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8.2.2. Content Development

During the year under report, 32,451 e-text and 32,385 video modules were uploaded on Vidya-Mitra

Portal as per details given in Table 26.

Sl. No. Work Progress
1 No. of Modules (e-text) 32,451
2 No. of Modules (video) 32,385
3 No. of Modules (quizzes) 5,164
4 No. of Modules (Learn More) 7,347

Table 26: Details of Content Development under Vidya-Mitra

9. Website Development & Maintenance

The Centre uses web technology to provide organized and structured access to its services and
resources to the academic community through the Centre’s Website as well as through websites of its
individual services and products. The Centre’s Website is designed to work as an integrated interface for
all services and resources accessible to the academic community in the universities and colleges. The
Web Development team has especially been set-up for designing innovative web-based interfaces for

effective and efficient delivery of services using the latest web-based tools and technologies. The Group
undertakes all activities related to selection, organisation and presentation of services and resources in
a meaningful way for the benefit of the user community.

Technology Used:

Development Tools: PHP, HTML, DTML, JSP, JavaScript

Database:MySQL Server, Postgres SQL Server and MS SQL Server

Operating Systems: Red Hat Linux Entrerprise Server 4.0, Fedora 8.0/9.0

Open Source Software: phpChat, MediaWiki, phpBB, Dspace and WordPress

9.1. INFLIBNET Centre’s Main Website (http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/)

Ashok Kumar Rai, Scientist D (CS)

The Centre maintains comprehensive Website in English and Hindi as shown in Figure 44. Several new
additions were made to the new version of the Institute’s website. A technology called “Real Simple
Syndication (RSS)” is used to facilitate users and bloggers to harvest recent updates from the Centre’s

website. Web 2.0 features and functionalities, including Wiki, Blog, Chat and Discussion Forum, RSS
feed, etc. were incorporated in the Website. The new website of the Centre has the following main
features:

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