1. Open Source Content Management
Softwares
Ms. Rachana Pathak
(rachanarpathak@gmail.com)
Assistant Professor, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering
Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur
(www.witsolapur.org)
2. Learning Outcome
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At the end of this session,
Students will be able to explain Open Source Softwares like Wordpress,
Joomla, Alfresco, Umbraco, liferay Portal.
3. Introduction
• A software whose source code is freely distributed with a license to study, change
and further distributed to anyone for any purpose is called open source software.
• Dedicated programmers improve the source code and share the changes within
the community.
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Cost
Reduction
Integration
&
Customization
Quick
time
Collaborati on
Why Open Source Software?
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Principles of Open Source Softwares
• Open source do not mean access to the source code only.
• The distribution terms of open-source software can be fulfilled with the following
criteria:
• Free Redistribution
• Derived Works
• Integrity of the Author's Source Code
• Source Code
6. How CMS works?
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CONTENT
TEMPLATE
CMS
SYSTEM COMPLETE
WEB PAGE
PROCESSING
PASSED USERNon Technical
8. WordPress
• WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS)
• Based on PHP and MySQL.
• Features include a plugin architecture and a template system.
• Associated with blogging
• Supports various types of web content including traditional mailing
lists and forums, media galleries, and online stores.
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9. Joomla
• Derived from "Jumla", which means "all together" or "as a whole".
• Joomla is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management
Systems.
• Used all over the world to create simple websites to complex corporate
applications
• Easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.
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10. Alfresco
• Collection of information management software products for Microsoft
Windows and Unix-like operating systems developed using Java technology. .
• Default restrictions in terms of scalability and availability
• e.g. no built-in clustering support.
• Quality assurance is limited and bug fixes are issued for the current versions.
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11. Umbraco
• Umbraco is a Content Management System
• Makes application easy to publish, edit, and manage web based content.
• CMS is a web application that allows editing of the content inside the browser.
• Alternative to create files on local computer, upload to the hosting provider.
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12. Drupal
• Developing a website with content management system, Drupal CMS is very
flexible.
• Drupal is very powerful and can be used for building large, complex sites.
• PHP based template which allows non-technical users to add and edit the
content without any HTML or Web design knowledge.
• Easy to interact with other sites or technologies.
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13. Drupal
• Easy to create and manage site and translates anything in the system with
built-in user interfaces.
• Connects our website to other sites and services using feeds, search engine
connection capabilities, etc.
• An open source software so no licensing costs
• Highly flexible and creative website with effective display quality so
increases the visitors to the site.
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14. LifeRay Portal
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15. Think and Write
• Now, suppose a company ABC is distributing its software &
have no access permission to its source code. What do you
think weather its open source or not?
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16. Answer-
No. Any Open Source software has access to its source code.
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17. References
• Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing - By Andrew M. St. Laurent,
Oreily Media. e-Resource available at:
https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/osfreesoft/book/index.html
• Apache HTTP Server Documentation Version 2.2 by by Apache Software Foundation
• Official Documentation of ATutor, Moodle, Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, Liferay Portal,
• Alfresco, Umbraco, Redmine, Nagios, Cacti, Icinga, OpenProject, LibrePlan
(eResources)
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