Web content management systems (CMS) enable you manage large, dynamic sites and to streamline the publishing process. By separating the content - your text, images, media files, etc. - from its presentation - the programming language constructs and formats - a CMS allows the non-technical user to easily and efficiently create, edit, and publish content. With a CMS the process to manage any size website becomes more efficient, cost-effective and flexible. To make your site a true destination for communities of users to get and contribute information, and to transact business, a CMS is essential.
The key features of content management systems are:
Templates allow you to create a standard visual look and feel that can be automatically applied to new and existing content. Easy to edit content using WYSIWYG editing tools. When your content is separate from the visual presentation of your site, it is easier and quicker to edit and manipulate, allowing non-technical individuals to create and edit content. Scalable features, extensions, plug-ins or modules that can be easily installed to extend an existing site's functionality. Upgrades are regularly available for active CMS solutions. These include new feature sets and keep the system up to current web standards. Workflow management is critical to control the process of creating cycles of sequential and parallel tasks that must be accomplished in the CMS. For example, a content creator submits an article however it is not published on the site until the editor scrubs it and the senior editor approves it for publication to the site. Document management involves managing the life cycle of a document from initial creation, through revisions, publication, archive, and document destruction.
Content management is the trend for efficiently presenting content over the web. However CMS's can be complicated, and web portals can be expensive. Joomla is different from the normal models for portal software. First, it is not complicated. It has been developed for the masses. It is licensed under the GNU/GPL (free software, general public use) license, easy to install and administer and reliable. Joomla does not require the user or administrator of the system to know HTML to operate it once it's up and running. Joomla allows our customers to be actively involved in managing their on line content and leverages the talents of a vast open source development community.
We have embraced the Joomla open source content managment system. Many of our customers want to get more involved in providing and uploading content to their web portals without having to deal with the technical aspects of their sites or taking on the communication challenges and expense of out sourcing. Your business expertise combined with Joomla's easy to use web based content management capabilities enables us to collaborate efficiently with a level of hands on involvement that meets your needs. This can significantly reduce your overhead on the entire project and thus provide a substantial return on your investment. Among the 1600 extensions there is likely a module that can meet your needs, however if not we can build off of the Joomla framework, leverage existing code and save you time and money. Our goal is to help you get the best portal services to meet your needs, with the best return on your investment and empower you to take a hands on approach to populate and grow your portal.
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