This document discusses content management systems (CMS) and provides recommendations for choosing one. It defines a CMS as a system that allows publishing, editing and modifying content from a central page. It then discusses what is possible with CMS platforms from basic free options like Tumblr to more advanced enterprise systems. Key factors to consider when selecting a CMS include an organization's goals, technical capacity, budget and content needs. The document recommends involving stakeholders, conducting a needs analysis and aligning the chosen CMS with organizational priorities.
Importance of Content Writing & Marketing for Plugin DevelopersVishal Kothari
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Whether you’re a Freelancer or an Agency, this session will take you through some tips that will help you maximize your reach & take it to a larger audience.
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WordCamp Mumbai 2017: How to get more involved with WordPressRocío Valdivia
Do you love WordPress?
Want to pitch in and help out?
Not sure how?
It doesn’t matter if you’re a designer, a developer, a translator, or just someone that uses WordPress on your own, everybody is welcome to contribute to WordPress.
A lot of web designers will undersell or oversell free CMS products. Know what questions to ask and what you're getting into. Some are complex, some are simple. Know your CMS!
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Whether you’re a Freelancer or an Agency, this session will take you through some tips that will help you maximize your reach & take it to a larger audience.
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This presentation is from Affiliate Summit East 2018 (July 29 - July 31, 2018 in New York).
Session description: Session discusses a new solution offering advanced SEO capabilities for WordPress authors.
WordCamp Mumbai 2017: How to get more involved with WordPressRocío Valdivia
Do you love WordPress?
Want to pitch in and help out?
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It doesn’t matter if you’re a designer, a developer, a translator, or just someone that uses WordPress on your own, everybody is welcome to contribute to WordPress.
A lot of web designers will undersell or oversell free CMS products. Know what questions to ask and what you're getting into. Some are complex, some are simple. Know your CMS!
SEO is constantly changing and what we see in the last couple of years is moving away from the technical aspect of SEO to the direction of inbound and content marketing. However, is it really time to ignore tech premise of SEO?
Content management systems include text, as well as the layout and design elements, etc. It incorporates the ability to submit multimedia content such as photographs, videos, audio, maps, or even source code. Web content management, document management, digital rights management, authoring tools, and search and portal functionalities are all features of CMS solutions that can be incorporated into a business process via the cloud.
Learn from the experts at Netwoven on how to define your cloud strategy for SharePoint.
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- Develop your cloud migration strategy for SharePoint Online
- How to prepare for your migration
- Design your SharePoint Online Information Architecture
- Avoiding common errors while moving content and users to the cloud
- How to develop a successful change management plan
- What tools do you need for successful migrations? What are the trade-offs?
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- Testing strategies for ensuring complete data migration
Is your current nonprofit website and Content Management System (CMS) clunky, outdated and hard to navigate? Are you considering a website redesign? Or maybe you heard of WordPress, Joomla and Drupal but would like to learn more? If so, this is the presentation for you.
Andy McIlwain (SIDEKICK) discusses how nonprofits can benefit from using a CMS and covers popular CMS options and how they compare side-to-side.
Popular CMS features:
A web content management system is typically capable of performing core CMS functions mentioned above. On top of this, however, web CMS may also include the following features:
SEO-friendly URLs
customizable templates to manage the content presentation
permission-based access control
user and group functionality
content organization structures, hierarchy, and taxonomy
content virtualization
versioning and workflow management
collaboration platform
delegation between user groups
language or user support
integrated file managers
integrated audit logs
install and upgrade wizards
compliance with website and accessibility standards
Benefits of a Content Management System
One major advantage of a CMS is its collaborative nature. Multiple users can log on and contribute, schedule or edit content to be published. Because the interface is usually browser-based, CMS can be accessed from anywhere by any number of users.
The second major advantage of a CMS is that it allows non-technical people who don’t know programming languages to easily create and manage their web content.
One of the most user-friendly CMS features is the WYSIWYG editor, or ‘what you see is what you get’ text-editing tool which works like Microsoft Word. This tool allows you to manipulate the webpage code without having to know the underlying programming language (HTML).
