Meetings

Open Source
Web Content Management

JT Smith
Plain Black

Tuesday February 22nd 2004 at 7:00pm
Wheaton, Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus, Room 103

Abstract

JT will discuss the components of content management systems (CMS) and the state of the open source CMS market. He will also do a live demonstration a couple of the more popular open source CMSs.

Speaker Bio

JT has worked with over a dozen commercial and open source content management systems. His company, Plain Black, also runs the largest content management comparison site on the web: CMS Matrix (www.cmsmatrix.org). In addition, Plain Black publishes the very popular open source CMS, WebGUI.

Getting to the meeting

The next general meeting of UniForum Chicago will be:

        IIT Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road
        Wheaton, IL 60187-8489
Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton

The 19-acre campus is located just northeast of the intersection of Naperville and Butterfield roads in south Wheaton's Danada development. The campus is three miles west of the Butterfield Road interchange of the North-South Tollway (I-355) and two miles north of the Naperville Road interchange of the East-West Tollway ( I-88).

From the North or South:
From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on B utterfield Road to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north entrance.

From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway):
Take the I-88 (East-West Tollway) westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.

From the East or West:
From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville Road exit. At the traffic light, turn left onto Napervill e Road and continue north for 1\275 miles to Rt. 56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Roa d and proceed 1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left on to East Loop Road, ( Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block nor th of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building.

Room 103 is the first room inside the north entrance.

Contact David Young at (630) 362-5963 or president@UniforumChicago.org for additional information.


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