Another alternative is eHive, which is an online CMS and s.network. It seems like a really good idea if you want to avoid the costs of maintaining your own CMS and we are considering it here at the Regency Town House. We have also organised a talk in Brighton open to everyone, as we thought it might be of interest for other museums as well: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2021242/ Val Cartei Digital Project Officer Regency Town House
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Elizabeth Bruton < elizabeth.bruton at mhs.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > On a somewhat related note, there is a Wordpress-based social network > platform > by the name of Buddypress. See http://buddypress.org/ > > Elizabeth Bruton > > -- > Ms Elizabeth Bruton > Web Officer, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford > e: elizabeth.bruton at mhs.ox.ac.uk > w: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk > > In message <AD775DE5635C2042BF1DCB7EED36A83B647A60 at jlm-net.jlm.local> > Museum > Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> writes: > > Hmm. I've seen it done using Wordpress, which can be hosted with > > Wordpress.com and then integrate with all of the other tools out there. > > > > And, of course, I'm now blanking on the three institutions I've seen > > doing this, but Google came up with this interesting thread about > > libraries using WP for their sites: > > http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2008/05/27/wordpress-for-library > > -websites/ > > > > ~P > > > > Perian Sully > > Collections Information Manager > > Web Programs Strategist > > The Magnes > > Berkeley, CA > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf > > Of > > Stan Orchard > > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 8:41 AM > > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > > Subject: [MCN-L] social network CMS? > > > > This question has sorta come up before in different ways, but thought > > I'd ask again. Does anyone use one of the social network-type sites as > > a content management system? For example, we use Wetpaint for an > > internal wiki for our staff. We also use Wetpaint for a section of our > > site for our Science On Wheels teachers. We've had mixed results with > > both. But what if we moved our entire Web site to something like Ning > > or Wetpaint or some other such site? Alternative is to build our IT > > staff and create, maintain databases, Web servers, networks, etc. That > > means fewer resources (people) for creating content. Budgets being > > what they are, what if we used an outside source for the ENTIRE > > infrastructure and spent money on content creators? We also use Google > > calendars, Feedburner, Twitter, Facebook, Constant Contact, Upcoming. > > Google maps, etc. But the entire Web site? Lots of questions about > > ads, security, reliability, etc. Just wondering if any institutions do > > this? > > > > Stan Orchard > > Pacific Science Center > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > -- Valentina Cartei T +44 (0)796 6882820
