How it works
Overview
The web content management system provides full editorial functionality to support the
authoring, review, preview and publishing of content to your web
site, as well as tools to maintain the web site itself.
The system utilizes a web browser providing full remote access to
both
CMS and web site functionality, an essential
feature for personnel and contributors are not
at the same location.
Managing your content
The CMS supplies functionality allowing one
to:
- Manage all content in one system giving one:
- More control and accuracy of data
(includes full re-use of content items avoiding duplication of the
same information that appears in different areas of the site)
- Benefit from the very substantial productivity gains (once the
system is setup these are really felt)
- Create and manage web site content:
- Create new pages in existing
areas of the site
- Remove pages from the site
- Create new areas in the web site
- The use of style sheets and
templates for the web site achieves a consistent design for the site
- Edit content remotely in a browser based interface (directly on the
server) fully supporting remote workers:
- Updating a page on the site is as
easy as logging in with the web browser, selecting the page, editing
it, saving and approving the changes and publishing it (at a time of
your choosing) to the web
- It is then quick and easy to add
information about product/services, press releases, news and other
updates to the site
- There is no need for external
HTML editing applications
- The system displays the site to
the user as if they were browsing it normally, whereby one can
select a page and say, “I want to edit this page” to update it
- Maintain and control the updating/editorial process:
- Content items are
checked-in/checked-out
- Workflow and approval can be set
up for different areas of the site (with full permissions) for who
can edit different parts of the content
- Different users with different
roles/in different departments can be assigned rights to edit
specific content
- Editorial control and approval
can be retained by editors – authors can create content within the
system which is then reviewed by the editor in advance of it being
released onto the live web site
Updating your web site
This functionality allows one to deliver
“released” content from within the content
management system directly to the web site:
- An editor logs into the content management
system, modifies the data and then chooses the
"update web site" command:
- Meta tag data for specific web
site content is maintained directly from the interface rather than
having to edit HTML
- The
content management system enables the changes to be previewed before
the live web site content is updated
- Once a new item is created or an existing item is updated in the
system and approved, it is then immediately available on the site
- Content can be set to display on specific dates, ideal for:
- Time-specific publishing (date-embargoed press releases,
product launch dates, time critical events, etc.)
Managing your site structure
Much of the site structure can be managed from with the
web
content management system i.e. without the need for technical
personnel.
Additionally web site menus can be created, edited and removed
by editors to reflect demands of changing content - there is no
longer any need to wait for a web developer to enable this
functionality on your site.