content management systems allyson falkner spokane county isd afalkner@spokanecounty.org

Content Management Systems

Allyson FalknerSpokane County ISD

Afalkner@SpokaneCounty.org

Overview

General information about Content Management Systems

Introduction to Frontier as a CMS solution

Demonstration of Frontier

What is a CMS? A tool to manage content

Content: Documents, images, web pages, code, etc…

Manage: Set access levels, assign permissions, store and retrieve, presentation, etc…

Purpose: Sharing of resources, accessibility to content, repurposing, consistency, etc…

General Features of Web CMS

WYSIWYG editor User Groups/Roles Data Storage Workflow Templates Archiving/Version

Control

Repurposing of data

Content and template rollback

Scheduling Link Management

Features of Frontier Built in scripting language Search engine Static Rendering Browser based editing, design and site management Templates Permissions/Roles Decentralized management and support for multiple, distributed

authors Discussion groups Site membership Picture and document management (pictures and gems) E-mail bulletins Site Statistics Customizable

Frontier Demo

Useful Links Frontiers home page

http://frontier.userland.com/ Manila home page

http://manila.userland.com/ The demo site

http://spoco.manilasites.com/ Create your own demo site

http://oranges.manilasites.com/

Questions?