[Web4lib] Content Management Systems

[KWolf114 at aol.com]

Response to Karen Wolf's Query
Re: [Web4lib] Content Management Systems 
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KW,

CMS applications typically provide for:

1) a consistent  presentation (eg look/feel or "skin" or theme) that is 
completely separate from  the content itself
2) different content types (e.g. a "news item" is not the  same as a "page" 
is not the same as an "event" etc)
3) access controls to  help manage different roles and permissions (who can 
do what and where on the  site)
4) workflow: an editor creates content and submits; one or more  reviewers 
review; a publisher actually publishes the content, making it  available to the 
public, etc.
5) re-use of content (i enter all the details  about an "event" once but it 
has multiple views: it has a full page explaining  all the event details; the 
title/date/time of the five next upcoming events  shows up in a box 
automatically; a separate calendar view displays all the  events for a given month, etc. 
but i only enter all the event details  once)

If you're managing a large complex website and/or a large number of  
contributors and/or want any/all of the above features, then that's when you  want a 
CMS for your website.

Cheers,
Darci


Original Message
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From: KWolf114 at aol.com
To:  web4lib at webjunction.org
Sent: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:59:22  -0700
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Content Management Systems

I am  developing my first web site using Composer (not on a server). At what  
point would it be best to start using a CMS such as WordPress or Drupal?  
Would this be when I start using programs such as Dreamweaver and the site  
is 
on a server? 

KW




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