Introduction to Web Content Management Systems (CMS)

Objectives

To provide the knowledge and skills required to describe the principles of Web content management, and to establish requirements for selecting an open source content management system (CMS).

Content

• Definitions and problems
• Web content management from a global perspective: document management, knowledge management, digital asset management, business content management, etc.
• Hard and soft benefits of content management systems (CMS)
• Web content lifecycle
• Functional domains: role management, content acquisition, tagging, workflow, template creation and management, versioning, localization, publication, indexing and searching, caching and replication, syndication and personalization
• High level analysis: weighing the requirements
• Best practices and pitfalls
• Live demonstration of open source solutions: TYPO3, SPIP, Drupal and WordPress
• Presenting an open source solution
• Criteria for the choice of a solution
• Do-it-yourself solutions vs. acquisition: the big dilemma