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Content Management System[CMS] is
a combination of large database, File System, and
other related software modules which are used to store
and later retrieve huge amounts of data. These systems
are different from the databases in the sense that
these can index text, audio clips, video clips, or
images in a database.
Users of the content management system
can find relevant content from within a database by
searching for keywords, authors, date of creation,
etc. Web Content Management Systems can be used to
create information portals which serve as the backbone
of data management. Along with the database handling
facilities, the software modules also allows anyone
to contribute information to a website via a graphical
user interface (GUI). They are usually based on a
pre-written template that acts as a platform for each
page in the site as those pages are created.
Content management system enables
to establish a consistent look and feel throughout
the site, but gives non-technical content authors
the power to publish and update their own content
using simple, but powerful, browser-based editors.
There are three basic participants
in the web publishing CMS system :
- Content Editors (Decide what content to publish
and where)
- Content Publishers (Publish the content on the web)
- Content Authors (Create the content for the web)
A CMS allows non-technical authors
and editors to easily and quickly publish their content
which is otherwise done by technical programmers.
It also reduces the gaily stream of calls to the IT
department for changes to the website. A content management
system reduces time-to-publish, allowing you to get
content published faster. This is an important issue
for the modern organization.
This can be characterized as :
- Simple pages for normal presentation
- Complex pages, with specific layout and presentation
- Dynamic information sourced from databases and will change on regular time
intervals
- Thousands of pages in total for different categories of customers
- Extensive linking between pages
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