When a company uses a CMS to publish its pages, it reduces its reliance on front-end engineers to make changes to the website, making it quicker and easier to publish new content.
Support your online marketing campaigns
Integrate with your customer relationship management system
https://avengering.com/en/why-should-we-use-content-management-system/
https://avengering.com/blog/
https://avengering.com/
Putting personas to work - University of Edinburgh Website ProgrammeNeil Allison
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A significant challenge is to try to ensure that all members of the team understand and empathise with the personas that represent our CMS user group.
This session (first presented February 2014 at a Web Publishing Community session) outlines activities I use to help foster shared understanding within the team and wider group of stakeholders.
Lots of project teams have tried out personas. Not all succeed.
In this session, I’ll outline a range of projects (both system and website development) over the past 5 years in which I’ve used personas to bring consensus and user focus to the team delivering. I’ll run through some challenges I’ve faced, and the techniques I’ve tried to overcome them.
The 2013 Content Management System Report Card-IdealwareIdealware
With the growth of social media, Web 2.0, and mobile devices, people are using websites in ways (and locations) like they never have before. How have the systems we use to create websites kept up? Based on the new Idealware report, a Consumers Guide to Nonprofit Content Management Systems, learn what 11 of the most popular open-source and proprietary CMSs have done to address the demands of today’s Internet: who passed, and who failed?
SEO is constantly changing and what we see in the last couple of years is moving away from the technical aspect of SEO to the direction of inbound and content marketing. However, is it really time to ignore tech premise of SEO?
Content management systems include text, as well as the layout and design elements, etc. It incorporates the ability to submit multimedia content such as photographs, videos, audio, maps, or even source code. Web content management, document management, digital rights management, authoring tools, and search and portal functionalities are all features of CMS solutions that can be incorporated into a business process via the cloud.
Learn from the experts at Netwoven on how to define your cloud strategy for SharePoint.
Key Takeaways:
- Develop your cloud migration strategy for SharePoint Online
- How to prepare for your migration
- Design your SharePoint Online Information Architecture
- Avoiding common errors while moving content and users to the cloud
- How to develop a successful change management plan
- What tools do you need for successful migrations? What are the trade-offs?
- The hard part – best practices for defining the migration logic for your organization
- Testing strategies for ensuring complete data migration
Is your current nonprofit website and Content Management System (CMS) clunky, outdated and hard to navigate? Are you considering a website redesign? Or maybe you heard of WordPress, Joomla and Drupal but would like to learn more? If so, this is the presentation for you.
Andy McIlwain (SIDEKICK) discusses how nonprofits can benefit from using a CMS and covers popular CMS options and how they compare side-to-side.
Popular CMS features:
A web content management system is typically capable of performing core CMS functions mentioned above. On top of this, however, web CMS may also include the following features:
SEO-friendly URLs
customizable templates to manage the content presentation
permission-based access control
user and group functionality
content organization structures, hierarchy, and taxonomy
content virtualization
versioning and workflow management
collaboration platform
delegation between user groups
language or user support
integrated file managers
integrated audit logs
install and upgrade wizards
compliance with website and accessibility standards
Benefits of a Content Management System
One major advantage of a CMS is its collaborative nature. Multiple users can log on and contribute, schedule or edit content to be published. Because the interface is usually browser-based, CMS can be accessed from anywhere by any number of users.
The second major advantage of a CMS is that it allows non-technical people who don’t know programming languages to easily create and manage their web content.
One of the most user-friendly CMS features is the WYSIWYG editor, or ‘what you see is what you get’ text-editing tool which works like Microsoft Word. This tool allows you to manipulate the webpage code without having to know the underlying programming language (HTML).
When a company uses a CMS to publish its pages, it reduces its reliance on front-end engineers to make changes to the website, making it quicker and easier to publish new content.
