6. What CMS means
No more asking IT or Web
Developers to edit content
No programming knowledge
necessary to create web pages
The right experts are working
on the right parts
In short:
Content and Presentation
are kept separate. •Community Web Sites
•Weblog
•Forums
•Social Networking Sites
•Wiki/Knowledge Base
•Business Web Applications
9. Content Management System
Open Source
Community Collaboration Tools
Installed on Organization’s Computer
Accessed through Internet Interface
Community Supported
International Translations
Powers many high profile sites
16. U CH
M
Never worry about
formatting and layout
17. Modules Core
core vs. contrib Core Optional
thousands of contributed modules Contributed
available
Look at usage, comments and last
contributed date
Rule of Thumb:
try to stick to just a few contrib
modules,
maybe 10
18. Themes
define the look and feel of a Drupal site
typography
colors
header graphic
sidebar location, width and appearance
menu location and appearance
19. Themes
define the look and feel of a Drupal site
typography
colors
header graphic
sidebar location, width and appearance
menu location and appearance
20. Categories/Taxonomy/Tags
organize content by keyword (show one list)
automatic blog-style page(s) with teasers per
taxonomy term (click on term on a page)
easily build menus from taxonomy
many modules available to further organize and
index content
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