What is a Content Management System ( CMS) or Web CMS System?

Content management systems (CMS) are used to manage the contents of websites. Content management systems are used primarily for interactive use by a range of contributors in an organisation. Many familiar sites such as Wikipedia use some kind of Content Management system. In a nutshell a CMS System is managing the content of any website.

The content managed by CMS systems can include computer files, image media, audio files, e-documents and website content. The idea behind a CMS is to make files available within an organisation as well as through the web. Content Management Systems are also used as archives. Companies use a CMS to share files easily, as most systems use server-based software, even further broadening the possibilities. Many Content Management Systems include a feature for Web Content, and some have a feature for workflow management.

Work flow management is the idea of moving an electronic document along for either approval, or for changing content. Some Content Management Systems easily facilitate this process with email notification etc. This is excellent for collaborative creation of documents. A CMS improves the organisation, control, and publication of documents and other content, such as images and multimedia applications.

A web content management system is a content management system with additional features to ease the tasks required to publish web content to web sites.

Web content management systems are often used for storing, controlling, versioning, and publishing industry-specific documentation such as news items, manuals, technical instructions, sales guidelines, and marketing information. A content management system may support the following features:

• Identification of all users and their content management responsibilities
• Assignment of roles and responsibilities to different content categories
• Definition of the content work flow tasks, often coupled with messaging so that content managers are alerted to changes.
• Tracking and managing multiple versions of a single instance of content.
• Publishing the content to a repository to support access to the content.
• Allow the textual aspect of content to be separated to some extent from formatting, the CMS may automatically set default colours, fonts, or layouts.
  

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