The new European Toolkit EC-CHM
Miruna Bădescu
EEA contractor: Eau de Web
Get a copy
• Latest stable version, documentation and
discussion area on the distribution page:
http://biodiversity-chm.eea.europa.eu/ptk
• Windows installation package – easy to use if
you want to try it out and get accustomed with
it on your personal computer
• Source distribution (any operating system
supported by Python)
Licence and costs
• Released under the Mozilla Public License
• Free and open source software
• Zope Web and application server
• Python scripting language
• Naaya multilingual content management
system
• The EEA is the initial owner of the code
Step 1: Download and install
Follow the installation
instructions from the
distribution page
Step 2: Customise the layout
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Change site’s title and subtitle
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Write some description on the
front page
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Change the logos
Choose a layout
Step 4: Start adding content
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Add links, news,
publish a story on front
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Show the calendar of
events
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Fill in your contact data
in the “Contact us
page”
Step 5: define your community of
contributors
Add users
... grant them roles on the entire
portal or just on certain sections
Delegate authority for content contribution and management
Step 6: Tailor syndication
1. Define your local
channels (e.g. latest
news, upcoming events)
2. Define remote channels
(or aggregation of
them) and show them
around the portal
New features in version 2.2
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Aggregation of channels – group multiple
feeds in one channel
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Improved HTML editor
New: multimedia files
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Publish short films
and presentations
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Present information
in a visual way
You can upload subtitles for each
portal language => the Media
Files become multilingual
New: collaborative components
Collaborative tools managed
through the Web
•Discussion forum
•Consultation
•Survey
New: Yahoo-based maps and geo points
Interactive maps
using the Yahoo
API, where the
geo points are
shown according
to their type
With the EC-CHM Toolkit you can
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Mobilise networks of experts through a user-friendly
content management system
Raise public awareness by uploading of short films, photos
and presentations
Communicate biodiversity by state-of-the-art mapping
services using YAHOO backgrounds and Google Earth
exports
Prepare for biodiversity reporting by using public content
contribution, user discussion forum, public consultation
tools, survey tools and syndication
Collaborate in technical and scientific projects with modern
web standards
Connect biodiversity databases
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open source technologies (NAYA and ZOPE)
easy to extend and customise