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NYSCATE Presentation: Open Source Web 2.0 Applications

November 26, 2008 in open source, Technology | 7 comments

On Tuesday, November 25, I presented Open Source Web 2.0 Applications at the New York State Association for Computers and Technology in Education (NYSCATE). I was very excited to share some of what I have learned in the past year regarding web based applications such as WordPress, Elgg, Pligg, Posh, Gallery, and many others.

I was concerned about the timeslot–the last session on the last day of the conference. I was delighted to find the conference room nearly full when I began to present. I was also pleased to see a few people that attended my presentation last year.

You can hear the presentation Open Source Web 2.0.

Click through the presentation as you listen. (It will toggle between the first two slides until it has loaded. It’s a large file, so give it a minute.)

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TidyPics Photo Gallery for Elgg

October 26, 2008 in Elgg, open source, Social Networking, Technology | 2 comments

Jade Dominguez of TastySeed has created TidyPics, a new photo gallery for Elgg 1.0. After a slew of releases, Version 1.04 seems to have slain most of the bugs. Once installed via ftp to the mod folder and enabled in the admin interface, a new option appears in the menus:

Select Photos and you get the following page.

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The first time, you are prompted to create an album with options for title, caption, tags, and access. Note the owner’s block to the left with options to view your, your friends’, and all site photo albums. Once the album is created, you are taken to a page for uploading files.

Again you have options for title, caption, and tags. Access is governed by the album. Once you upload the image, you are brought to the Album view.

Note that you have options to make comments on the album. To view an image, click on it and it appears full sized. Once you open the image view, you have the opotion to edit or delete the picture. If you select edit, you are given the option of making the image the album cover.

Tidypics has a clean simple, and easy to use interface. Jade has also created a support area in the Elgg Community where he offers assistance and seeks input. He plans to continue to develop TidyPics with new enhancements in the future.

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