list somewhere, has had
pretty good success with Moodle. 

 

Mia 

 

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From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
On Behalf Of Jordan Lachler
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:44 PM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Re: [ILAT] Content Management Systems (CMS)

 

We've been using Drupal for our fledgling "e-documentation" project for
Oroha.

http://www.orohalanguage.org/

I've found it quite easy to work with, especially with a team that is spread
out across the globe.  The software has many many features that we're not
even exploiting yet, but the interface is quite intuitive, allowing us to
spend more of our time on writing up the documentation, and less time on
fighting with the software. 

So far, I haven't experienced any drawbacks with it, but it would be
interesting to hear if more experienced Drupal users have encountered any
that we should be watching out for.

Best wishes,

Jordan 

On Jan 10, 2008 9:01 AM, David Sasaki <oso at el-oso.net> wrote:

We use a blogging CMS, WordPress, to coordinate multilingual translations of
blog posts from around the developing world. While this isn't language
research, it could provide some interesting opportunities for researchers.
For example, we recently launched the world's first Aymara language weblog
and all of those posts are also translated into English and Spanish: 

http://aymara.vocesbolivianas.org/

We also have many more multilingual translations using WordPress at
<http://lingua.globalvoicesonline.org/>
http://lingua.globalvoicesonline.org

Best,

David

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On Jan 10, 2008, at 12:48 PM, phil cash cash wrote: 





Greetings,

This is a two part question.  The Web 2.0 is providing some unique
opportunities
for project collaboration.  For example, Content Management Systems (CMS)
allow
collaborative project possibilities between users, or in one possible
scenario, 
collaborations between language communities and scholars.

1) Is anybody utilizing a Content Management System (or Wiki) for language
documentation/collaborative projects?

2) If so, what are the strengths/weaknesses and maintainance concerns of the
CMS 
software you are using?

Feel free to elaborate or introduce other essential elements implicated by
these
questions and your project.  Please note if your CMS is a an open source
software.

Thanks is advance. 

Phil Cash Cash
UofA

 




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Jordan 

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