CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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Abstract
This is Content management software, using various features of Teamsite to manage dynamic content which is changing at regular and fast intervals. Then the web interface allows users to manage it from anywhere using just a web browser and predefined authentication. The servers can be used to create content, manage content and post or deploy content on the website.

Administrators or mangers etc are able to access the database according to their privilege after authentication using passwords.The fast changing content is also managed.

Introduction

The very first step of developing any system is to study the whole existing system this is called the initial study, analysis and feasibility of the project is being done. Analysis is the detailed study of the various operations performed by the system and their relationship within and outside the system. In context to this project the data to be created and deployed on the e-commerce website is done regulary and changes are carried out at short and regular intervals.Hence the need to maintain the regularity of creation and deployment of data is necessary to make work easier and comfortable.

The feasibility study is carried out to select the best process that meets the performance requirements. This entails identification, description and evaluation of the E-commerce process and the selection of the best process(tool) for the job. Now according to this project the analysis is to have the complete knowledge about how the software that is going to develop is going to function. From where is the data going to come and what will be the output vs.what is the required output. Once analysis is done or completed the analyst has the firm knowledge of what is to be done. The next step is to decide how the problem might be solved. Thus, in systems design, we move from the logical to the physical aspects of the life cycle.

So the conclusion of the initial study is that instead of going through various HTML pages to make updates and enteries , a tool should be made to make all these changes and updation of the data on the website.This will be able to serve its cleints and consumers more efficiently and in a satisfactory manner, also, this type of system will save lot of tremendous time, energy, tiring and repetitive work.

Existing System

As stated earlier in the introduction to the project, A website is a web page or a collection of interrelated web pages that convey some common theme or sell a particular business. These web pages are made with the help of scripting tools and languages. The web pages are often made very designer, colorful, and catchy in order to popularize business better. Good web design is a very important feature of a good website.At present scenario the usage of websites for business is growing organically with time and while it is useful it is very far from perfect.Much of the content is out-of-date or inaccurate, it s hard to find things, updating the site is complex, and the appearance is becoming outdated. The person responsible for the creation of content and updation faces loads of problems to make changes as he needs to through all the pages to verify the data and create updations. Due to manual updations of data the updates are piling and updates are delayed.A track of all the data created and posted on websites is dificult to maintain.This is process is maximum times tedious, time consuming and leads to redundancy of data.manual.The various information related to the contents of the website is entered in the form of HTML pages.The Authenticates person is unable to keep with the pace of the increasing demands and usage of the Websites. The office currently operates under a semi- manual system of filing and retrieving documentation. These documents prepared with the usage of basic web designing languages and text editors.

In the Traditional system, searching for some specific information is the time consuming exercise. A number of pages and docuuments are being maintained. Proper upkeep of the documents is very difficult, as only the concerned person know where the desired information is available. The system is highly resource intensive as well as prone to errors. Piles of documents are there as new additions to these existing piles are occurring as time passes.

There major areas in which the Traditional system affects the cost are:

Slow retrieval time.
The system is single person intensive.
The Traditional system produces a risk of missing files which causes improper and redundant updates.
There is a lack of confidentiality.
No back up to support disaster recovery.
Posting of content and maintaing dates and updations is dificult.
Slow retrievel of webpages on the websites.
Complex and no specific manner to manage content.

Proposed System

A content management system (CMS) is a computer application used to create, edit, manage, search and publish various kinds of digital media and electronic text.
CMS is frequently used for storing, controlling, versioning, and publishing industry-specific documentation such as news articles, operators' manuals, technical manuals, sales guides, and marketing brochures. The content managed may include computer files, image media, audio files, video files, electronic documents, and Web content. These concepts represent integrated and interdependent layers.

Content management system an attempt to take a step towards Integrated work . Content management system a multi-user, user friendly and GUI based application.
In this system every authorised person will need to have computer terminals, which are attached to the server. All the data and conent are kept on authenticated locationsAny query related to the posting of the data will be served from the centralized database server .This Login and Password should be kept confidential as this can provide access to each and every module of the website. Thus, system ensures the security from the unauthorized access other than the authorised people of the company.The system offers the functionality at client/server.