Support your online marketing campaigns
Integrate with your customer relationship management system
https://avengering.com/en/why-should-we-use-content-management-system/
https://avengering.com/blog/
https://avengering.com/
Putting personas to work - University of Edinburgh Website ProgrammeNeil Allison
I use personas to support the development of the University of Edinburgh's corporate Content Management System and associated services.
A significant challenge is to try to ensure that all members of the team understand and empathise with the personas that represent our CMS user group.
This session (first presented February 2014 at a Web Publishing Community session) outlines activities I use to help foster shared understanding within the team and wider group of stakeholders.
Lots of project teams have tried out personas. Not all succeed.
In this session, I’ll outline a range of projects (both system and website development) over the past 5 years in which I’ve used personas to bring consensus and user focus to the team delivering. I’ll run through some challenges I’ve faced, and the techniques I’ve tried to overcome them.
The 2013 Content Management System Report Card-IdealwareIdealware
With the growth of social media, Web 2.0, and mobile devices, people are using websites in ways (and locations) like they never have before. How have the systems we use to create websites kept up? Based on the new Idealware report, a Consumers Guide to Nonprofit Content Management Systems, learn what 11 of the most popular open-source and proprietary CMSs have done to address the demands of today’s Internet: who passed, and who failed?
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Netroots nation content management systems- what’s possible & best for your org-
1. Content Management Systems
What’s Possible & What's Best
for You and Your Organization?
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
2. Agenda
• Introduction
• Temperature Check
• What is a CMS?
• Do you need a CMS?
• What is possible with a CMS?
• What to consider when choosing a CMS
• Recommendations
•Q&A
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
3. Introduction
Austen Levihn-Coon
Strategist
Fission Strategy
@AustenLC
austen@fissionstrategy.com
Austen provides innovative online consulting services to nonprofits and
foundations. He has worked with dozens of organizations to implement
the latest online technologies and build websites to create meaningful
change. Clients have included: MomsRising.org, Greenpeace, ONE,
Reform Immigration for America, J Street, NARAL Pro-Choice America,
and many more.
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
4. Background
• Fission Strategy
o Online Campaign Strategy
o Website Design & Development for Non-profits and
Foundations
o Social Media Integrations
o Facebook and Twitter Apps
o Online-to-Offline Campaigns
• Examples
o Jstreet.org
o DefineAmerican.com
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
6. What is a Content Management
System (CMS)?
• A content management system (CMS) is a computer
system that allows publishing, editing, and modifying
content as well as site maintenance from a central page.
• Content is created and edited on the web in an
administration portion of the web application (referred to
as the Backend). The resulting content is then displayed
to the viewers on the regular site (referred to as the
Frontend).
- From wikipedia.com and http://www.webdesignerdepot.com
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
7. Do You Need a CMS?
• Do you plan to regularly update your site?
• Do you plan to have a blog on your site?
• Will you update your site remotely?
• Who will update your site?
o Web Developers?
o Non-Web Developers?
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
8. What is Possible with a CMS?
• Low Barrier to Entry
o Tumblr.com
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
9. Tumblr: What is Possible
• Free
• Set up in 10 minutes
• Design and technical skills not necessary
• Attractive templates available for free
• Displays photo, video, text
• No traditional comments by default
• Limitations on layout design, features, etc.
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
10. What is Possible with a CMS?
• NationBuilder
o Easy to set up a basic campaign site using existing
templates
o Collect sign-ups
o Integrated with voter outreach and advocacy tools
allows you to run an e-advocacy campaign
o SMS & Email tool integration
o Custom needs require custom design and
development
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
11. What is Possible with a CMS?
• Enterprise Level CMS:
o Features:
Contextual Visitor Targeting
E-business set-ups
Multi-channel publishing
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
12. What is Possible with a CMS?
• Enterprise Level CMS:
o Features:
Easily run multiple websites through a single CMS
Set user-level permissions
Option to store assets on an S3 server
Support multiple languages
Customer Support
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
13. Middle Ground of CMS Options
• Open Source
o WordPress
o Drupal
o Joomla!
o Expression Engine
• Custom CMS
o Options of CMS’s that can be custom built for you.
