Content
Management Systems allow users to easily manage, edit, update content on their web site using a web browser.
No knowledge of web technologies or HTML is required, there is no software for you to purchase or install.
In most cases, only a standard CMS is required. A range of CMSs are offered to suit various needs, and where requested, custom solutions can be installed;
- Blogs
- Web Log software for personal journals, online magazines, and sites more suited to a blog style.
- WordPress
- b2
- b2evolution
- Nucleus
- pMachine Free
- Small Organization CMS
- CMSs that are for small business and organizations; small and easy to use, but with enough power and features to address needs and requirements
- Mambo
- Typo3
- Drupal
- Geeklog
- PHP-Nuke
- phpWCMS
- phpWebSite
- Post-Nuke
- Siteframe
- Xoops
- Industry Specific CMSs
- CMSs that are sector specific; eg Real Estate.
- EduFlow (Content Management Solution for Education)
- An integrated computer software and intra/internet system specially designed for the information workflows of Australian schools.
- Based on Plone (plone.org) and eduplone (eduplone.org) and is a combination of computer server, software and installation service.
- Provides the necessary content management framework to integrate with other school databases and provide web access.
- Includes an initial part-implementation of the IMS schema (imsproject.org).
- Aims to make school software solutions functional, usable and affordable.
- Delivers the best value in the industry with hardware, software and installation for under $5000.
- Wiki (Collaborative Document Editing)
- A collaborative environement allowing many authors to work on web based collections of documents.
- Allows any user with editing rights to edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the Web site using a browser interface, including the work of previous authors.
- Wikipedia is the classic example of collaborative document development using Wikis.
- Application Servers
- Where clients require much more sophisticated features.
- Plone
- XML Application Servers
- For clients who require their data in XML format.
Don't be overwhelmed by all this information. Such diversity of products allows a better range of choice to best fit your needs. These solutions cut the cost and complexity of running your own web site.