What is content management?
July 10, 2000
So what is content management and how will it help you? When you start
to develop content on a site, unless you want to be bogged down forever
with HTML trivialities or resource sharing, you want to make it as
painless and easy as possible. You need a system that will eliminate
the grunt work and let you focus on actual content. You need a system
that will allow writers to easily submit articles, one that will
let you proof and publish the articles, all without having to write a
bunch of HTML. Enter automated content management.
Imagine a simple news site that two different writers update twice a
day. Without any content management system, the writers would have to
download the source code for the current page, add their news,
re-upload the page, and then let the other writer know the page is
updated so they won't overwrite the changes. For a larger site, such
as Enfused.com or
WDVL where news is updated at all hours
of the day, and longer content is added on a semi-regular basis, this
system will not work.
So what are the parts to a good content management system?
- Allow writers to easily submit content
- Make sure a record is made of that submission
- Allow editors to easily proof, publish content
- Make sure content layout fits with current design
You want to be able to do all this without having to mess with any
HTML, and as easily as possible. There are definitely packages out
there already that allow you to do such functions, and much more, such
as
Vignette's
Storyserver. But this nifty little app can cost you in upwards of
several hundred thousand dollars. That's five zeroes we're talking
about. We'll show you how to build the poor man's system here.
Ready to dive in? Let's find out how we'll let the writers submit
their content.
Content Management Made Easy with ASP
Content Management Made Easy with ASP
Submission System
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