• Proprietary CMS
o Provide support
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
14. Things to Consider
• Scope of Site and Site Content
o Regular Updates?
o Include a Blog?
o Multiple authors?
o Integrations:
o Online Toolkit
o Facebook App
o MeetUp
o Donations
o Custom Functionality
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
15. Things to Consider
• Organizational Goals
o Ease of Use
o Branding
o Visitor Targeting
o Advocacy and Sign-Ups
o Content Promotion
o Permission Levels
o Social integrations
Facebook, Twitter, your advocacy toolset, etc.
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
16. Things to Consider
• Organizational Tech & Design Capacity
o Do you have a tech savvy staff member who will be
making updates to the site.
o Good idea to have one person internally who will
own the site upkeep.
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
17. Things to Consider
• Budget
o Present
o Future
o Staffing
Are developers or support staff easily available
and are they expensive to hire?
• Do it Yourself?
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
18. Some CMS's
• Open Source Solutions:
o Drupal
o Joomla!
o Expression Engine
o Django
• Enterprise Level:
• CoreMedia
• CrownPeak
• RedDot
• Sitecore
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
19. Recommendations
• Include all stakeholders in the process
• If possible, hire an external party to do a
needs analysis – minimizes internal biases
and politics.
• Take your present and future organizational
needs and budget into consideration when
making the decision.
• Ultimately, your website should reflect your
organizational priorities.
#NN12CMS @AustenLC
Editor's Notes
----- Meeting Notes (6/8/12 14:12) -----Managing the design and development of websites and social media apps, all from the perspective of a practitioner and a grassroots organizer. I also provide strategic and hands-on support for online-to-offline campaigns. I am not a designer and a developer, but an everyday user who has experience with the tools available.
Building a new websiteRedesigning a websiteJust to LearnYou Build WebsitesHere on behalf of an org? Here for a site on for yourself?Other reasons?Lastly, how many of you are familiar with content management systems.How many are getting their first introduction today?Who can throw out a definition of what a CMS is?
FreeSet up in 10 minutesDesign and technical skills not necessaryGenerally attractive templates available for freeDisplays photo, video, textNo traditional comments by defaultCan’t run a campaign
FreeSet up in 10 minutesDesign and technical skills not necessaryGenerally attractive templates available for freeDisplays photo, video, textNo traditional comments by defaultCan’t run a campaign
If you are a bigger organization, with a broader reach and the ability to support it, you might want to consider an enterprise level CMS. Not worth the pain to deal with systems that aren’t built for your needsWill be trying to contort a CMS to meet your needs, that the CMS was not meant to fillHave personal support, don’t have to deal with forums, will have someone there to provide supportWill be able to do things that you could never do with WordPress, Drupal, or NationbuilderContextual Visitor TargetingAbility to change the content that is displayed to a visitor based on:IP Address and geographic locationIncoming URLBased on marketing data, can assign profiles to users and serve different content – women’s shoes on zappos, environmental news sitesE-business: easier out-of-the-box solutions for larger online storesMulti-channel publishing – optimized for mobile, tablet, desktop
Multiple websites – all run through the same site, content from one can easily be served to another site with appropriate design styles (CSS)User-level permissionsAllow an intern to write, but not publish contentAllow a field organizer to only access the blog for her stateOption to store assets on an S3 serverIn hight traffic scenarios, load is not being borne by your servers. Support multiple languagesCMS that is built to do thisIP detection, serve different default languageAbility to edit
Open Source Generally have a strong support forum and online communityCan often get a Extensions, plugins, add-ons, that can Caveat - Not necessarily tested, and often run into problems with version upgrades on your CMSCustom CMSWe have found that many of the out of the box type solutions need to be contorted too much to meet an advocacy campaign’s needs, and so will often recommend a custom-built CMS, however we have a strong base of existing code (open source) that we are building off of. Rarely recommend trying to build out a custom CMS on your ownProprietary CMSGenerally higher-endRecommend if you want to be able to have someone who you can call.