| CMS plays a very important role in determining | | | | simply incorporate the content in a web-ready |
| the way that an organizations web content is | | | | format. CMS enables the content owner to |
| managed. Below are some duties undertaken by a | | | | access and update parts or whole of their |
| CMS system in an organizational set-up. | | | | website. This is done directly through a staging |
| CMS fulfills the following roles: | | | | server or the website in question. |
| * CMS upholds standardization rules | | | | CMS removes the need for HTML knowledge. |
| * CMS provides user friendly interface that | | | | Most content managers work in a templated |
| removes the need for content owners to learn | | | | environment. So, if you were to add a link to a |
| cumplex web authoring languages such as HTML | | | | new press release, you would enter in the link |
| & PHP. | | | | title, URL, and description into different fields in |
| * CMS enables for quicker updating of Web pages | | | | the content manager form. The content manager |
| * CMS provides fast access to content owners | | | | would then build the link for you. For longer text |
| directly | | | | blocks, such as a full press release, many content |
| * It creates accountability by enabling content | | | | managers are smart enough to do things like add |
| managers to track logins and changes to various | | | | paragraph tags, make links clickable, and put in |
| pages within a website. | | | | other formatting. |
| CMS allows for faster updating of websites. | | | | CMS Brings Accountability |
| I'm a web administrator in my company and I'm | | | | Content management software can sometimes |
| responsible for developing and updating websites. | | | | be set up with user accounts, and access rights. |
| People call me up whenever they want updates | | | | This means, that some pages may only be |
| done to their websites, but if the updates has to | | | | editable by specific accounts. And changes that |
| do with the web content and not the technical | | | | are made to the Web site are tracked and often |
| stuff, then I'm required to forward the content to | | | | using change management tools, it is possible to |
| content owners; if the content owner deems the | | | | back out of a change that was made in error. |
| change necessary then they have to book it via | | | | CMS brings standardization |
| our workorder system. With a CMS system then | | | | As I said above, most content managers work |
| the content owner gets the ability to effect the | | | | on a template type system. This means that |
| changes thereby bypassing the workorder | | | | there are certain areas of Web pages that cannot |
| system. | | | | be changed by the content owner. |
| The CMS tool enables the requester to place his | | | | That is often necessary for the sake of |
| request directly through the CMS tool from | | | | standardization across the entire website. Making |
| where it's forwarded to the content owner for | | | | the whole website fully editable can cause some |
| approval. | | | | undesired results like in the case where a person |
| CMS brings Web Access to Content Owners | | | | in one part of the site makes changes that are |
| In many corporations, content development isn't | | | | not compatible with other users in other parts |
| the work of web developers. All that they do is | | | | resulting to a conflict of sorts. |