CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

How easy are CMS' to use?

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What is a Content Management System (CMS)?:
The accurate defintion is a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based.

The procedures are designed to:

• Allow for an individual or a large number of people to contribute to and share stored data 
• Update content on your business website 
• Control access to data, based on user roles
• Aid in easy storage and retrieval of data 
• Reduce repetitive duplicate input Improve the ease of report writing improved  communication between users 
• In a CMS, data can be defined as almost anything - documents, movies, pictures, phone numbers etc. 
• CMSs are frequently used for storing, controlling, revising, semantically enriching, and publishing documentation. 
• Content that is controlled is industry-specific. 
• Examples are web content management, digital asset management, digital records management and electronic content management. 
• Synchronization of intermediate steps, and collation into a final product are common goals of each. 

Here is a full specification list that gives you an idea of what to expect:

• 30 content pages, such as Home Page, Contact Page, About Us page. 
• Up to 20 product categories 
• Up to 100 product pages (based on average contents)
• Thumbnails can be added to listings pages. 
• 15 MB disk usage. 
• Wide stance - adjustable width of site viewed on monitor. 
• Hover over tips as you go - clear editing instructions, written in plain English. 
• Create in Word your text including colours and formatting - simply paste in. 
• Shopping cart - 128-bit encryption for total online security.
• Built-in text editor - make bold, insert links etc. as easy as editing a Word document. 
• Web pages - you can create, edit, re-name and delete. Image library - FTP up-load and delete Images - quick as a click. 
• They stay in the server until you ask for them to show. 
• Master template - change width of main content section, add links and add standard features like search and email capture. 
• Navigation links - edit, add and set to appear anywhere in the site. 
• Header and footer panels - can be added and removed to include images and logos. 
• Interactive features settings - include product search, email capture, contact and shopping cart. 
• Site statistics can be viewed from control panel. 
• Product listing pages - you can add, delete and change the order of all your product/information pages.
• Up to 100 pages. User preferences - include email address, date stamp format and switch on HTML Text area Editor