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This week the focus of the WELSTech podcast is Content Management Systems.  Martin and Sallie are joined by WELS.net webmaster, Julie Duran, and we take a look at WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.

Listen now or download Episode 047 (41:12)

The discussion:

• Content Management Systems - WELS.net webmaster and manager of WELS Web Services, Julie Duran, joins Martin and Sallie for a discussion of the “big three” open source Content Management Systems (CMS) – WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.  Any of these software solutions could be used to build and manage a church or school web site, and the conversation includes pros and cons of each option.
  • FinalWeb
  • WordPress
    • St. Paul’s in Washington, DC
  • Joomla
    • Eastern Montana WELS
    • Cornerstone
  • Drupal
    • Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
    • Salem Lutheran in Stillwater, MN
  • Open Source Content Management System Overview (.pdf)
  • Visit the WELSTech Wiki to share your experience with any or all of the CMS systems discussed

The tidbits:

• Picks of the week (24:45)
  • Balsamiq Mockups
  • Visualizing the Bible image
  • Sync your password management files across platforms
    • PC – Password Safe
    • Mac – Password Gorilla (reads Password Safe)
    • Sync via Live Mesh
• WELS.net feature (33.15)
  • Church Year Worship Resources
• Community feedback (33:55)
  • John Simonson from Good Shepherd in West Bend, WI shared additional search engine optimization tools from Google
    • Insights for search
    • Search-based keyword tool
• Coming up on WELSTech (35:33)
  • Episode 048 - Gail Potratz joins us for a discussion on teaching our children research skills in a Web 2.0 world

The featured artist:

• We close with music of WELS artist, Michael Schroeder (michaelschroeder.com) - O Come, O Come Emmanuel from his CD titled The Reason For the Season (37:35)

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This week Martin and Sallie share some pros and cons of using open source software and talk with Pastor Steve Daley about how he uses Linux and other open source software to carry out his pastoral duties.

Listen now or download Episode 031 (59:23)

The discussion:

• What is Open Source? - WELSTech listeners have no doubt heard us share open source software suggestions in past podcast episodes.  Today Martin and Sallie define exactly what is “open source” and look at the pros and cons of using open source solutions.
  • Open Source Alternatives – www.osalt.com

The interview:

• Linux in the church office (23:47) - Pastor Steve Daley from Petra in Sauk Rapids, MN has used the Linux operating system and a variety of Linux-based open source applications to carry out many of his pastoral responsibilities for the past four years.  Listen as Pastor Daley talks with Martin and Sallie about what prompted him to get started with Linux and how you too can make use of these tools to carry out your ministry.
• Evolution e-mail
• The Sword Project – Open source Bible software
• Run Windows software on Linux 
  • Wine
  • CrossOver Linux
• Virtualization
  • VMWare
  • Parallels
  • Virtual Box
• Distrowatch.com
  • Fedora

The tidbits:

• Picks of the week (46:14)
  • 37 Interesting Ways to use Your Interactive Whiteboard by Tom Barrett – link courtesy of José Picardo at boxoftricks.net
  • Password generator – www.supergenpass.com

The featured artist:

• We close with music of WELS musician, Michael Schroeder (wctc.net/~mas) - The Beatitudes from his CD titled A Witness (55:00)

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