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Web content management system
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Web content management system
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A web content management system is
content management system software implemented as a
web application used for creating and managing
HTML
content. It is used to manage and control a large, dynamic collection of
web material (HTML documents and their associated images). A CMS
facilitates content creation, content control, editing, and many
essential web maintenance functions.
Usually the software provides tools where users with little or no knowledge
of
programming languages and markup languages can create and manage content with
relative ease of use. Most systems use a database to store content, and a
presentation layer displays the content to regular website visitors based on a
set of templates. Administration and content creation is typically done through the web
application, but some CMS may be modified in other ways.
A Content Management System (CMS) differs from website builders like
Microsoft FrontPage or
Macromedia Dreamweaver. A CMS allows non-technical users to make changes to
an existing website with little or no training. Web CMS typically require an
experienced coder to set-up and add features, but it is primarily a website
maintenance tool for non-technical administrators.
Web content management systems capabilities
A web content management system is a software system used to manage and
control a large, dynamic collection of web material (HTML documents and their
associated images). A CMS facilitates document control, auditing, editing, and
timeline management. A Web CMS provides the following key features:
- Automated templates
- Create standard visual templates that can be automatically applied to
new and existing content, creating one central place to change that look
across a group of content on a site.
- Easily editable content
- Once your content is separate from the visual presentation of your site,
it usually becomes much easier and quicker to edit and manipulate. Most CMS
software include
WYSIWYG
editing tools allowing non-technical individuals to create and edit content.
- Scalable feature sets
- Most CMS have plug-ins or modules that can be easily installed to extend
an existing site's functionality.
- Web standards upgrades
- Active CMS solutions usually receive regular updates that include new
feature sets and keep the system up to current web standards.
- Workflow management
- Workflow is the process of creating cycles of sequential and parallel
tasks that must be accomplished in the CMS. For example, a content creator
submits a story but it's not published on the
website
until the copy editor cleans it up, and the editor-in-chief approves it.
- Document management
- CMS solutions may provide a means of managing the life cycle of a
document from initial creation time, through revisions, publication,
archive, and document destruction.
- Various products includes Teamsite.
See also
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