CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM &

What is Content Management System

In simple words, content management system is a system that manages content. What is Content?
Content is any type or unit of digital information. It can be text, images, graphics, video, sound, documents, records, etc or anything that we would like to manage in an electronic format.

 What is Content Management ? Content Management is the management of the content. What is the CM System ? A CMS is a tool that enables us to create, edit, delete and finally publish in a varying format a variety of content (such as text, graphics, video, documents, etc) while being governed by a set of rules, processes and workflows that ensure validated electronic content and coherency of the data.

CMS
Every CMS has its own unique way of organizing and managing content. It helps you to create/edit/delete content in a shared repository (database). It contains much improved CSS(Cascading Style Sheets). CMS enables content to be shared across the Web sites.

CMS
CMS allows to assign different roles and responsibilities to different content categories or types. It facilitates the easy tracking and and managing of multiple versions of a single instance of content. It helps in publishing the content to a repository to support access to the content (Search and retrieval).

Benefits of CMS
Consistent website design Availability of site modules and templates. An open source community (for support). Content and structure can easily be adapted. Content is well organized and searchable. You can assign different webmasters to administer the content.

Disadvantages of CMS
A CMS can prove to be extremely heavy especially for small and simple websites. The webmaster may also need to have expert capabilities to be able to configure or add to existing infrastructure. You have to properly train the owner of the site, especially if he or she has no coding experience at all.

CMS websites are very easy to hack.

Static sites use less server resources than CMSs do.

Various CMS Products

PhpNuke (www.phpnuke.org) Plone (www.plone.org) Drupal (www.drupal.org) Mambo (www.source.mambo-foundation.org) Moodle(www.moodle.org) Wordpress(www.wordpress.org) Joomla (www.joomla.org)

JOOMLA
The name Joomla is derived from the Swahili word "Jumla", which means "all together" or "as a whole". Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable. It is a modular CMS. 2.7 percent of the Web is running on Joomla.

JOOMLA
It enables you to build websites and powerful online applications. It is an open source solution. With the minimal amount of instructions, you can empower your users to easily manage their own sites. It is highly extensible and thousands of extensions(Most for free) are available. Including the specific extensions applicable for library applications. It is an all inclusive application. Joomla runs on PHP/MySql.

JOOMLA
Joomla is written in PHP, uses object-oriented programming structure (OOPS) techniques and software design pattern, stores data in a MySql database, and includes features such as page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, search, and support for language internationalization. It is based on a model-view-controller (MVC) web application framework that can be used independently.

 The genesis of Joomla goes back to August 2005 when the project broke off from another web design project Mambo. The whole concern of the development team was to put this content management software into the open source domain. Internet users at the OpenSourceMatters website (www.opensourcematters.org) spoke in support for the new project and in early September of 2005, Joomla! was born. The comes from the Arabic for "all together", which is an important idea for this web design project.

History of Joomla

Joomla is now the internet's most popular Content Management System.

Why to Use Joomla! ?

Simplicity
Intuitive Graphical Web User Interface (WebUI)

Open Source Code

You can modify anything you like

Flexibility
Highly configurable and tailorable

Published API
Windows in the code allowing 3rd Party extension

Robust
Extremely stable core infrastructure

Dynamic Content
MySQL database driven

Extensible
3rd Party Extension and Plug-In capabilities

Pro-Active Support
Joomla! Teams and Community members.

Why Joomla Is Better Than Other CMS

Joomla
It is designed to work perfectly in basic shared web hosting environments, a package that is least expensive and most common. Installer is simple and just like any other common desktop software. It is supported by several extensions, add-on, and plug in. They are written in PHP, which is most widely used, general purpose scripting language and best suited for web development. Joomla supports SSL logins and SSL pages. Joomla probably has a pre built module to transform it in a social bookmarking website. Joomla's greatest advantage is availability of a large number of extensions that you can use to Plug-in extra features into your website and transform your website into anything you like.

Other CMS
The installation process is a bit complicated.

Add-ons, Plug-ins, although deeply integrated, but are less powerful compared to Joomla.

It is not known to support it.

Very Limited extensibility.

