By- AJITESH JAINRoll No: 09CS-31

A Content Management System (CMS) is a computer program that allows publishing, editing and modifying content as well as maintenance from a central interface. Such systems of content management provide procedures to manage workflow in a collaborative environment.Theseprocedures can be manual steps or an automated cascade.

The first content management system (CMS) was announced at the end of the 1990s. This CMS was designed to simplify the complex task of writing numerous versions of code and to make the website development process more flexible. CMS platforms allow users to centralize data editing, publishing and modification on a single back-end interface. CMS platforms are often used as blog software.

What is the Content Management System?

What it can do

General overview of website structure

How pages are constructed

Updating a page

Content auditing and workflow

A system for managing content in a web site

Doesn’t require special software for uploading pages (e.g. Dreamweaver)

It is usually Open Source in nature

Under constant development and is largely free

Used by many large website and organisations

Allows web page updates using an ordinary web browser (e.g. IE, Firefox, Safari, Mozilla etc.)

Reduces overall work as those responsible for content can update it directly and submit it for approval

Allows different access levels for individuals with different roles (e.g. Authors, Editors, Managers)

Enables documents to be published for fixed terms; older versions of documents can be re-used (versioning)

Easy expansion with Plugins. Especially good for simple content pages.

Focus on Accommodation for demonstration Pages made up of various elements

◦ Main Content (index)◦ Right hand column (index_right)◦ Left hand column

index_left index_rightindexcontacts

menu

Template

Name Technologies

Wordpress PHP and MySQL

Joomla PHP and MySQL

Drupal PHP and MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/SQLite

Alfresco,Ametys CMS,ApacheJackrabbit,Apache Lenya,ApacheSling

Java

WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1 million" websites and as of August 2011 manages 22% of all new websites.WordPress is currently the most popular blogging system in use on the Web, powering over 60 million websites worldwide

It was first released on May 27, 2003, by founders Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little as a fork of b2/cafelog. As of December 2011, version 3.0 had been downloaded over 65 million times.

Themes : WordPress users may install and switch between themes. Themes allow users to change the look and functionality of a WordPress website or installation without altering the information content or structure. Themes may be installed using the WordPress"Appearance" administration tool or theme folders may be uploaded via FTP.The PHP, HTML & CSS code found in themes can be added or edited for providing advanced features. Thousands of WordPressthemes exist, some free, and some premium (paid for) templates.

Plugins : One very popular feature of WordPress is its rich plugin architecture which allows users and developers to extend its abilities beyond the core installation. WordPress has a database of over 24,000 plugins,each of which offer custom functions and features enabling users to tailor their site to their specific needs. These customizations range from SEO (Search Engine Optimization) enhancers to content displaying features, such as the addition of widgets and navigation bars.

Widgets : Widgets are small modules that offer users drag-and-drop sidebar content placement through the implementation of plugins' extended abilities. Some of these Widgets offer customization options such as web forms to fill out, includes or excludes of data and information such as Categories, Archives and Recent Posts, optional images though slideshows and/or carousels, amongst other customization features.These small modules are typically displayed within the header (header.php), footer (footer.php) and sidebars (sidebar.php files) of websites, but can also be placed outside of said locations enabling even further customization.

Multi-user and multi-blogging : Good support for Multi User interface.

Mobiles : Native applications exist for WebOS,Android,iOS(iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad),Windows Phone, and BlackBerry

Free and Open SourceWP is completely free to download and install.

It Can Be Done, and (Quite) Easily TooIf you were avoiding WP because you thought WP could only be used as a blogging platform but it is not.

It Integrates With Your Blog PerfectlyThere’s no need to worry about integrating your blog with whatever CMS you’re using for the rest of your site if you use WP for everything.

It’s Very User-FriendlyMore robust and feature-filled CMSes tend to be weaker in user-friendliness and high on complexity. Teaching beginners to handle WP is a much, much easier task.

There are Tons of Great Themes/Templates for ItThere is no other CMS with a better stock of free themes/templates (in terms of both quality and quantity.

Since Wordpress is an open source package, it is recommend for all developers to contribute to it.

Contribution can be made in various forms like : developing themes, plugins , improving the wordpress framework itself.

Spread it across because of its open and free nature.

Content Management Systems (CMS) are extremely powerful and user friendly

They help us create website in a quick and easy way

They are secure in nature.

The sites can be easily updated and maintained without much coding

Simple site structure