Using Russ Herrold's ad hoc filesystem based CMS
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This document is written as guidance for site code maintainers 
at the COLUG site and describes the Content Management System
which displays the meeting presentation content subtree '/notes/'.

1.	Make a well named directory at:
	cd /opt/home/colug/pubhtml/notes/
	mkdir YYMMmtg
		(where YYMM is 0502 for February 2005)

2.	Move into that directory and set up the CMS PHP display code
	cd YYMMmtg
	ln -s ../../template/*.php .

3.	Set a title for the page -- one line with no CR
	joe title.txt

4.	Decide the features the page will have:

	a.	If there are subdirectories, edit a file "index.txt" and 
		describe the directories which will be displayed and 
		optionally why they vary if more than one is found; if 
		only a single directory presently exists, explain its 
		history -- example, the Skippy article set at:
		http://www.colug.net/notes/skippy/

	b.	If a collection of files which were reviewed at a meeting 
		are present, instead edit a file "fileindex.txt " and 
		describe at least which one is the presentation 
		outline with a special link; the 'show and tell' files 
		should be self explanatory and usually are described in the 
		presentation outline -- example, the DNS presentation at:
		http://www.colug.net/notes/0006mtg/

	c.	Sometimes a full-blown file 'body.txt' is needed (it is
		always permissible) to describe more detail about the 
		presentation; as we do not keep formal minutes, this is 
		somewhat of a 'review' of that presentation, and as such 
		should include the newspaper reporter's Five Ws and How
		-- example, the .spec file creation presentation at:
		http://www.colug.net/notes/0003mtg/

5.	The CMS (Content Management System) tries to make reasonable 
	layout decisions, but preview your work.  ;)

The system was designed, implemented, and is maintained by Russ Herrold of 
Owl River Company, a Unix and Free and Open Source Software Support 
consultancy in Columbus, OH.

-- RPH - 050402
Copyright (c) 2005 R P Herrold, Columbus, OH, info@owlriver.com
The master for this page is at:
	http://www.colug.net/notes/CMS_process_to_use/
and its source may be viewed as: 
	http://www.colug.net/notes/CMS_process_to_use/body.txt