Content Management Systems

SBTUG 25 February 2009

Craig Baileywww.craigbailey.net

Aims

Ask the question:Which CMS is best for me?

Understand the main conceptsSee a range of CMS optionsGain an understanding of what to look for in your business...

Agenda

Overview of termsUnderstanding requirementsCommon tools/vendors/products

User scenarios/Support models5 mini-sessionsPanel of experts

Terms

Content Content Management Systems

(CMS) Web Content Management (WCM) Document Management Records Management Digital Asset Management Systems

(DAMS) Enterprise Content Management

(ECM)

Terms: Content

Text Images, Video, Audio Tasks Forum, blog, wiki posts Forms Documents Records Polls, Surveys, Competitions, Ads, ...

Requirements

Structured Data Centralised publishing Auditing / Version control Workflow & Business Process

Management Taxonomy & Search Collaboration Plus a million others...

Scenarios

Simple sites Web Intranet Extranet Portals Complex sites LOB & Integration

Support models

Open source Reseller Local support Consultative

Pricing

Freemium (there’s less of them now...)

Hosted On site development Product Services Finance packaging

Vendors & Products

Vendors (there’s a few...) Open source vs Closed Source Entry / Mid / Enterprise level

Following image credits: James Robertson – Step Two – slideshare

Entry level

Mid level

Enterprise

Gartner MarketScope

Tonight

Predominantly Web Content Management

Mainly open-source Cover a range of scenarios

Examples

WikiWordPressDotNetNuke

Examples

WordPress

Open source Self hosted & WordPress hosted Large community > 4000 plugins/themes/widgets Entry level Primitive content management tools

WordPress

For Inexpensive 1-click install on many hosting

companies Simple to customise Thousands of pluginsAgainst Rudimentry content management Basic functionality Fiddly to program/style

WordPress

Recommended for: Small companies Simple needs Easy customisation Easy-peasy blog setup

DotNetNuke

Open source .NET based More than half a million installations Now offering a Professional version Monetized 3rd party add-ons strategy Biggest UI feature: move modules

around

DNN Demo

Create a DNN demo portal http://demo.dotnetnuke.com/tabid/3

6/ctl/Signup/Default.aspx

DotNetNuke

For Solid, mature .NET option Huge install base + thousands of

add-ons Constantly improving Professional support modelAgainst Styling can be tricky Admin can be frustrating Data migration can be difficult

DotNetNuke

Recommended for Companies, who want .NET based Highly supported Customisable

Requirements

User needs (really!) Technology stack Open source vs closed source Integration Support Finance

Resources

ECM, WCM (Wikipedia) CMS Wire CMS Watch CMS Matrix CMS Critic Open Source CMS

Questions?

Craig Bailey www.craigbailey.net

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