Ushahidi via CMS (WordPress, Drupal, etc.) #357
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This was also a big request from the Harassmap team = http://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Community+at++ICT4D+%28March+14%2C+2012%2C+Atlanta%2C+GA%29 |
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Cool! Feel free to add link to my post to that wiki page. -----Original Message----- This was also a big request from the Harassmap team = http://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Community+at++ICT4D+%28March+14%2C+2012%2C+Atlanta%2C+GA%29 Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: |
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Hello, may be it is useful to remember this: https://github.com/Kimnooij/Butterfly-Toolkit-No-1--Building-Bridges/ |
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I am an avid Drupaller and we were discussing inviting you over into the Drupal community with the Mapping and Location people yesterday. We would be very open to explore the possibilities of using Drupal for the Ushahidi functionality. Drupal is a very broad platform, and it has basics for a lot of things that are happening in Ushahidi
And there is a lot of things that you get for free: flexible contenttypes & fields, multiple taxonomies, multilingual, themes, a very secure, scalable and well maintained codebase And there is a big big big community of very helpful people http://drupal.org/community |
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Thanks, Reinier - - best option to explore a Drupal version of Ushahidi would be to talk with Heather Leson, the Crowdmap community manager. Send me a regular email addy, and intro if you don't know her. Chris -----Original Message----- I am an avid Drupaller and we were discussing inviting you over into the Drupal community with the Mapping and Location people yesterday. We would be very open to explore the possibilities of using Drupal for the Ushahidi functionality. Drupal is a very broad platform, and it has basics for a lot of things that are happening in Ushahidi
And there is a lot of things that you get for free: flexible contenttypes & fields, multiple taxonomies, multilingual, themes, a very secure, scalable and well maintained codebase And there is a big big big community of very helpful people http://drupal.org/community Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: |
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HI folks, I'd like to get some help on writing two wiki articles and/or resources on how to use Ushahidi with Drupal and joomla (separate ones). There was a forum post asking for help. Would you like to help me get an outline going of what is needed? They we can ask the community for more help. Heather |
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As far as I know the only thing you can do at the moment with Ushahidi + a CMS is embed Ushahidi.. |
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Here is a forgotten article on the ushahidi blog: http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2011/06/03/a-toolkit-for-the-other-90-ushahidi-for-joomla/ Thank you. |
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Hi Cypher, it isn't really forgotten. I share the link often. I will keep monitoring this topic. It sounds like it is closer to being on the roadmap Heather |
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Hey, I found this: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ushahidipress/ I'll add it to the Ushahidi weekly report. |
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Every web search may confirm that Wordpress is unstable (it is about its blog framework genesis) with many plugins installed. It lacks of some basic features like a database plugin (the one available it is not comparable to the relational one of Joomla!); its inner framework is not designed to be CMS; it is a blog forced to behaves as a CMS! Thank you. |
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And yet, despite all that, it's still the most popular blogging platform and could be considered the most successful CMS. :) Erik Hersman www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke On Aug 20, 2012, at 7:36 PM, cypherinfo wrote:
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Joomla! is the first used in the world for a scalable, stable and real CMS. Wordpress for all of those users in need of few simple features. Here all of the great brands using Joomla!: http://community.joomla.org/labels/joomla-portfolio.html Thank you. |
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I would have to concur with Eric here. Wordpress powers more than 10% of the internet. That's a lot. Yes, if you need more fancy functionality other CMS's can serve you better. BTW, Joomla is not growing anymore, if you want a more serious CMS, upgrading to Drupal might be a better option. The stats: And for the mine-is-bigger-than-yours page http://websites.usandv.com/ filled with corporate Drupal examples (including the White House) |
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Hello, mine it is not a marketing point of view. After a deep search in the Drupal web site for modules on: database and/or map search I did find nothing! Joomla! is able to offer all of the function you need from the easier to the more complex with stability and scalability mostly for free! Not to forget the crowded developer/user community available to help you for free! Thank you. |
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@cypherinfo there are several very mature mapping modules for Drupal. |
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There is not the one for the advanced map search in the official list. If ushahidi will be integrated with the most used CMS will be a great hit. The Joomla! is the one that may meet the most complex and scalable features. Thank you. |
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Gotta side with Erik on this one – Wordpress is powerful enough, esp. with a Ushahidi jetpack for plugins & WP much more readily recognized than Drupal or Joomla, esp. during times of crisis when seeking tech talent. Signed as the guy who opened up this very related thread - #357 Best, Chris Chris Augeri, PhD Founder, ThoughtPuzzle LLC What can you discover from your data? Corporate – http://thoughtpuzzle.com http://thoughtpuzzle.com/ Philosophy – http://wetradedata.com http://wetradedata.com/ Email – aghilmort@thoughtpuzzle.com Bio – http://about.me/aghilmort From: Erik Hersman [mailto:notifications@github.com] And yet, despite all that, it's still the most popular blogging platform and could be considered the most successful CMS. :) Erik Hersman www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke On Aug 20, 2012, at 7:36 PM, cypherinfo wrote:
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Who has really used wordpress knows well that it is unstable with many plugins; so it is a big disadvantage in time of crisis when no fault is acceptable. Once again is not about which is the most popular but te most effective! More, is about the unique possibility Joomla! gives you to manage a complex relational database with ease along with - for example - an extension with a map search all of those for free and with all the free support of the user/developer community! Thank you. |
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CMS differences aside, why integrate Ushahidi into a CMS in the first And just for the record, i love WordPress. mailto:john@ethertontech.com
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Thanks for the contributions everyone. I'm closing this issue, github issue are specifically for bugs and feature requests, not general discussion. If you want to continue discussion please move to the forums: http://forums.ushahidi.com/ |
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The integration would be great! Many users may meet ushahdi and contribute for it. All the one of the CMS to be integrated. It would great to start building a web site around ushahidiwhere you may add (depending on your needs): a forum. a database, or everything else a crisismap may needs for that specific installation! Thank you. |
Issue Premise - A key challenge with deploying Ushahidi is the lack of user and admin platform knowledge, especially in the context of a no-notice disaster, the de facto Crowdmap application for the Ushahidi platform.
Solution Proposed - Many end-users and administrators tend to be tech savvy, and in particular, familiar with content management systems (CMSs) such as WordPress, Django, Drupal, or Joomla. Thus, one approach to facilitating crowdmap deployments is to refactor the Usahidi platform into a combination of themes and plugins for one or more CMSs.
Given the relative ubiquity of WordPress and Drupal, these two CMSs are my recommended CMS platforms to begin exploring this alternate path for Ushahidi development. WordPress would likely appeal to a broader audience but may not offer as much functionality as Drupal. That said, one of the many themes that inspired this suggestion happens to be a WordPress theme by Templatic. This theme and other representative solutions are listed below (please note these are only themes sans the set of plugins that would likely have to be developed, e.g., to replace the faceted search functionality).
Disclaimer - this idea is also based on my experiences while leading the deployment of the MightyMoRiver project at http://mightymoriver.crowdmap.com & tech discussions with various Ushahidi core team members. Development of a WordPress &/or Drupal theme (I'd personally suggest doing both, at least to the prototype stage) might also garner increased attention for deployments of Ushahidi & Swift River in the commercial sector.
Related issue - use framework such as Genesis - http://www.studiopress.com/themes - or build completely from scratch.
Representative CMS Themes for alternative Ushahidi implementations
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