Content Management Systems

Content is being generated at a furious pace and as a logical fallout, Content Management has become an enterprise wide house hold system that allows business keep up with the pace of content.

A CMS (Content Management System) can be perceived as a hybrid technology of website maintenance and document management – The delivery, addition, modification or deletion of new or updated content can be achieved simultaneously from different points. Web is being ruled by the introduction of new content every second and in this situation, if we are to keep up online we need to adapt a content management system.

Some of the fundamental features of a standard content management system are:

  • Completely database driven site engines
  • News, products, or services sections fully editable and manageable
  • Fully customisable layouts including left, center, and right Menu boxes
  • Browser upload of images to your own library for use anywhere in the site
  • Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting systems for on-the-spot results
  • Import of multi-formatted documents – text, graphics, videos, music..
  • Group access management to allow privileges or roles to different users of the website admin, author, contributor..etc
  • Presence of an alert or notification system where managers or admin are informed of any changes to the existing content
  • A standard CMS is supported by a centralised archive where all the published documents are stored. This facilitates a rapid search facility for documents within the site
  • At present, most of the CMS are equipped with a robust editing system which gives the content creator a complete control over the formatting of the documents

Extensive Administration:

  • Change order of objects including news, FAQs, Articles etc
  • Random Newsflash generator
  • Remote Author submission Module for News, Articles, FAQs, and Links
  • Object hierarchy - as many Sections, departments, divisions, and pages as you want
  • Image library - store all your PNGs, PDFs, DOCs, XLSs, GIFs, and JPEGs online for easy use
  • News Feed Manager. Choose from over 360 News Feeds from around the world
  • E-mail a friend and Print format available for every story and Article
  • In-line Text editor similar to any basic word processor software
  • User editable look and feel
  • Polls/Surveys - Now put a different one on each page
  • Custom Page Modules. Download custom page Modules to spice up your site
  • Layout preview. See how it looks before going live
  • Banner Manager. Make money out of your site

Why do you need a CMS?

Any business owner who knows the importance of content will acknowledge that a CMS is an indispensable tool for the website..

  • If you change the content of your site frequently, then you are in urgent need of a content management system.
  • You need to make a quick urgent change but only have a few minutes to do so?
  • You have a content based site which has more than 1000 pages and the content is being changed every minute by team members from around the world.
  • The maintenance cost of large & medium sites is a big constraint on the budget. A CMS not only reduces / eliminates the maintenance cost but it also manages the content more effectively.
  • And the most important factor from a business perspective is if you have a global team with the authority to change the site content. A CMS is indispensable for a global content delivery and management.
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