A content management system (CMS) allows publishing, editing, and modifying content from a central interface. It provides procedures to manage workflow collaboratively. CMSs store and organize files, provide version-controlled access, and include features like web publishing, format management, revision control, indexing, search, and retrieval. They can be used as central repositories for documents, media, and data.

1. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
 A 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. These procedures
can be manual steps or an automated
cascade. CMSs have been available since
the late 1990s.

2.  CMSs are often used to run websites
containing blogs, news, and shopping. Many
corporate and marketing websites use
CMSs. CMSs typically aim to avoid the need
for hand coding but may support it for
specific elements or entire pages.

3. MAIN FEATURES
 The function and use of content management
systems is to store and organize files, and
provide version-controlled access to their data.
CMS features vary widely. Simple systems
showcase a handful of features, while other
releases, notably enterprise systems, offer more
complex and powerful functions. Most CMS
include Web-based publishing, format
management, revision control (version control),
indexing, search, and retrieval. The CMS
increments the version number when new
updates are added to an already-existing file.

4.  A CMS may serve as a central repository
containing documents, movies, pictures,
phone numbers, scientific data. CMSs can
be used for storing, controlling, revising,
semantically enriching and publishing
documentation.

5. CAPABILITIES
 A web content management system is used
to control a dynamic collection of web
material, including HTML documents,
images, and other forms of media. A CMS
facilitates document control, auditing, editing,
and timeline management. A WCMS typically
has the following features.

6. OFFLINE PROCESSING
 These systems, sometimes referred to as
"static site generators", pre-process all
content, applying templates before
publication to generate web pages. Since
pre-processing systems do not require a
server to apply the templates at request time,
they may also exist purely as design-time
tools.

7. ONLINE PROCESSING
 These systems apply templates on-demand.
HTML may be generated when a user visits the
page or it is pulled from a web cache.
 Most open source WCMSs have the capability
to support add-ons, which provide extended
capabilities including forums, blog, wiki, web
stores, photo galleries, contact management,
etc. These are often called modules, nodes,
widgets, add-ons, or extensions. Add-ons may
be based on an open-source or paid license
model.

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