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Enhancing MRSEC Webmasters Meeting Agenda - Feb 2011

The MRSEC Webmasters' Meeting on February 7, 2011, focused on building a collaborative space for MRSEC webmasters to share knowledge through mailing lists. The agenda included discussions on web technologies used in research and outreach, an overview of MRSEC's back-end features, and special features like the Drupal biblio module for managing publications. Participants engaged in Q&A regarding online tools, content management systems, and strategies for optimizing their websites' performance. Collaborative tools such as video conferencing, instant messaging, and feed exchanges were also addressed.

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Enhancing MRSEC Webmasters Meeting Agenda - Feb 2011

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  1. MRSEC Webmasters’ Meeting Feb 7, 2011

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Webmasters' mailing list/user group (creating space for mrsecwebmasters’ to exchange knowledge ) http://lists.mrsec.org/listinfo.cgi/mrsec-webmasters-mrsec.org • Overview of web technologies and how they are used in Research  and Outreach • Overview of mrsec.org back end features  • Special feature - using Drupal bibio module for publications management • Questions and Answers.

  3. Overview of web technologies • CMS / Blogs / Wikis • Social networks / bookmarks • Polls, webforms, etc • Online Libraries • Online video (courses, etc.) • Skype, google voice, etc. – Collaboration • Instant messaging (IM) • Feeds (exchange of info between websites)

  4. Overview of mrsec.org back end features  • Drupal-based – extendable CMS • Rich set of permissions • Variety of content types • Views for easy compilation of index pages • New features can be easily added (polls, webforms, maps, etc.) – more, more, more!! • Analysis tools can be configured for web view and export to other tools via .csv format

  5. Adding a poll or webform • http://mrsec.org/node/1071/ • Create webform • Add components • View results

  6. Biblio module for publications management • http://mrsec.org/biblio/ • Compilation of bibliographies – time consuming exercise • Import from one citation (DOI, bibTex, xml, etc) • Bulk import • Export in variety of formats

  7. On the boards – mrsec.org • Visual Redesign (Front page with Slideshow, navigation improvement, etc) • Optimization of all content types (highlights, education programs, centers) • Teaching modules • Web to print options • Print view optimization • Search – add google search, advanced search

  8. Summary of the meeting • WebEx requires more prep work to eliminate echo effects (alternative technologies - My Instant Meeting, Dim Dim(sold to SalesForce), GoMeeting, EVO and Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO teleconferencing, https://www.yugma.com/share_skype.php • Permissions for web forms and biblio has to be checked, more info will be sent out • MRSEC.org admin haa some admin permissions that MRSEC webmasters do not, for example, Taxonomy editing • Anything that makes the annual reports less painful is useful - please provide your requests, recommendations, we can convey to NSF Directors • Most groups are maintaining two sites, their own site and their entries on official MRSEC site – how to optimize

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