Content Management

[WHUKSam]

Content management or CM is a set of processes and technologies that support the evolutionary life cycle of digital information. This digital information is often referred to as content or, to be precise, digital content. Digital content may take the form of text, such as documents, multimedia files, such as audio or video files, or any other file type which follows a content lifecycle which requires management.

The digital content life cycle consists of six primary phases: create, update, publish, translate, archive and retire. For example, an instance of digital content is created by one or more authors. Over time that content may be edited. One or more individuals may provide some editorial oversight thereby approving the content for publication. Publishing may take many forms. Publishing may be the act of pushing content out to others, or simply granting digital access rights to certain content to a particular person or group of persons. Later that content may be superseded by another form of content and thus retired or removed from use.

Content management is an inherently collaborative process. It often consists of the following basic roles and responsibilities:

* Content author - responsible for creating and editing content.
* Editor - responsible for tuning the content message and the style of delivery.
* Publisher - responsible for releasing the content for use.
* Administrator - responsible for managing access permissions to folders and files, usually accomplished by assigning access rights to user groups or roles. Admins may also assist and support users in various ways.
* Consumer, viewer or guest- the person who reads or otherwise takes in content after it is published or shared.

A critical aspect of content management is the ability to manage versions of content as it evolves (see also version control). Authors and editors often need to restore older versions of edited products due to a process failure or an undesirable series of edits.

A content management system is a set of automated processes that may support the following features:

* Import and creation of documents and multimedia material
* Identification of all key users and their roles
* The ability to assign roles and responsibilities to different instances of content categories or types.
* Definition of workflow tasks often coupled with messaging so that content managers are alerted to changes in content.
* The ability to track and manage multiple versions of a single instance of content.
* The ability to publish the content to a repository to support access to the content. Increasingly, the repository is an inherent part of the system, and incorporates enterprise search and retrieval.

Content management systems take the following forms:

* a web content management system is software for web site management - which is often what is implicitly meant by this term
* the work of a newspaper editorial staff organization
* a workflow for article publication
* a document management system
* a single source content management system - where content is stored in chunks within a relational database.

Regards,
Sam

[mayerjohn]

Thanks for advice ... good posting
contact me regarding cms, crm software design ..

[nduk2009]

Similar to the above post. I would also like to know what open source cms tools you guys use for small websites.

[mayerjohn]

Top 40 open source content management systems (CMS)
1. Joomla - a very popular open-source CMS that is found at the heart of many well known websites (the United Nations is just one example)
2. Drupal - another very popular, powerful and flexible content management system
3. WordPress - although geared for publishing blog, WordPress has proven that it can be a powerful CMS too, as you can see with my publisher’s custom publishing web site
4. Movable Type - like WordPress, Movable Type is also a weblog creation tool which is also used for building non-blog dynamic websites
5. b2Evolution - a full-featured weblog creation tool/CMS that supports multiple categories, sub-categories, multiple weblogs, skins, statistics, comments, anti-spam filters, photo management and multiple blogs
6. Xoops - extensible, OO (Object Oriented), easy to use dynamic web content management system written in PHP
7. Alfresco - powerful enterprise content management system featuring web and document management
8. DotCMS - J2EE/Java Web Content Management System (wCMS) which includes an AJAX calendar and events management, e-communications tools, personalization/CRM tools, eCommerce hooks and more
9. e107 - PHP-based content management system designed for the quick creation of websites or community portals
10. Exponent- a website CMS that allows site owners to easily create and manage dynamic websites without necessarily directly coding web pages, or managing site navigation.
11. ImpressCMS - a community developed CMS for easily building and maintaining a dynamic web site offering easy to use, secure and flexible system which is said to be an ideal tool for business to community users, from large enterprises to people who want a simple, easy to use blogging tool
12. Liferay - offers an enterprise portal solution using Java and Web 2.0 technologies
13. KnowledgeTree Document Management System - document management software designed for business people for team collaboration, storing documents with ease
14. Pivot - a web-based tool for maintaining dynamic websites, weblogs or online journals
15. Magnolia - widely used by most Government websites, it offers an easy-to-use editing interface that allows authors to lay out content exactly as it would appear to a website visitor. Contains “best-of-breed” Java technology
16. MediaWiki - is a free software wiki package originally written for Wikipedia, but that is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis
17. MiaCMS - is a fork of the Mambo CMS and offers simple installation, graphical content editors, RSS content syndication, powerful/extensible 3rd party extension system
18. MODx - described as a “PHP application framework that helps you take control of your online content”; it allows developers and advanced users to give as much control as desired to whomever they desire for day-to-day website content maintenance chores
19. Nucleus CMS - extensible and powerful CMS based on PHP/SQL blogging tool that features multiple weblog capabilities, and RSS syndication
20. Nuxeo CPS - is said to be “the most complete open source platform” for building Enterprise Content Management (ECM) applications, and is described as an user-friendly accessible application ready to for enterprise-grade content management with many collaboration features.
21. OneCMS - most commonly used by gaming websites, it can be used by webmasters to manage their website, allowing the user to upload files, add content and various other features
22. OpenACS - an open architecture community system toolkit for building scalable, community-oriented web applications.
23. PhpCMS- a CMS characterized by simple system requirements, high performance and flexibility, which is said to be suitable for both small, private websites, as well as complex high-traffic websites
24. Plone- easy to use, set-up and run CMS, well suited for project groups, online communities, small business websites
25. TextPattern - a flexible and easy-to-use feature rich CMS with a built-in search engine
26. PhpNuke - a CMS and portal solution that features web-based administration, surveys, customisable blocks, modules and themes with multilingual support.
27. Zope - application server for building content management systems, intranets, portals, and custom applications, written in Python
28. Plone - suited for building an intranet, web site or community site, Plone is a Content Management, Document Management and Knowledge Management system
29. Jahia - is an enterprise web content and portal management system that includes a web publishing system, a content management server, and a portal server
30. Website BAKER - a PHP-based CMS developed with one goal in mind, to enable users to create websites easily
31. ezPublish - is both an open source content management system and content management framework, which offers an enterprise content management solution, community portal and social networking platform
32. jLibrary - a CMS engine geared for both personal and enterprise use and offers a very flexible system that can almost be used for any information management purpose
33. Pligg - ever wanted to create your own Digg clone? Well Pligg is exactly what you’re looking for. It’s a content management system based on PHP/MySQL with features such as multiple authors, article rating, private messaging and much more
34. Mambo - full-featured CMS that can be used for small or large websites; described as a “powerful enough for the most demanding Internet or intranet site, simple enough for everyone to use!”
35. Jaws - a Framework and Content Management System for building dynamic web sites that is user-friendly and easy-to-use
36. Geeklog - PHP/MySQL based application for managing dynamic web content, offering out-of-the-box blog engine, and CMS with support for comments, trackbacks, multiple syndication formats, and spam protection
37. CMS Container - enables an organization to efficiently maintain a large content-driven website using single CMS. This CMS features the ability to create a staging and live environment, scheduling of content for publication, and automatic removal of content on expiry
38. SiteFrame - a lightweight, web-based CMS designed for the rapid deployment of community-based websites. A group of users can share stories and photographs, create blogs, send email to one another, and participate in group activities.
39. Xaraya - offers a “cutting edge open source framework” written in PHP, on which developers can create sophisticated web applications featuring modular design, stable and extensive API and fully internationalized platform
40. PHP Fusion - PHP-based light-weight open-source content management system that includes a simple, comprehensive administration system.