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?