Open Outreach developers Nedjo Rogers and Rosemary Mann of Chocolate Lily Web Projects are launching a new pilot project inviting groups to apply to have an Open Outreach site built for them for Cdn$1,000.
Posted on Monday, February 27, 2012 - 10:48am
Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 4:40pm
Two milestones have been achieved with today's release of Open Outreach.
Features
Article Post articles and display relevant contextual sidebar information.
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Bio Add a biographical user profile and associated views for displaying author information.
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Blog Allow users to maintain individual blogs accessible from their user profiles.
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Comment Allow users to subscribe to notifications when their comments are replied to and add CAPTCHAs to comment forms for spam prevention.
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Event Add events, including ones that repeat, and display them in calendars.
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Forum Provide an enhanced forum for user discussions.
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Granada Customize your site with a background image and your choice of colors.
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Highlighted Highlight specific pages of your site with a configurable homepage slideshow of featured content.
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Home Display recent content lists and a media carousel on a home page.
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Link Add and display links to other websites.
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Media Embed videos, and add images to content, and display media files in carousels.
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Member Create private members-only pages for your site.
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Section Create nested landing pages to present basic site structure.
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SEO Optimize your site for search engines by enhancing content with metadata.
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Social Provide social media links for articles, users, and the site as a whole and allow users to email content recommendations.
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WYSIWYG Provide a "what you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG) editor for easily formatting text including input formats, with different versions per user role.
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Featured site
Nature Explorers is an online destination for anyone who has an interest in nature and is looking for ideas on how to connect – connect with nature, and connect with others who like nature. The site is part of the youth engagement work of Nature Canada.
Featured link
If you're a small or medium sized activist, grassroots, or nonprofit group looking for a new or redesigned website, Chocolate Lily may be just what you're looking for. We work exclusively for the nonprofit sector, because that's where we come from.
Screencasts
A screencast showing how to download and prepare to install Open Outreach.
How to install the Open Outreach, including how to select specific features to be enabled on the new site.