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In this paper, I will be discussing the following: What is a Content Management system, Categories of Content Management Systems, Web Content Management Systems, Benefits of Content Management Systems, and a Web CMS Application, Drupal.I will also talk about the benefits and key features of both CMS and Web CMS 
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CMS, Web CMS, Drupal 
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In the beginning, websites were simple. We used HTML web programming language for editing the contentsof a web page. That was easy for us as website programmers. However, we found that some people whodoesn't now such languages existed, also have useful information which they would like to share as well. Sothe Content Management System (CMS) was born.
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A Content Management Systems are computer software systems for facilitating, organizing and displayingcollaborative creation of the content. So we can say that a CMS is simply, a system that manages content."A CMS is a tool that enables a variety of (centralised) technical and (de-centralised) non technical staff tocreate, edit, manage and finally publish (in a number of formats) a variety of content (such as text, graphics,video, documents etc), whilst being constrained by a centralised set of rules, process and workflows thatensure coherent, validated electronic content".[1]One principle of many content management systems is, to separate the content from the layout.Which:1. Makes it easier to present the same content in different layouts.2. Enables website designers to concentrate on the presentation, while others attend the content.
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There are three main categories of CMS
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Component CMS
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2009 Information Technology Department, CCIS, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 
3.1Web Content Management Systems
Many years ago, web-site builders like Front Page, Adobe Dreamweaver, Coffee Cup and other HTML editorsdidn't exist. Therefore, creation of complex websites involved learning about a text editor to construct pages ina language called HTML or, hiring a web programmer who is centralized in programming HTML web pages -but not only that - after the creation, you will still need someone technical to modify on it, as it involvedreading the whole HTML code to determine where to add or remove the content.Web Content Management systems were developed to solve this issue. It exists to allow non technical staff tocreate or amend web pages without the need to involve the technical staff.Web CMS is a computer software system which can be used by anyone, with or without IT background tocreate, manage, edit and publish the content of a website. The user can do this without the help of the webmaster.
3.1.1Elements of Web Content Management Systems
There are two elements of CMS front-end and back-end
3.1.1.1Front-end
"Front-end represents the appearance of the web-page as the user browses it on the web, like images, forms,content and other". [2]
3.1.1.2Back-end
"The back-end is the interface with the system's database that holds the contents and the templates of thewebsite. It is protected with a password so that it cannot be accessed by unauthorized people". (See Figure1) [2]
Figure 1. Principle elements of WCMS
3.1.2Types of Web Content Management Systems
There are three types of WCMS:
 
3.1.2.1Offline Processing
These systems pre-process all content, applying templates before publication to generate Web pages. Sincepre-processing systems do not require a server to apply the templates at request time, they may also existpurely as design-time tools.
3.1.2.2Online processing
These systems apply templates on-demand. HTML may be generated when a user visits the page, or pulledfrom a cache. Most Web application frameworks perform template processing in this way, but they do notnecessarily incorporate content management features.
3.1.2.3Hybrid Processing
Hybrid Processing is a combination of the offline and online approaches. However, some systems write outexecutable code rather than just static HTML, so that the CMS itself does not need to be deployed on everyWeb server. Other hybrids are capable of operating in either an online or offline mode. [3]
3.1.3Capabilities of Web Content Management Systems
A WCMS provides the following key features:
3.1.3.1Automated templates
Create standard output templates (usually HTML) that can be automatically applied to new and existingcontent, allowing the appearance of all of that content to be changed from one central place.
3.1.3.2Easily editable content
Once content is separated from the visual presentation of a site, it usually becomes much easier and quickerto edit and manipulate. Most WCMS software includesWYSIWYGediting tools allowing non-technicalindividuals to create and edit content.
3.1.3.3Scalable feature sets
Most advanced WCMS software can be easily extended by the technical developers to extend the site'sfunctionality.
3.1.3.4Web standards upgrades
Active WCMS software usually receives regular updates that include new feature sets and keep the systemup to current web standards.
3.1.3.5Document management
CMS software may provide a means of managing the life cycle of a document from initial creation time,through revisions, publication, archive, and document destruction.
3.1.3.6Content virtualization
CMS software may provide a means of allowing each user to work within a virtual copy of the entire Web site,document set, and/or code base. This enables changes to multiple interdependent resources to be viewedand/or executed in-context prior to submission. [4]
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Ayoob.Ali

Good job; nice document :)

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