Joomla Vs Drupal
JOOMLA
Joomla supports SSL logins and SSL pages. Joomla's biggest strength is that it has a wide selection of free and commercial designs. TinyMCE (in built editor) comes with Joomla. The default WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get !) editor allows video and there are plenty of podcast and video extensions. DocMan and Rokdownloads are both reliable document managers. Joomla has a very good graphical interface. Joomla is best for Content Management System

DRUPAL
Drupal not known to support it. Very few commercial developers and offthe-shelf choices are very poor. Most designs are custom-made. Probably the most common complaint about Drupal - it has no default editor. Not by default but several multimedia modules for video and podcasting are available. Would need to be constructed from other modules. Definitely a weakness. Terms are confusing Drupal is best for Blogging.

JOOMLA VS WORDPRESS
JOOMLA
Joomla CMS is an excellent content management system allowing easy management and maintenance of your website, with little or no programming knowledge needed. Adding or removing post dates, need not to be changed in design mode because menus are controlled via the control panel and attributes like dates, author name etc, can be turned on and off per article or for the whole site in one go. Joomla will handle membership functionality. If we want members to access your videos on a subscription basis and have members in various levels of permission (depending on their subscription level), Joomla is your best bet.

WORDPRESS
The WordPress content management system is an ideal platform for bloggers as it is easy to install and use. Adding or removing post dates, need to be changed in design mode and it requires knowledge of WP scripting.

You can add membership functionality in WordPress.

Joomla Features
User Management: Joomla has a registration system that allows users to configure personal options. There are nine different user groups with various types of permissions on which users are allowed to access, edit, publish and administrate. Authentication is an important part of user management and Joomla support multiple protocols, including LDAP, OpenID, and even Gmail. Search: Help navigate users to most popular search items and provide the admin with search statistics. Language Manager: There is international support for many world languages and UTF-8 encoding. If you need your Web site in one language and the administrator panel in another, multiple languages are possible. Content Management: Joomla's simplified three-tiered system of articles makes organizing your content easier. You can organize your content any way you want and not necessarily how it will be on your Web site. Your users can rate articles, e-mail them to a friend, or automatically save a PDF (with UTF-8 support for all languages). Administrators can archive content for safekeeping, hiding it from site visitors.

Joomla Features
Media Manager : The Media Manager is the tool for easily managing media files or folders and you can configure the MIME type settings to handle any type of file. The Media Manager is integrated into the Article Editor tool so you can incorporate images and other files at any time. Polls : In order to seek the feedback from the users, you can conduct polls with multiple options. Web Link Management : Providing link resources for site users is simple and you can sort them into categories, even count every click. Banner Management : It's easy to set up banners on your Web site using the Banner Manager. Syndication and Newsfeed Management : With Joomla, it's easy to syndicate your site content, allowing your users to subscribe to new content in their favorite RSS reader. It's equally easy to integrate RSS feeds from other sources and aggregate them all on your site.

Joomla Features
Integrated Help System: Joomla has a built-in help section to assist users with finding what they need. A glossary explains the terms in plain English, a version checker makes sure you're using the latest version, a system information tool helps you troubleshoot, and, if all else fails, links to a wealth of online resources for additional help and support. System Features : FTP Layer allows file operations (like installing Extensions) without having to make all the folders and files writable, making your site administrator's life easier and increasing the security of your site. Administators quickly and efficiently communicate with users one-on-one through private messaging or all site users via the mass mailing system. Web Services : With Web services, you can use Remote Procedure Calls (via HTTP and XML). You can also integrate XML-RPC services with the Blogger and Joomla APIs. Powerful Extensibility : These are just some of the basic Joomla features and the real power is in the way you customize Joomla. Visit the Joomla Extensions Directory to see thousands of ways to enhance Joomla to suit your needs.

Joomla Features
Template Management: Templates in Joomla are a powerful way to make your site look exactly the way you want and either use a single template for the entire site or a separate template for each site section.

Joomla in Real World

Official Joomla Websites Main Site:
www.joomla.org

Joomla Forums Support Forums:

www.forum.joomla.org Joomla Community By Numbers:
15,00,000 + Support forum posts 3,00,000 + Support forum topics 5,00,000 + Forum members 8,400+ Third Party Extensions

Extensions Directory:
www.extensions.joomla.org

Joomla Prerequisites
X-Operating System(Linux or Windows or Mac OS or Solaris ) Apache - Web Server Mysql - Database PHP - Programming Language

Administrator Login Page

Type localhost/joomla directory name/administrator on your browser and you will see your administrator/backend page. Enter your username and password to login.

Administrators Home Page or Backend of Joomla

This is the default frontend of Joomla Version 1.7

Some Websites Developed In Joomla

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E-books collection page of South Carolina Sate Library

URL Address :www.cmclibrary.org

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