Rethinking the Web CMS and Finding Excitement: Insights from Michael Diedrick and Jozi Schneider

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Explore the insightful slides from Michael Diedrick and Jozi Schneider as they delve into rethinking the Web CMS and finding excitement. Uncover the challenges, the mission, and the hope for a brighter future in the world of content management systems, particularly in the realm of public libraries. Discover the importance of updating content, engaging users, and aligning with the core mission to ensure the continued relevance and impact of public library websites.

  • Web CMS
  • Excitement
  • Public Libraries
  • Content Management Systems
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  1. Michael Diedrick Jozi Schneider Rethinking the Web CMS and Finding the Excitement Slides URL: byte.dev/fosdem

  2. 1. Character Exposition 1. Finding the Mission 1. An Enemy Emerges 1. But the Enemy is Us 1. A Reckoning 1. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Reasons For Hope

  3. 1. Character Exposition 1. Finding the Mission 1. An Enemy Emerges 1. But the Enemy is Us 1. A Reckoning 1. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Reasons For Hope

  4. Character Exposition Developer for 25 years Switched to working for public good 15 years ago I wanted to focus my energy on one area I believe in the power of education and knowledge The public library is amazing I may get obsessed with things

  5. 1. Character Exposition 1. Finding the Mission 1. An Enemy Emerges 1. But the Enemy is Us 1. A Reckoning 1. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Reasons For Hope

  6. Finding the Mission The public library is Dedicated to knowledge & learning A beacon of culture in every city or county The only place you can go that nobody is selling anything Trusted by people 1000x more trustworthy than the internet

  7. Finding the Mission I see most public library websites are anti-mission : The design says they re out of touch People don t see the plethora of events and programs Sites have endless accessibility and usability issues Many sites send most/all site searches to the online catalog, saying their only value is books Art by Moperius on DeviantArt

  8. Finding the Mission Beyond the design, public library sites fall into a content doom spiral: They re hard to update, so they don t get updated Since they re never updated, people don t visit them Citizens who pay for libraries see little value in them

  9. 1. Character Exposition 1. Finding the Mission 1. An Enemy Emerges 1. But the Enemy is Us 1. A Reckoning 1. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Reasons For Hope

  10. An Enemy Emerges From a library s point of view: Choosing a CMS is hard Using a CMS is hard and requires a lot of training CMSes are not focused on library types of content CMSes require discovery and installation of plugins CMSes are limited, so can t ask for much The CMS or plugins may break at any time CMS search is not useful, controllable Art by Dal-Bo on DeviantArt

  11. 1. Character Exposition 1. Finding the Mission 1. An Enemy Emerges 1. But the Enemy is Us 1. A Reckoning 1. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Reasons For Hope

  12. But the Enemy is Us From my point of view, CMSes haven t changed much. 2008 2024

  13. But the Enemy is Us What are the great CMS innovations of the last 10 years?

  14. But the Enemy is Us What are the great CMS innovations of the last 10 years? Multi-channel Experience management CRMs SEO (hint: great for business) Art by boberatu on DeviantArt

  15. But the Enemy is Us What are the great CMS innovations of the last 10 years? Single Site Generation Full site building tools like Webflow Templating like Twig Alternative data like Github for hosting (hint: great for technologists)

  16. But the Enemy is Us What are the great CMS innovations of the last 10 years? Block editor (Actually good for librarians.)

  17. But the Enemy is Us Where did the innovation go?

  18. 1. Character Exposition 1. Finding the Mission 1. An Enemy Emerges 1. But the Enemy is Us 1. A Reckoning 1. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Reasons For Hope

  19. A Reckoning In 2020, I started working on a CMS specifically for public libraries. I heard countless times: Why on earth? Have you heard of [insert popular CMS here]? It s impossible to do well. It s going to be a complete waste of time.

