Content Management System
CMS or Content Management System is known to come in all shapes and sizes. There are many questions as to why one needs to learn HTML when CMS tools are available. Yes it is actually possible to put up a web page and also much easier without any knowledge of HTML. Companies then realized that content management system was very much useful within an organization.
The advantages of CMS are as follows:
- This provides web access to web page content owners only as a result they can make changes and publish content on their own.
- Much faster updates of web pages as content owners do not have to go through the long process of calling up others for making changes or uploading content. They can do it on their own.
- It is easy to use
- Creates accountability and
- Maintain consistency
Moat companies build their own content management system so as to meet their specific needs. Given below is a list of few good management tools.
- Interwoven Teamsite: It is a powerful and a very expensive management tool
- Typo3: Is a powerful CMS.
- Vignette Content Management: Is a popular CMS.
- DynaBase: This content management system offers flexibility to websites.
- EGrail: Is an open source Content Management System like Typo3
- RedDot Web Content Management System: It allows editing content directly on the web. HTML is not required.
Apart of data management and template web delivery CMS can also be used for various other purposes such as web life cycle management, personalization, syndication and digital rights management.
Data management refers to the management of content on websites. This is a primary function of CMS. Web cycle management is all about content approval, from the time it goes live on the web to the time it is removed from the site. Templates allow the writers to focus on the content and when it is time to publish it will be displayed with proper branding. Personalization helps create personalized content for visitors. Syndication on the other helps share content with other organizations. Last but the least digital rights management offers high quality access to your content.