Moving to a Content Management System: NCTech4Good Presentation and Resources

It was a pleasure to present on moving from a static website to a content management system at the 2011 NCTech4Good Conference this past Friday. I had the opportunity to meet lots of great people doing work in the North Carolina nonprofit community. Although I intended to keep my presentation CMS-agnostic, I ended up talking about the many advantages of using Drupal throughout the day.

You can find my presentation and a selection of recommended resources below.

Choosing A Content Management System & WYSIWYG

• Idealware CMS Review
• CMS Matrix
• ATEN’s Article on Markdown
• Drupal Gardens - an alternative to self-hosting

Designing a User-Driven Process

• My Blog Post - Behind the Scenes of the AASHE Redesign
• AASHE’s Project Charter Template
• OptimalSort - Card Sorting Tool
• Card Sorting Analysis Tool
• Feedback Army Usability Testing
• Wireframing Tools - Balsamiq, Omnigraffle, Visio, Photoshop

Migration Tools

• HTMLTidy
• htmLawed
• Drupal Migrate Module
• Markdownify

Presentation