Open Source Content Management Systems
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Open source content management systems (CMS) provide an alternative to hiring teams to manually develop and manage websites. CMS automate content creation, storage, editing, and publication through an online interface. Plone is an example of a full-featured open source CMS, with powerful document management and workflow capabilities. It allows non-technical users to easily create and manage multilingual content. InDG portal uses Plone as its CMS platform.
![New Approach
Use a Content Management System:
Web people (coders and designers) set up
skeleton site.
Each department now fills (and maintains) its
own section of the site [shift of responsibility].
Web people can train staff and facilitate the process
(as document editors, for example).
Publishing happens automatically
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Open Source Content Management Systems
- 1. Open Source Content Management Systems Krishna priya November 8, 2016 C-DAC, Hyderabad
- 2. Presentation Overview Content Content Management Manage content online Content Management System (CMS) Open Source CMS Types InDG Portal – a case study About InDG InDG Web Portal Features Conclusion
- 3. Content??
- 4. Content Content from the perspective of media and publishing may be thought of as information and experiences created by individuals, institutions and technology to benefit audiences in contexts that they value.
- 5. What is Content Management??
- 6. Content Management Content management is the way of organizing, categorizing, and structuring the information resources (text, images, documents, etc.) so that they can be stored, published, and edited with ease and flexibility.
- 7. Example: University Website Home Page University Info. Progammes Admissions For Students Gen. Info. Jobs Faculty Undergrad. Graduate Postgrad. Executive Fin. Aid Online App. News & Events Search, FAQ, Site Map Archives Library Computer Labs Research Pages Courses, etc.
- 11. Simple Solution!! Hire a team to develop a website
- 12. So What Do We Do? Traditional approach: Hire a team to make and manage website. Team comprises of: Web designers Web coders Content Authors Domain Experts/Content Managers Approver / Editors
- 13. So What Do We Do? Team will: Manage technical aspects of website. Collect information from various departments. Edit information, put it in web format. Upload information to website. Maintain information; direct website queries to concerned people; etc. Content Authoring Process………
- 14. Conventional Content Authoring Process Content Author Manager Editor/ Approver Web Developer Website Draft Approval Request for updating pages Update & publish Web Pages
- 15. Scenario What if content author misses out some important information or just wants to add more information to the existing content What will s(he) do now??
- 16. What to do now?? Content Author now informs the Manager who in turn approaches the Approver. Approver now informs the Web Team to make this slight change. Again s(he) redesigns the web page and finally puts it in the website. …………….quite time-consuming!!
- 17. Problems with Traditional Approach A sizable team is required: Web designers Web coders Document editors Managers Managing a large number of documents (many hundreds!) is very hard. The content authoring process is very time-consuming.
- 18. Problems with Traditional Approach No single person/department can write all documents required to make a comprehensive website. Maintaining a uniform and consistent design across the website is not easy. Problems: Lots of documents Multiple authors, multiple editors Multiple styles (page design and writing style)
- 19. What do We do now??
- 20. Content Management System (CMS) ….…….to the rescue……….
- 21. What is this CMS? A tool used to manage document: Creation Storage Editing Publication in an increasingly collaborative environment. Usually online, accessible from the web.
- 22. New Approach Use a Content Management System: Web people (coders and designers) set up skeleton site. Each department now fills (and maintains) its own section of the site [shift of responsibility]. Web people can train staff and facilitate the process (as document editors, for example). Publishing happens automatically Once documents go through the workflow process.
- 23. Automated Workflow Process using a CMS Template Content Author Manager Editor/Approver Web Developer Creates Draft Approval Publish Uses Website
- 25. How Will This Make Things Better? Everything else happens automatically! Sections and pages are linked automatically. Search is automated (including advanced search). Formatting is kept uniform throughout the site. If workflow is used properly content is up-to- date and correctly edited at all times. Content authoring-to-publishing cycle becomes shorter. Overall, website management and maintenance is significantly simplified.
- 26. How Will This Make Things Better? Web developers: Make site structure. Define page formats (templates) for each section (or one for the entire site). They then focus on the website’s functionality instead of being burdened with managing all the content. Templates
- 27. But….. Which CMS to pick??
- 28. ………..there are so many!!
- 29. So Now What? Define a content strategy: Content requirements Forecast development over time Figure out operating environments: Operating Systems, databases Document standards (technical and other) Align requirements with features and pick a CMS product.
