Content Management System (CMS)

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Content Management System (CMS)
Bakor Kamal
CIS 764
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Outlines

• What is CMS?
• What is WCM?
• How much is a CMS?
• Example of a CMS Structure.
• Why CMS?
• CMS vs. Portal
• Who's using CMS?
• Demo.
• References.
• Questions.

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What is CMS?

• A Content Management System (CMS) is a computer
  software system for organizing, editing and
  publishing documents and other content. A content
  management system is sometimes a web application
  used for managing websites and web content.
• CMS used mainly for websites.

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What is WCM?

• Web content management (WCM) is a bundled or
  stand-alone application used to create, manage,
  store and deploy content on Web pages.
• Web content types can include text, graphics and
  photos, video or audio, and application code that
  renders other content or interacts with the
  visitor.
• WCM may also catalog or index content, or deliver
  content to specific visitors in a personalized
  way or in different languages.

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How much is a CMS?

• Commercial, high cost (gt 15,000)

Name Database Platform
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Microsoft SQL Server (2000 or 2005) .NET
IBM Workplace Web Content Management Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2 J2EE
Documentum Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2 Java
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How much is a CMS? Cont.

• Commercial, medium cost (5,000 - 15,000)
• Commercial, low cost (lt 5,000)
• Free and open source software

Name Name Database Platform
Wiki MySQL, some (Oracle, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, ) J2EE, Windows
Joomla! MySQL J2EE
OpenCms MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server J2EE
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Example of a CMS Structure.
Source. WebsiteSource.com http//www.websitesource
.com/hosting/mambo-cms.shtml
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Why CMS?

• There are a wide range of business benefits that
  can be obtained by implementing a CMS, including
  
• faster turnaround time for new pages and changes
• improved site navigation
• support for decentralized authoring
• reduced duplication of information
• greater capacity for growth
• reduced site maintenance costs

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CMS vs. Portal
Factor CMS Portal
Integration with legacy application. CMS products cannot integrate legacy applications well Integration is an important factor for considering portal such as JBoss Portal
Ease of use Most of the CMS packages doesnt take more than a few hours to install with a few meaningful customization options. Portal products are more complex.
Price CMS products are less price comparing with portals Portal products are more expensive than many CMSs and therefore the ROI can be less.
Single point of access to business systems (Single Sign In) Available Better integration with other business systems
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CMS vs. Portal Cont.
Factor CMS Portal
Personalization Personalization in CMS is better an more practical because of applying the role-based personalization Available
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Who's using CMS?

• Wikipedia.org Wiki
• Lexmark, Nokia, Time-Warner, Fox News Online, and
  The Guardian Vignette
• Apache Foundation Drupal is chosen to run an
  internal site.

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Demo

• http//people.cis.ksu.edu/bakor/new/administrator
  /index.php
• http//arabedu.net/sacm/administrator/

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References

• Content management system. (2007, November 13).
  In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved
  2214, November 14, 2007, from http//en.wikipedia
  .org/w/index.php?titleContent_management_systemo
  ldid171301044
• List of content management systems. (2007,
  November 14). In Wikipedia, The Free
  Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2215, November 14, 2007,
  from http//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titleLis
  t_of_content_management_systemsoldid171504054
• Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 FAQ. In
  Microsoft Home. Retrieved November 14, 2007, from
  http//www.microsoft.com/cmserver/faq.mspx
• CMS or Web Portal Software? Retrieved November
  14, 2007, from http//atlanticwebfitters.ca/Vendor
  NeutralWhitePapers/CMSorPortalSoftware/tabid/174/D
  efault.aspx

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Questions