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Content Management Systems

Content Management Systems. Why CMS?. Ease of use Generation of dynamic content Ability to control content workflow Integration of legacy content. Which to Use?. Movable Type (Blogging) journal of sorts collection of links (a portal) http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/editorial/

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Content Management Systems

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  1. Content Management Systems

  2. Why CMS? • Ease of use • Generation of dynamic content • Ability to control content workflow • Integration of legacy content

  3. Which to Use? • Movable Type (Blogging) • journal of sorts • collection of links (a portal) • http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/editorial/ • http://www.stopdesign.com/ • Plone (full featured CMS) • web based editing • manage workflow • http://cnx.rice.edu/ • http://mars.telascience.org/home • http://www.systemvaruhuset.com/ • http://www.ugandastudies.org/

  4. Why Use Plone? • Built on top of object oriented code base (Zope and Python) • Commercially supported • Plone creator here in Houston! • Used by Connexions • Standards compliant out of the box

  5. Standards? • 508 compliance for those with disabilities • RSS capable • format for syndicating content • W3C compliance • XHTML • CSS • Viewable with any browser

  6. Plone Workflow Management • Assigned user roles within Plone • Owner = creator • Member - normal user • Reviewer - can publish or reject content • Manager - can manage the entire site • Anonymous - users who are not logged in • Object States • Published (anyone) • Visible (members who are logged in) • Pending (submitted for publishing, waiting for review) • Private (owner and managers only)

  7. Ideas for Change • New bug tracking system? • Access external content (i.e. - CVS) content through Plone • HiPerSoft Intranet • Forums versus Mail lists • http://test.cmfboard.org/forums/ • Web page “branding”? Keep or standardize? • How to handle new members? Join?

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