Web Content Management System Thinktank: Useful Links
General WCMS Articles
- Content Management Systems: Who needs them?
- Paul Browning and Mike Lowndes
- Ariadne, Issue 30, December 2001 [ISSN: 1361-3200]
- - Discusses Library Managment System (LMS) and then defines CMS's and their functions and features are.
- - Note: FE = 'Further Education'; HE = 'Higher Education'
- - ~14 pages
- CMS Feature List
- Paul Browning
- - A table of features and descriptions. Useful for assessing products/solutions.
- - ~4 pages
- Content Management Systems: Getting from Concept to Reality
- Chris Kartchner
- The Journal of Electronic Publishing June, 1998 Volume 3, Issue 4
- - Discusses 4 main topics: 1) When to Consider a CMS; 2) Components of a CMS; 3) Return on Investment; 4) Barriers.
- - ~7 pages
- Content Management
- Microsoft techNet; Jim Reynolds & Arminder Kaur et al.
- - Ignore the Microsoft marketing and e-commerce bias, focus on the bulleted list of issues, functions, and features
- - about 4 pages requiring reading
- Personalization and Content Management
- Metatorial Services
- - clearly lists 9 basic ways personalization is done, how the data is collected, and outlines the personalization process
- - less than 2 pages
- Content Management Systems (see PDF)
- Paul Browning and Mike Lowndes
- - JISC (Joint Information Systems Commitee), Technology and Standards Watch Reports
- - Essentially the same article as their article 'Content Management Systems: Who needs them?' (above) without the initial LMS discussion.
- - ~ 25 pages
- Library orientated portals solutions see PDF
- Andrew Cox and Robin Yeates
- - JISC (Joint Information Systems Commitee), Technology and Standards Watch
- - Discusses what a library portal is, its functions, products, and developments and assessment.
- - A key article.
- - ~ 52 pages
- Web Application Servers and CMS diagram
- - original reference lost
- - A useful visual aid to see the relationship between a Web Application Servers and a CMS
- 'CMS Feature Onion' diagram
- - original reference lost
- - A useful visual aid showing the layers of the major elements that a CMS might embrace
(content integration and versioning, workflow, data repository, user management, user interface,
applications, deployment).
- Content Management Concepts
- Metatorial Services
- - Especially useful to read 'Essential Parts of a Content Management System'.
- ~9 pages
- You need a Content Management System
- Martin Burns
- - a from-the-trenches story with some good suggestions. The comments and links embedded there are worth reviewing.
- ~3 pages with 4 pages of comments
- The Difference Between Document and Content Management
- Metatorial Services
- less than 2 pages
- CM Domain Concept of the Week Archive
- Metatorial Services
- Read articles that pop out at you
(you may have to use Internet Explorer to see all of the concepts)
- Content Change Management: Problems for Web Systems
- Susan Dart, Dart Technology Strategies
- skim this quickly attending to the diagrams, tables and bullet lists
- Navigating the Content Management Jungle: A Survival Guide
- Barry Schaeffer
- What is CMS and why do you want it.
- ~6 pages
- A Powerpoint presentation about a Library CMS(Intranet) project that used ZOPE
- 22 slides
- The Concept of the Portal
- Paul Miller
- Ariadne, Issue 30, December 2001 [ISSN: 1361-3200]
- - A quick overview of what a portal is and common features of a portal. Be sure to see some of the sites/projects
in the 'references' section.
- - ~ 6 pages
- Java Portals (see PDF)
- Matthew J Dovey
- - JISC (Joint Information Systems Commitee), Technology and Standards Watch
- Discuss functions and architecture of a portal.
- - Specifically discuss JAVA as the language, however the article is useful and intersting even if JAVA is not
the language you will use.
- - See the references for the range of Java solutions/products (open Source and commercial).
- - 19 pages
- Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; Silver Spring, Oct/Nov 2001; Vol.28, Iss.1
- Available thru ProQuest..Use IRIS
- 3 articles on Content Management
Open Source vs. Commercial solutions. AKA 'Buy or build'
- Why Getting Laid Off Is Better Than Building a Proprietary CMS
- Barry Bealer
- ~3 pages
- Content management systems: short-lived satisfaction
- David Walker
- Evidence suggests CMS's, in many cases don't deliver what you need
- <2 pages
- About Salon.coms choice to use OpenSource components
- but built their own
- using various pieces of Java, PERL and other things
- A PDF of Powerpoint slides discussing OpenSource CMS for the ST. Louis Web Developers Organization
- 15 pages
- Outsourcing, Component Development, and Competitive Advantage Trade-offs
- Trends Favoring Outsourcing
Selection Requirements/Process
- The 10 Critical Elements in Choosing a Content Management Platform (PDF)
- Whitepaper by Merant (creators of commercial product: PVCS Professional)
- - Counsels against developing your own CMS, however, the features discussed are useful in selecting/reviewing pruducts/solutions.
- - core document
- - ~ 24 pages
- SDSU Rubric for Rating Commecial Portal Vendors [PDF]
- Charting a Smooth Course for Portal Development [PDF], James P. Frazee, San Diego State
University (SDSU)
- CMS Buy or Build diagram
- - original reference lost
- - A very large digram showing the qustions and issues for deciding to 'buy or build'.
- Complete Buyer's Guide Web Content Management Software
- In advance of reading the following articles skim this table (very incomplete) and note some of the features, platforms, and costs
- Ten Things to Know About Selecting a Content Management System
- by Ed Ort (October 17, 2000)
- ~5 pages
- Content Management System Evaluation
- Un-credited author at Australian Telescope national Facility
- - Part of a set of documents discussing some needs, pruduct reviews and recommendations (build own CMS slowly)
- ~6 pages
- How to evaluate a content management system
- ~10 pages
- Content Management Systems - The Selection Process
- Metatorial Services
- ~6 pages
- Untangling Web Content Management - Intranet, Extranet and otherwise
- Nancy McCluskey-Moore of NCompass Labs, Inc.
- Determining requirements and other issues
- ~12 pages printed (narrow column)
- COLUMN TWO: Content Managment Archives (Blog) (James Robertson)
- About 40-50 entries a month not only expounding opinions, but linking to other valuable resources.
OpenSource WCMS Articles
- Harmonizing Search & CMS
by Carl Sutter,
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Making Improvements in Tough Times by Ray Luoma, AKA OpinionWatch: So You Can’t Afford a CMS
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OpenSource WCMS Information Sites
- Open Source Content Management
- international, not-for-profit organization with good information and an annual conference.
OpenSource Product Listings
- cmsInfo.org
- See especially: List of (mostly) OpenSource CMS's
- Content Management Design, first draft (David V Rodriguez)
- walks through
how to write a custom content management system. Code samples (in PHP) and SQL statements are also
included.
- Workflow Management Coalition Publishes XML Process Definition Language (XPDL) Version 1.0.
