case study: how we built joomlagov.info
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Case Study - How we built the http://joomlagov.info/ website
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The White House site is built on Drupal. Can you top that?
wiki http://joomlagov.info
Response to the question posed to Ryan Ozimek in March 2011
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1. Visual representation of all government websites using Joomla!
2. Easy updates, quick addition of new listings and Minimal Maintenance
3. Site speed and performance
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Joomla! Extensions ● Joomlaworks K2 ● Editor - JCE Editor● Chronoforms● Disqus comment system● NoNumber! Extension Manager● XMap● XCloner Backup and Restore
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3rd Party Api's ● Google Maps Api version 3● Disqus comment system
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Challenges Faced
● Capturing a huge volume of data● Simplifying the management of new data records and updates● No budget ● Tight deadline
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Solutions
● Automation (Selenium IDE / Python scripts)● Old fashioned manual labour (community workforce)
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Workflow
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Project scope
● 253 categories● 2847 articles● 2847 screen captures● 261 menu items
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Getting content into Joomla
● Scraping wiki doc and customizing output (long, lat, coutry)● Automating screen captures, resizing and renaming● Creating content by merging text and images
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Hit Replay Button
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Design and template
● fresh clean look ● map focal point● room for growth
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Integration
● K2 extra fields with Google Maps Api● Chronoforms with K2
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K2 Extra Fields - HTML Overrides
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K2 Category Map clustering
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K2 Article - HTML Overrides
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Chronoforms submissions directly into K2
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Performance enhancements
● re-order code● compression (css, js, html)● caching on
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Data is Boring - Maps are fun
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Data is Boring - Maps are fun