Scano Fertilia May2008

journal of infection in developing countries

May, 19 2008

Marco ScanoJIDC Web Developer

• Introduction• Goals• Requirements• The Choice

• Google apps• Joomla! CMS

• Joomla! CMS components• Groups and ACLs• Submission Process• Wiki integration for Mentorship• Peer review process• Journal publishing

• Completed steps• DNS Management• Web hosting

• What’s keeping us busy• Questions?


summary

• Project needs:– A user-friendly submission process–Mentoring system– A peer-review process support– A sophisticated publishing system– Open Access Publishing


introduction

• improve research in developing countries

• raise interest on so-called neglected diseases

• impact factor


goals

The Impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure of the citations to science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the importance of a journal to its field.

- Wikipedia


Page Rank and Impact Factor

PageRank is a link analysis algorithm that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the World Wide Web, with the purpose of "measuring" its relative importance within the set

- Wikipedia


Page Rank and Impact Factor

• Usability– Clear and simple for users and

managers

• Manageability–Make the best use of online tools

• Search engine optimization– For how it relates to IF


requirements

Do not re-invent the wheel, but build a new tire compound for the actual race conditions


New motto

• Google apps – for email and document exchange (editors group)

• Joomla! CMS – for the web site


the choice

• High capacity (up to 6GB) mailboxes [email protected]

• Document sharing within editors group


Google apps

• Joomla! Is a Content Mangement System and application framework

• GPL licensed• Reliable and flexible framework• Reliable communiity support


Joomla! CMS

• Dynamic form builders • Business or organizational directories • Document management • image and multimedia galleries • E-commerce and shopping cart engines • Forums and chat software • Calendars • Blogging software • Directory services • Email newsletters • Data collection and reporting tools • Banner advertising systems • Subscription services and many, many more


Joomla! CMS

• Groups and ACLs• Submission Process form• Wiki integration for Mentorship• Peer review process application• Journal publishing


Modules to be developed

• DNS management:– redirect MX records on google domain– http docs on enterprise class web hosting

• Web server setup:– LAMP architecture– FTP access


Completed steps

• Site re-design• Contents organization• Search Engine Optimization


What’s keeping us busy


Home page preview


Internal page preview


Internal page preview (second take)


One more thing ...


Site visitors by country


Next steps

• Complete application development• Optimize content for internet search

engines• Set higher traffic and performance targets


Questions?

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