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Generally all CMS have different common features:
Generally all CMS have different common features:


*users don't need to have HTML expertises, WYSIWYG or WiKi syntaxt solutions are implemented to help the users to create or to edit the content of a web page;  
; User input
*separate the structure of a web page from its content
* users don't need to have HTML expertises, WYSIWYG or WiKi syntax solutions are implemented to help the users to create or to edit the content of a web page
*manage the content and easely structure it
 
*easy publish the content
; Content management
*easy structurate the content
* manage the content and easely structure it
*easy installation of a CMS
* Content architects can configure structure and menus of the system. This is not always easy and various systems differ a lot. Some only provide minimal functionality, other a series of "mini-cms" tools.
*default templates for the graphical appearance, possibility to download other templates.
 
*easy change the templates (directly via CSS files)
; Layout and Contents
*easy administration of the website via a web interface
* separate the structure of a web page from its content
*multi language support for administration tools
* easy installation of a CMS (usually through a web-based installer)
*sometimes possibility to stock the different versions of an edited page
* default templates for the graphical appearance, possibility to download other templates.
*multiusers
* easy change of the templates (directly via CSS files)
 
; Administration
* easy administration of the website via a web interface
* multi language support for administration tools
* sometimes possibility to store the different versions of an edited page
* user and permission management
 
; Groupware
* Most systems have [[groupware]] modules (like forums, and file sharing)
 
; Extensibility
* Possibility to extend the system with modules / plugins. Usually there is a documented API


==Resources==
==Resources==

Revision as of 00:32, 7 November 2006

Introduction

A content management system (CMS) is a system that permits to create and to organise the creation of content. Generally a CMS is a multiuser web based application that manages a website.

Generally all CMS have different common features:

User input
  • users don't need to have HTML expertises, WYSIWYG or WiKi syntax solutions are implemented to help the users to create or to edit the content of a web page
Content management
  • manage the content and easely structure it
  • Content architects can configure structure and menus of the system. This is not always easy and various systems differ a lot. Some only provide minimal functionality, other a series of "mini-cms" tools.
Layout and Contents
  • separate the structure of a web page from its content
  • easy installation of a CMS (usually through a web-based installer)
  • default templates for the graphical appearance, possibility to download other templates.
  • easy change of the templates (directly via CSS files)
Administration
  • easy administration of the website via a web interface
  • multi language support for administration tools
  • sometimes possibility to store the different versions of an edited page
  • user and permission management
Groupware
  • Most systems have groupware modules (like forums, and file sharing)
Extensibility
  • Possibility to extend the system with modules / plugins. Usually there is a documented API

Resources

Open Source Softwares

Small CMS

We call most of these C3MS (since they allow to manage content, communities and collaboration. A lot of portals are built with these systems. Therefore a CMS is also some kind of portalware.

"Web 2.0" systems

Not sure what that means :)

Special purpose systems for education

Not that these are the only ones ...

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