content management systems - sphmmc
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Over of Content Management Systems, with a focus on Joomla. This presentation was given by Yetemwork Benti from St Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College at the Health OER Tech Africa 2012 workshop on October 5, 2012. CC BY Yetemwork Abay Benti.TRANSCRIPT
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DefinitionA Content Management System (CMS) is
a computer program that allows publishing, editing and modifying content as well as maintenance from a central interface. Such systems of content management provide procedures to manage workflow in a collaborative environment.
CMS is software for creating, editing and maintaining online content.
CMS can allow users to upload different types of content - including text, pictures, records, blogs and video.
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Benefits of CMSReduce the cost of site maintenanceStreamline the authoring processIncrease securityGreater consistencyReduce information duplicationImprove site navigationIncrease site flexibilitySupport remote authoringIncrease growth capacity
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Types of CMS1. Proprietary CMSProprietary CMS web platforms are completely
opposite to the basic structure of Open Source. That structure being that most if not all proprietary web platforms have ongoing license fees which the user / client is expected to pay.
2. Open source CMS Open Source CMS as a type of web platform, is
primarily free software which is made available to the general public under a GNU (General Public License)
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Benefits of Open source CMSOpen Source Advantages:-No licensing fees Large Developer baseCan contract any open source developer FlexibleWisdom of the crowd
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open source CMSSome of more popular open source content
management systems are:-drupal (full website cms)Joomla (full website cms)wordpress (blog cms)zencart (shopping cart cms)phpBB (forum cms)
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Demonstration of Joomla application
software
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Thank you!