Content Management Systems Allyson Falkner Spokane County ISD
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) bulletins Site Statistics Customizable
Frontier Demo
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