  20. A Reckoning

  21. A Reckoning

  22. A Reckoning Some other possible causes: 1. CMSes are overgeneralized

  23. A Reckoning Some other possible causes: 1. CMSes are overgeneralized 2. CMSes are siloed

  24. A Reckoning Some other possible causes: 1. CMSes are overgeneralized 2. CMSes are siloed 3. CMS data isn t easily exportable / importable

  25. A Reckoning Some other possible causes: 1. CMSes are overgeneralized 2. CMSes are siloed 3. CMS data isn t easily exportable / importable 4. CMSes don t make data management a priority

  26. A Reckoning Some other possible causes: 1. CMSes are overgeneralized 2. CMSes are siloed 3. CMS data isn t easily exportable / importable 4. CMSes don t make data management a priority 5. CMSes don t make content creation a priority

  27. A Reckoning Some other possible causes: 1. CMSes are overgeneralized 2. CMSes are siloed 3. CMS data isn t easily exportable / importable 4. CMSes don t make data management a priority 5. CMSes don t make content creation a priority 6. CMSes don t help people learn how to do better

  28. A Reckoning Some other possible causes: 1. CMSes are overgeneralized 2. CMSes are siloed 3. CMS data isn t easily exportable / importable 4. CMSes don t make data management a priority 5. CMSes don t make content creation a priority 6. CMSes don t help people learn how to do better 7. The plugin-first environment works against users

  29. A Reckoning Some other possible causes: 1. CMSes are overgeneralized 2. CMSes are siloed 3. CMS data isn t easily exportable / importable 4. CMSes don t make data management a priority 5. CMSes don t make content creation a priority 6. CMSes don t help people learn how to do better 7. The plugin-first environment works against users 8. Experimentation isn t part of the CMS ethos

  30. 1. Character Exposition 1. Finding the Mission 1. An Enemy Emerges 1. But the Enemy is Us 1. A Reckoning 1. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Reasons For Hope

  31. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Make the CMS specifically for a target user / market

  32. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Make the CMS specifically for a target user / market 2. Make the CMS objectively easy

  33. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Make the CMS specifically for a target user / market 2. Make the CMS objectively easy 3. Make an export system that preserves relationships

  34. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Make the CMS specifically for a target user / market 2. Make the CMS objectively easy 3. Make an export system that preserves relationships 4. Make rich data management a native feature

  35. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Make the CMS specifically for a target user / market 2. Make the CMS objectively easy 3. Make an export system that preserves relationships 4. Make rich data management a native feature 5. Make the CMS a writing / production studio

  36. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Make the CMS specifically for a target user / market 2. Make the CMS objectively easy 3. Make an export system that preserves relationships 4. Make rich data management a native feature 5. Make the CMS a writing / production studio 6. Make a didactic interface, contextual help

  37. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Make the CMS specifically for a target user / market 2. Make the CMS objectively easy 3. Make an export system that preserves relationships 4. Make rich data management a native feature 5. Make the CMS a writing / production studio 6. Make a didactic interface, contextual help

  38. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Make the CMS specifically for a target user / market 2. Make the CMS objectively easy 3. Make an export system that preserves relationships 4. Make rich data management a native feature 5. Make the CMS a writing / production studio 6. Make a didactic interface, contextual help 7. Make the experience full featured first, plugins 2nd, or plugin groups

  39. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Make the CMS specifically for a target user / market 2. Make the CMS objectively easy 3. Make an export system that preserves relationships 4. Make rich data management a native feature 5. Make the CMS a writing / production studio 6. Make a didactic interface, contextual help 7. Make the experience full featured first, plugins 2nd, or plugin groups 8. Make experimentation easy

  40. 1. Character Exposition 1. Finding the Mission 1. An Enemy Emerges 1. But the Enemy is Us 1. A Reckoning 1. How Can We Turn This Around? 1. Reasons For Hope

  41. Reasons For Hope CMSes that excite me 1. Medium editor experience 2. CraftCMS developer exp. 3. StoryBlok image service, dev exp. 4. Webflow designer exp. (alternative: webstudio)

  42. Reasons For Hope CMSes that excite me 1. Medium editor experience 2. CraftCMS developer exp. 3. StoryBlok 4. Webflow designer exp. (alternative: webstudio) Most importantly: You. Thanks for being here.

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