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Content Management Systems

Content Management Systems. INF385e Fall 2007 Ron Garza 30 October 2007. Agenda. What is Content Management? The CM Process What is a Content Management System (CMS)? Content Management System Features and Benefits Questions. Content Management.

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Content Management Systems

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  1. Content Management Systems INF385e Fall 2007 Ron Garza 30 October 2007

  2. Agenda • What is Content Management? • The CM Process • What is a Content Management System (CMS)? • Content Management System Features and Benefits • Questions

  3. Content Management • Content management, or CM, is a set of processes and technologies that support the evolutionary life cycle of digital information. This digital information is often referred to as content or, to be precise, digital content. (www.wikipedia.org)

  4. The CM Process • The digital content lifecycle: create, update, publish, translate, archive, and retire. • CM is a collaborative effort and it consists of basic roles and responsibilities. (www.wikipedia.org)

  5. What is a Content Management System (CMS)? • A software application or system used for Content Management. • Examples of CMS software: Movable Type, Drupal, SocialText, Interwoven, etc…

  6. Benefits of CMS Software • A CMS is very easy to use, and it requires hardly any training at all!

  7. Benefits of CMS Software Cont. • Automated templates • Create standard visual templates that can be automatically applied to new and existing content.

  8. File Tree Example

  9. New Document Field

  10. CMS Template Example

  11. Benefits of CMS Software Cont. • It is very easy to edit content • CMS is easy and quick to edit and manipulate. Most CMS software include WYSIWYG editing tools allowing non-technical individuals to create and edit content.

  12. Benefits of CMS Software Cont. • Feature sets that are scalable • Most CMS have modules that can be easily installed to extend an existing site's functionality.

  13. Metadata Field

  14. Benefits of CMS Software Cont. • Web standards upgrades

  15. Benefits of CMS Software Cont. • Workflow management • Workflow is the idea of moving an electronic document along for either approval, or for adding content.

  16. Task Page Example

  17. Benefits of CMS Software Cont. • Document management • CMS provides a means of managing the life cycle of a document or digital content from initial creation time, through revisions, publication, archive, and content expiration.

  18. Versions Field Screenshot

  19. Questions?

  20. References • www.wikipedia.org • Rosenfeld, Louis and Morville, Peter (2007). Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly & Associates. • www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=13554

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