Posts Tagged ‘CMS’

Professional K2 Blackpearl

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

book coverProfessional K2 Blackpearl, Holly Anderson, Wiley, 2009

This book on K2 products that build on Microsoft’s Sharepoint CMS, will be useful to analysts who plan to automate and manage business processes. 850 pages.

Beginning SharePoint 2010

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

book coverBeginning SharePoint 2010 Development, Steve Fox, Wiley, 2010

Programmers of web apps will find this useful. It starts with the basics of SharePoint, Microsoft’s CMS, then installing and configuring a development environment, and then developing with SharePoint. The book is heavy on coding exercises, but tries to stick to a common set of .NET patterns. The online ebook is here. The OPL does not have a paper copy, so disregard the following link.

Website Owner’s Manual

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

book coverWebsite Owner’s Manual, Paul Boag, Manning, 2010

This book for managers in charge of a company’s website. It is well written and informal. 250 pages.

Contents:
Chapter 1 The secret to a successful website
Chapter 2 Stress-free planning
Chapter 3 The perfect team
Chapter 4 Differences over design
Chapter 5 Creating killer content
Chapter 6 User-centric design
Chapter 7 Ensuring access for all
Chapter 8 Taking control
Chapter 9 Decoding technobabble
Chapter 10 Driving traffic
Chapter 11 Engaging your visitors
Chapter 12 Planning for the future

WordPress 2.7 Complete

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

book coverWordPress 2.7 Complete : create your own complete blog or website from scratch with WordPress / April Hodge Silver, Hasin Hayder, Packt, 2009

A user manual for Wordpress which starts with the basics of setting up a blog and ventures as far as customizing the site with plugins in PHP. The last few chapters are valuable to the reader, because the online Wordpress guides are not always well organized. 250 pages.

Content Strategy

Friday, February 12th, 2010

book coverContent Strategy for the Web / Kristina Halvorson, New Riders, 2010

This book is for people in charge of larger web sites.

Audit your current content. Analyze your ecosystems. Plan a strategy. Plan a work flow. Write content. Set up the tools and channels for delivery. Measure the results. Maintain the site. This slim (150 pages) book is well written.

Library Mashups

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

book coverLibrary Mashups : exploring new ways to deliver library data / edited by Nicole C. Engard, Information Today, 2009

This collection of articles conveys a new approach to library services and information architecture. 300 pages.

Understanding Drupal

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Understanding Drupal [videorecording (DVD)] / Lullabot, Inc

Lullabot creates web sites for MTV, Sony, and other large companies. This video is an overview of developing a site with Drupal.

SharePoint 2007 Records Management Development

Friday, December 11th, 2009

book coverProfessional SharePoint 2007 Records Management Development : managing official records with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 / John Holliday, Wiley, 2009

Enterprise Content Management and Records Management architecture. Example code in C#. Well written, 400 pages.

Drupal 6 Themes

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Drupal 6 Themes : create new themes for your Drupal 6 site with clean layout and powerful CSS styling / Ric Shreves, Packt, 2008

This book is more for web designers than programmers, though some knowledge of PHP will be useful. 250 pages.

Pro Drupal

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Pro Drupal Development / John K. VanDyk, Apress, 2008

Drupal is a powerful CMS and this book is a solid, well written description for developers.  It will be useful if you are programming a web app or a Drupal module. 600 pages.