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Do-It-Yourself / Publishing Tool / Content
Management Systems (CMS)
Why use a Content Management System for your site?
There are many reasons why you should evaluate implementing
a Content Management System (a.k.a. CMS or Publishing Tool)
for your site. First and foremost, a CMS allows you and
your co-workers to make changes and add pages to your own
site without having to learn HTML. As a result, you could
make frequent changes and additions to your site without
paying outside vendors to do this work for you. Even if
you have your own Web-savvy staff, their time could be used
more productively by adding functionality rather than performing
editorial changes.
Other benefits of using our Publishing Tool include:
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Make changes yourself from anywhere at any time.
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Our CMS is easy-to-use and does not require training.
No knowledge of HTML is needed.
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Use a Web browser (such as Internet Explorer) instead
of purchasing and learning Web authoring software.
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Storing the working copy of your site in a database
makes it easier for future site enhancements and re-designs.
Unlike "flat" sites (which are comprised of
a collection of pages), "dynamic" sites store
all content in a database and utilize only a few template
files to display the information. Hence to change the
look of your site or to add features involves changing
only a few files.
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Our CMS offers the best of both worlds: a database
for the working copy of your site and flat pages for
your 'live' Web site (fastest solution and better for
search engines.)
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Our CMS automatically creates listings pages (for site
sections such as Events, News, Press Releases, Partners,
...) which can be sorted alphabetically or by date,
author, type, etc. It can also automatically create
a sitemap page (which is important for search engines!)
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When you add content to your site, you can specify
when the page should appear and when it should be removed
or archived. This is particularly useful for date-sensitive
content such as press releases, events, news, etc.
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Our CMS allows you to promote content. For example,
you can specify in advance when an event is promoted
and when it is to be removed.
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| Test Drive the Publishing
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| By using our
Publishing Tool (CMS) and making changes to a
demo Web site, you can envision how our tool will
let you make changes to your site. |
Lot's of features,
yet
easy to use! |
| Our CMS utilizes
standard Web browsers so you can edit your site
or add content from anywhere at any time. |
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When you add a section
to your site, the navigation on all your
pages is automatically updated. |
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You can add new pages
to your site or edit existing ones. |
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You can schedule content
to appear, be removed, or archived at pre-determined
dates. |
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Easily update template
components such as a tagline, sidebar image
and text, footers, etc. |
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All 'breadcrumb' &
'back' navigation is maintained automatically. |
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Format text (bold, ital,
underline), create lists and drag-and-drop
images without knowing HTML! |
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