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Case Study - How we built the http://joomlagov.info/ website
The White House site is built on Drupal. Can you top that?
wiki http://joomlagov.info
Response to the question posed to Ryan Ozimek in March 2011
1. Visual representation of all government websites using Joomla!
2. Easy updates, quick addition of new listings and Minimal Maintenance
3. Site speed and performance
Joomla! Extensions ● Joomlaworks K2 ● Editor - JCE Editor● Chronoforms● Disqus comment system● NoNumber! Extension Manager● XMap● XCloner Backup and Restore
3rd Party Api's ● Google Maps Api version 3● Disqus comment system
Challenges Faced
● Capturing a huge volume of data● Simplifying the management of new data records and updates● No budget ● Tight deadline
Solutions
● Automation (Selenium IDE / Python scripts)● Old fashioned manual labour (community workforce)
Workflow
Project scope
● 253 categories● 2847 articles● 2847 screen captures● 261 menu items
Getting content into Joomla
● Scraping wiki doc and customizing output (long, lat, coutry)● Automating screen captures, resizing and renaming● Creating content by merging text and images
Hit Replay Button
Design and template
● fresh clean look ● map focal point● room for growth
Integration
● K2 extra fields with Google Maps Api● Chronoforms with K2
K2 Extra Fields - HTML Overrides
K2 Category Map clustering
K2 Article - HTML Overrides
Chronoforms submissions directly into K2
Performance enhancements
● re-order code● compression (css, js, html)● caching on
Data is Boring - Maps are fun
Data is Boring - Maps are fun