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thomas n. burg - on social media and its benefits for us, and sometimes gossip.

again schools and Web 2.0

Again the report I mentioned these days. The findings are really amazing. It’s now quite clear that [tag-tec]web 2.0[/tag-tec] will not fade away - despite those never-ending debates about its legitimation as a term. Especially social networking sites like [tag-ice]Facebook[/tag-ice] and synchronous media like Instant Messaging penetrated the youth. School are somehow prompted to adapt to that developments.

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worth mentioning: factline Community Server 2.6.2 released

We just released FCS 2.6.2 here are some change notes:

Bigger Feats:
- platform cloning functionality (contents, structure, usergroups)
- RSS - token based for private RSS-feeds with very high security and different permission depending on right set (enterprise ready)
- ajax comments with the surrounding changes (flat option, etc)
- tinyMCE editor integration with all surrounding improvements (edit include, etc)
- edit include as an include option (fantastic thing -never seen this before in any app!)
- session keep alive
- ajax for boxes - open/close doesnt reload page (if available)
- multiple set permissions in a folder (new folder action)
- padmin - permissions interface redesigned, more self-explaining now

Smaller feats:
- unpublished versoins have a date now, so you can see when you created/edited it
- already read entries in the latest changes are displayed in grey
- search - filter by language and filter by unread facts only
- previous/next for folders optimised and new interface (top placed)
- new shortcut creation form, more advanced, searchable, etc
- manual edit stylesheet mode in padmin

Big jump in terms of user expierience.

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Manila for Schools

Nicht nur für russische Schulen anwendbar.
Pat D. stellt ein durchdachtes Szenario zur Implementation von Manila als Weblog/CMS im Unterrichtskontext vor.
Manila for school districts and Russian dreams.

Pat Delaney shares A proposal for school district deployment of a CMS [via Sebastian Fiedler]

  • Great example for those who want to start. It includes:
  • Capabilities & benefits
  • Examples
  • CMS Selection & Pricing
  • Security
  • Training scenarios
  • Infrastructure requirements
  • Process for school participation

I have to check if Manila supports Cyrillic (Radio doesn’t :(.

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