- 30. Picking a CMS Different functionalities: Document Management System (DMS) Internal documents, metadata, revision histories, etc. Digital Asset Management (DAM) Like DMS, but works on binary (multimedia) content Web Content Management (WCM) Lets you publish from DMS to web; syndication Learning Content Management (LCM) A WCM structured to comply with online education standards (SCORM, AICC, IMS, etc.) * Sharable Content Object Reference Model; Aviation Industry CBT Committee; IMS/IEEE using XML
- 31. Commercial CMS Commercial or propriety systems are still a popular choice of CMS for many people who are reassured by the technical support, service level agreements There is also the fact that many commercial systems are already ready-built which means that they are quicker to implement than many open source systems If you are looking to save time (but not money) then a commercial system is a good choice. . Examples of Commercial CMS : SiteCore, EpiServe, Ektron, Alterion, Alterion and Sitefinity ,
- 32. A Third Option: Open Source Low cost alternative: Software is free Consultancy is optional (can do in-house) Highly customizable: Content, by nature, requires customization Feature-rich: New features developed regularly
- 33. Basic CMS Features All CMS’ generally have: A content repository Dynamic page generation Workflow procedures Additional features include: Editing tools Internationalization Multiple sites Syndication Personalization Caching
- 35. CMS Example: Drupal Structure is divided into Blocks, views, menus, nodes. The administrative screens for configuring a site have a huge number of options and settings, making them harder to interpret Understanding what the system offers and how to configure it is more difficult than WordPress or Joomla. Many steps to make a web page.
- 37. CMS Example: Joomla The system is divided into three types of pages: Sections, Categories, and Articles. There’s a bit of a learning curve to understand Joomla is not the best choice for sites that will be edited by many different content authors, as it doesn’t offer an easy way create a workflow based on section or type of content Can not create your own types of content
- 39. CMS Example: Wordpress It’s designed primarily to support simple arrangements of two types of content—blog posts and pages Pages are like posts - just one content area. Sidebar content is fixed. If URLs change things break. End user cannot select page types. Tools to create / manage pages limited. Content sharing is hard.
- 41. CMS Example: Plone Comprehensive DMS (Zope), WCM (Plone) Technical specifications: OS: Linux/Solaris/BSD, Windows, Mac OS Language: Python Uncommon, but powerful and mature language Uses own application server Can run behind popular web servers (Apache/IIS) Can use other databases (MySQL, Oracle, etc.)
- 42. CMS Example: Plone Powerful, flexible, secure and Open Source. It allows non-technical people to easily create and manage content Extensible workflow Capabilities Able to manage multilingual content easily Content Locking Search engine friendly Wide range of add-ons
- 43. Features of Plone Easy to get started Batteries Included Supports Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Solaris. The installers get you up and running within minutes. No complex set-up procedures. Speaks multiple languages Supports over 35+ languages including 22 Indian languages.
- 44. Features of Plone User Friendly Lets You Focus on Your Writing Plone includes a powerful, rich editor with text formatting,image and link insertion abilities. If you’re used to working with an office suite, you’ll feel right at home. Instant, Full-text Searching All content is searchable immediately; even Word documents and PDF files. LiveSearch puts it all at your fingertips. Built-in Image Handling Upload an image, and it’s automatically rescaled to a variety of sizes, ready to be used in your content. No Photoshop needed..
- 45. Features of Plone Powerful Powerful Workflow Engine Make your business processes part of the document workflow-complemented by fool-proof security management. Speed and Scalability Comes out-of-the-box with clustering capability and intelligent caching proxy integration. Syndicate and Aggregate Smart folders and smart updates. Plone automatically produces RSS feeds from folders, search results and more. Security and Flexibility Fine-grained role-based security model secures the content in the website.
- 46. Features of Plone Standards Compliant Accessibility Compliant Meets or exceeds U.S. Government Section 508 and W3C's WAI-AA standards for sight and motor impaired individuals. All JavaScript usage comes with fallback modes that work in any web browser.
- 47. Features of Plone Support Great Documentation Online Several books are available in print as well as online. Innovative and Extensible Hundreds of add-on products are available — forums, issue trackers, blogs and collaboration tools. Open Source, Open Standards Plone is available under the same open source license as Linux, and uses the open source Python programming language and Zope application server. This avoids vendor lock-in, expensive licenses, and gives you a predictable future — and the freedom to innovate. World-class Support Whether you use the online documentation, mailing lists and chat rooms — or the services of the hundreds of companies around the world that support Plone — you're never alone.
- 48. Plone CMS InDG web portal runs on Plone Sites using Plone: NASA/JPL (including Mars Rover site) Defence Academy European Aeronautic Defence and Space Lufthansa (vendor extranet) Nokia Warwickshire Police NATO Internal (runs Zope) CBS NY (runs Zope) Nokia Panasonic
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