This document provides an overview of content management systems (CMS). It defines a CMS as a computer program that allows centralized publishing, editing, and modification of content. It discusses CMS classifications, components, benefits, limitations, examples of open source CMS like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal, and concludes that enterprises choose CMS solutions based on requirements and trends.

1. Sinhgad Technical Education Society’s
SINHGAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Pune-41
Department of Information Technology

3.  The Publisher was supposed to know HTML
and FTP
 There was no central user interface to edit and
publish content.
 In built search functionality was not available.
 No templating system.

4.  A Content Management System (CMS) is a
computer program that allows publishing,
editing and modifying content as well as its
maintenance from a central interface.

5.  Content creation
 Content management
 Publishing
 Presentation

6.  Functional Classification
 Classification by License Model
 Classification by Technical Aspects

7.  Enterprise CMS
 Editorial systems
 Groupware-Solutions
 Agency Solutions and Tools with CMS-
capabilities

8.  Open Source CMS
 Commercial CMS
 Differentiating Factors:
 Costs
 Support
 Security and Performance

9.  Flat file-CMS
 Database-managed system

10.  WYSIWYG editing
 Workflow, automation of tasks
 Version Control and Versioning
 Multichannel Delivery (Desktop, Smartphone
etc.)
 Personalization

11.  Faster page development
 Easier changes on "common parts" of the
pages
 Time to market
 Cost reduction
 Automation

12.  For each client request a new web page is
generated by the server, thus performance
decreases as multiple page requests occur.
 Need for sufficient caching mechanism.

13.  Wordpress
 Joomla
 Drupal

14.  CMS can be a good solution to a project if the
required core functionalities are already built
into it.
 Enterprises choose CMS based solutions
based on their functional requirements,
customer support offered and analysis of data
gathered from current trends.

15.  “Introduction to Content Management Systems” white paper by
Hannon Hill
 Prof.Yogesh Vedpathak, “Research Paper on Content
Management System”, NCI 2 TM: 2014, Sinhgad Institute of
Management and Computer Application (SIMCA)
 Bob Boiko, “Understanding Content Management A CM Domain
White Paper”, Copyright 2002 Metatorial Services Inc. &
HungryMinds Inc.