[Nfb-web] Mura CMS and Windows Media Encoders

Wed Jul 27 02:18:02 UTC 2011

Peter,

Mura might be free but I just did a little checking and Cold Fusion
Standard currently sells for $1,300.00. From your message bellow it
sounds like the service provider that you are buying space from has
installed this for you and its other customers to use.

Briefly reading on Mura's website it sounds like it will work with
Open BD (Open Blue Dragon) which is a free alternative to Adobe Cold
Fusion.

I don't mean to be stubborn about this point I just know that there
are a lot of affiliates that are trying to do what they can for as
little money as they can and for that reason the facts like this need
to be know.

That being said I would love to hear more about it Peter.

Mike
---
Mike Hansen

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello Michael, and everyone,
>
>    Mura is also open-source and free to download. Get more information at:
> http://www.getmura.com/
>
>    I have it installed on one hosting space on my VPS and need to begin
> creating that Web site. I may be using it for another site as well. Keep in
> mind that this CMS runs under ColdFusion. ColdFusion runs under Windows so
> you must have Windows hosting to use CF and Mura. There is another version
> of ColdFusion called Rylo that runs under Linux but it doesn't include all
> of the functionality of ColdFusion. I'm not sure how well Mura runs under
> Rylo. You will need to have ColdFusion installed on your hosting server or
> you can purchess Mura hosting from various hosting providers.
>
>        On another topic I'm please to announce that yesterday Windows Media
> Services was installed on my VPS making it possible for me to offer
> streaming services to customers. Of all of the streaming formats I've heard
> I find Windows Media to be the best next to (OGG) Vorbis. I'd like to hear
> which Windows Media Encoders have you found to be the most accessible to the
> blind and easy to use. Has anyone used Microsoft's Expression Encoder which
> is designed to work with Windows Media Services for Internet broadcasting.
> Some folks used the Sam Encoder in the past. I'm not looking for a
> full-fledged radio station broadcasting package. I just need a way to get
> the audio or video to be broadcast from the originating machine to my server
> so folks can view or listen to the broadcasts. I believe there is a Sam
> product for doing exactly that. Your suggestions will be very much
> appreciated. This along with the use of Mura could also be great topics for
> future teleseminars. All the best.-----
>
> 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 10:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Mura CMS
>
>
> 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
> ---
> 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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