Content Management Systems
Introduction
A content management system (CMS) is the collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. A web CMS establishes defined publishing processes and specific publishing rights to various individuals. By using these facilities, the company can save the time for training, while facilitating more people to publish. It also reduces the daily stream of calls to the IT department for changes to the website. A web publishing management system reduces time-to-publish, allowing you to get content published faster. This is an important issue for the modern organization. In a CMS, data can be defined as nearly anything - documents, movies, pictures, phone numbers, scientific data, etc. A CMS is designed to simplify the publication of web content to web sites and mobile devices, in particular, allowing content creators to submit content without requiring technical knowledge of HTML or the uploading of files.
Features
- 100% Web Based Interface. No software to install or maintain on the desktop. Manage your website from any computer - at home, at work, or on travel.
- Approval Workflow. Supports a multiple step workflow process where content creation is performed by one group, while editorial or legal approval may come from others, before the content is live on the website.
- Group Based Permissions. Allow functional teams or business units to edit specific areas within a site, while securing all others
- WYSIWYG Editor/ power HTML Editor. Users may choose to edit content using a variety of familiar, "what you see is what you get" editors. Alternately, advanced users may directly edit HTML snippets, or copy and paste from other applications such as Word or FrontPage.
- Rich Multimedia Support. Supports formatted files (PDF, DOC, other), images, video, and audio files.
- Content Tagging. Ability to create a flexible content taxonomy. Content can be dynamically displayed based on rules applied against this taxonomy.
- Content Versioning. A complete history of each element and page, with the ability to easily roll back any piece of content to a specific point in time
- Integrated Site Search. Robust search engine indexes all content, including PDF and Microsoft Office formats such as DOC and PPT. Advanced site search options, including wildcards, Boolean searches (AND, OR, NOT), stemming, and fuzzy searches. Includes the ability to spider other sites and include them in results
- Password Protected Pages with Login. Create password protected pages or sections, designed for use as "Extranet," "Clients Only," or "Members Only" areas.
- Dynamic Form Builder.Dynamically configure forms to capture information. Configure mail settings for each form via administrative interface (Subject, To, From, CC, etc.). Generate databases of contact submissions on the fly, with convenient exports to MS Excel.
- Fully Addressable URLs.URLs are human readable and may be emailed or bookmarked. All URL's are search engine friendly.
- Custom Integration with 3rd-Party Systems.Plays well with others, including complimentary web applications such as CRM solutions, Association Management Software products, Shopping Carts, Discussion Forums, and legacy databases.
- Cross Platform.Web Server may be Windows, Linux, or UNIX.