Sbtug 25 Feb2009 Content Management Craig Bailey

Content Management Systems
SBTUG
25 February 2009
Craig Bailey
www.craigbailey.net

Aims
Ask the question:
Which CMS is best for me?
Understand the main concepts
See a range of CMS options
Gain an understanding of what to look for in your business...

Agenda
Overview of terms
Understanding requirements
Common tools/vendors/products
User scenarios/Support models
5 mini-sessions
Panel of experts

Terms
Content
Content Management Systems (CMS)
Web Content Management (WCM)
Document Management
Records Management
Digital Asset Management Systems (DAMS)
Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

Terms: Content
Text
Images, Video, Audio
Tasks
Forum, blog, wiki posts
Forms
Documents
Records
Polls, Surveys, Competitions, Ads, ...

Requirements
Structured Data
Centralised publishing
Auditing / Version control
Workflow & Business Process Management
Taxonomy & Search
Collaboration
Plus a million others...

Scenarios
Simple sites
Web
Intranet
Extranet
Portals
Complex sites
LOB & Integration

Support models
Open source
Reseller
Local support
Consultative

Pricing
Freemium (there’s less of them now...)
Hosted
On site development
Product
Services
Finance packaging

Vendors & Products
Vendors (there’s a few...)
Open source vs Closed Source
Entry / Mid / Enterprise level
Following image credits:
James Robertson – Step Two – slideshare

Entry level

Mid level

Enterprise

Gartner MarketScope

Tonight
Predominantly Web Content Management
Mainly open-source
Cover a range of scenarios

Examples
Wiki
WordPress
DotNetNuke

Examples

WordPress
Open source
Self hosted & WordPress hosted
Large community
> 4000 plugins/themes/widgets
Entry level
Primitive content management tools

WordPress
For
Inexpensive
1-click install on many hosting companies
Simple to customise
Thousands of plugins
Against
Rudimentry content management
Basic functionality
Fiddly to program/style

WordPress
Recommended for:
Small companies
Simple needs
Easy customisation
Easy-peasy blog setup

DotNetNuke
Open source
.NET based
More than half a million installations
Now offering a Professional version
Monetized 3rd party add-ons strategy
Biggest UI feature: move modules around

DNN Demo
Create a DNN demo portal
http://demo.dotnetnuke.com/tabid/36/ctl/Signup/Default.aspx

DotNetNuke
For
Solid, mature .NET option
Huge install base + thousands of add-ons
Constantly improving
Professional support model
Against
Styling can be tricky
Admin can be frustrating
Data migration can be difficult

DotNetNuke
Recommended for
Companies, who want
.NET based
Highly supported
Customisable

Requirements
User needs (really!)
Technology stack
Open source vs closed source
Integration
Support
Finance

Resources
ECM, WCM (Wikipedia)
CMS Wire
CMS Watch
CMS Matrix
CMS Critic
Open Source CMS

Questions?
Craig Bailey
www.craigbailey.net
craig@craigbailey.net
www.twitter.com/craigbailey