[Nfb-web] Mura CMS

Tue Jul 26 03:51:58 UTC 2011

Peter,

The last I knew (my info is atleast ten years old) ColdFusion was a
Licensed product that had to be purchased. A common thread between
Drupal and Wordpress is that they are freely available.

Mike
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Mike Hansen

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello Michael and everyone,
>
>    Have any of you used the Mura Content Management System. It's a
> ColdFusion-based CMS with many of the same features as Drupall, Wordpress, X
> Catalyst, and others. I'll be using it for my personal Web site and possibly
> one Affiliate Site. Since we're talking content management systems I thought
> I would see if anyone has had experience with Mura.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Hansen" <mhansen4 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 7:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Conference and Training
>
>
> Milton,
>
> I was not able to make the meeting in Orlando. Some of use already use
> a web content management system called Drupal. What are the reasons
> that people are wanting to use Wordpress instead? I know this is kind
> of like asking why somebody prefers MS Word over Word Perfect and, the
> answer might be as simple as it is what the are most familiar with,
> but I want to through the question out to hear yours and others
> responses. Perhaps there is something in Wordpress that would benefit
> me.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
> ---
> Mike Hansen
> NFB of Nebraska
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Milton Ota <mota at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>> Hello Fellow Webmasters:
>>
>>
>>
>> To follow-up with our discussion at the NFB Webmasters workshop during the
>> 2011 national convention of the National Federation of the Blind held on
>> Tuesday evening-we have been offered the use of a Internet based
>> conference
>> room using the Talking communities chat client.
>>
>>
>>
>> Below is the information provided to me in order to get things going. We
>> will need to find a date, day,, and time to schedule this training
>> conference. The first topic that seemed to be of interest was using Word
>> Press. Everyone that wishes to participate will need to sign-up.
>>
>>
>>
>> Signing up for Out of Sight is easy and painless. The entire process
>> consists of filling out a form and installing and configuring our Talking
>> Communities client.
>>
>>
>>
>> First, go to
>>
>>
>>
>> www.out-of-sight.net <http://www.out-of-sight.net/>
>>
>>
>>
>> When the page loads, you will hear the theme song for the site. Press
>> escape
>> to stop the song.
>>
>>
>>
>> Feel free to navigate through the site's pages.
>>
>>
>>
>> To register with Out of Sight, enter on the link Become a Member.
>>
>>
>>
>> You will then read our policies and decide at that point to either
>> continue
>> or not the registration process.
>>
>>
>>
>> Once you continue, you will be presented with a form to fill out .
>>
>>
>>
>> This form consists of several fields that must be completed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Please note that all the information you provide is confidential. Only
>> site
>> management and agents of the site may access this information if you
>> choose.
>>
>>
>> The information you will need to provide is:
>>
>>
>>
>> * Full Name:
>> * Email:
>> Phone:
>> * Choose User_name: That is the name with which you will logon to the site
>> and that will be visible in the rooms.
>>
>> Upload your photo. You may skip this section.
>> Interests
>> * Tell us about yourself:
>> Link: This may be filled out if you have a web page you wish to share.
>>
>>
>>
>> Fields with asterisks are required
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Once you submit the form, you will receive an email containing your
>> username
>> and password within 24 hours. follow the instructions in the email in
>> order
>> to access our chat site.
>>
>>
>>
>> When you have entered our main chat site locator, please download and
>> install theTC client. If you have the client installed you may skip this
>> step.
>>
>>
>>
>> In order to install the chat client to have access to our chat rooms,
>> follow
>> these steps:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Tab to the link First Time users click here to download the plugin. and
>> press Enter and a download dialogue box will appear.
>> 2. This dialogue box offers you the choice of saving or running the
>> client.
>> the client must be run in order to be installed so tab to run and press
>> the
>> spacebar. If you wish to save the client you may do so, but be sure to run
>> it after you have downloaded it. You will not be able to enter any of our
>> rooms
>> if the client is not installed.
>> 3. The Client's setup screen will then be displayed. Follow the prompts.
>> The
>> client will then be installed on your computer. You will be presented with
>> a Finish button press the spacebar on it to close the chat client
>> installation. You are now ready to enter any of our chat rooms. The first
>> time you enter
>> a room, you may be asked to update the client. Do so.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Once you have installed the client, you can configure it by going in our
>> tech rooms and accessing the web page located there.
>>
>>
>>
>> The tech rooms are:
>>
>>
>>
>> Technically Speaking
>>
>> Tech Room for 2 Number 1
>>
>> Tech Room for 2 Number 2
>>
>> Tech Room for 3
>>
>>
>>
>> Once you have entered the room, pressing f6 will place you in the browser
>> window. Go to the link, configure the client for your needs and enter on
>> it.
>>
>>
>>
>> There you will be presented with a few short tutorials on configuring and
>> setting up the client as well as a list of hot keys to access the client's
>> features.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jaws users, please note that until you configure the Announce Progress Bar
>> Updates in the User Options in the Jaws Configuration Manager, you will
>> hear
>> percentages being spoken while in the client chat window.
>>
>>
>>
>> It is strongly recommended that you read and familiarize yourself with the
>> tutorials and tips pertaining to the TC client located in our tech room
>> web
>> pages as it will make your experience on Out of Sight more enjoyable.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you have any questions you can always contact our help desk, or attend
>> our Tech Talk and Tips sessions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Join us every Tuesday evening for some helpful tips and technical support
>> from our dedicated and knowledgeable tech team!
>> Start time: 20:00:00 ET
>> Room: Technically Speaking
>>
>>
>>
>> Finally, we recommend that you sign up for our What's Happening
>> announcement
>> list on Yahoo groups. You may sign up by going to our main page and
>> entering on the link, Email Lists. There you can enter your email address
>> to receive our daily announcements.
>>
>>
>>
>> All are welcome to participate in any activity without cost.
>>
>>
>>
>> Other than the above, all you will need is a microphone to be able to
>> chat.
>> I would suggest that we make sure that all members are signed up and
>> approved before we schedule a meeting. Let me know if you have any
>> questions. Talk to you soon.
>>
>>
>>
>> Debi
>>
>> 480.834.0531
>>
>> To all JAWS users, those using JAWS version 11 or later, you already have
>> scripts that will work with this chat room client.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you have further questions, please feel free to contact either Debi
>> Black
>> or myself.
>>
>>
>>
>> Milton Ota
>>
>> National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii
>>
>>
>>
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