Salient Features of Proposed System:

User friendly.
Providing protection to data, through password.
Efficient retrieval of information.
Ensure accuracy of data, with in-built validations and checks.
Efficient linkage of information.
Informative reports.
Elimination of tedious works to a great extent.
Streamlined authoring process
Faster turnaround time for new pages and changes
Greater consistency
Improved site navigation
Increased site flexibility
Support for decentralized authoring
Increased security
Reduced duplication of information
Greater capacity for growth
Reduced site maintenance costs

THE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE


The System Development Life Cycle is an organized way to build an information system. The System Analysis and Design are keyed to the system life cycle .
The stages of the system development life cycle are:-

1. RECOGNITION OF THE NEED:-

One must know what the problem is before it can be solved. The basis of a system is recognition of need for improving an information system or procedure. This need leads to a prim nary survey or an initial investigation to determine whether an alternative system can solve the problem.

2. FEASIBILITY STUDY:-

Depending on the result of the initial investigation, the survey is expanded to more detailed feasibility study. A feasibility study is a test of the system proposal according to its workability impact on the organization, ability to meet user needs and effective use of recourses.
It focuses on three major questions:

What are the user s demonstrable needs and does a system meet them?

What recourses are available for concerned person? Is the problem worth solving?

What is the likely impact of the system organization?

The result of the feasibility study is a formal proposal. This is a report, a formal document detailing the nature and scope of the Proposed system.

3. ANALYSIS:-

Analysis is the detailed study of the various operations performed by the system and its relationships within and outside the system. The analyst collects unstructured data through different means of analysis. The interview is the commonly used tool in the system analysis. It requires special skills and sensitivity to the subject being interviewed. Training experience, common senses are required for the collection of information needed to do the analysis.

4. DESIGN:-

The term design describes a final system and the process by which it is developed. It includes the construction of the program and the program testing. The first aim is to determine how the output is to be determined and in what format. Second the input data master databases have to be designed to meet the requirements of the proposed output. The final report prior to implementation phase includes procedural flowcharts,record layouts and a workable plan for the implementation of the candidate system .

5. IMPLEMENTATION:-

It is primarily concerned with the user s training, site preparation and file conservation. During the final testing user acceptance followed by the user training is tested. Once the programs become available the test data is fed into the computer and processed against the database files of the candidate system.

6. SYSTEM TESTING:-

System testing checks the readiness and accuracy of the system to access, update and retrieved data from new files. Once the programs become available test data are read into the computer and processed against the file provided for testing. If the testing is successful, the program is then run with the actual data otherwise a diagnostic procedure is used to locate and correct errors in the program.



7.POST IMPLEMENTATION & MAINTENANCE:-

After the implementation phase is completed the user staff is adjusted to the changes created by the candidate system evaluation and maintenance begins. This is an aging process that requires periodical maintenance of hardware and software. The importance of maintenance is to continue to bring the new system to standards. User priorities changes in organization requirements or environmental factors also call for system enhancements.

Get the full report here:
http://mediafirefile/3et1u27u8f8y3af/Con...system.doc

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CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Content Management Systems (CMS) have evolved into more than just publishing content, but managing your workflow as well. CMS s nowadays allow you to easily conceive, edit, index, and publish content, while giving designers and developers more flexibility in customizing their look and functionality. Although there are many that require advanced skills to operate successfully, this article is going to cover a select few that offer a balance between design, code, and end-user usability.
Evaluating Content Management Systems
Evaluating content management systems can be an overwhelming task, not because it s rocket science, but simply because there are tons of them to choose from. However, with a structured approach to your evaluation, things can be much easier and less intimidating. Let s talk about the things you should look at when deciding what CMS to use; here are eight characteristics that a good CMS should have.

CHARACTERISTIC OF CMS

1. Intuitiveness: easy to understand and use
Your CMS should have a GUI (Graphical User Interface) that s easy on the eyes, doesn t have overly complicated options, and offers simplicity in its administration interface. A good interface means that tasks pertaining to creating and managing your content will be quicker, saving you a lot of time and increasing your productivity.
You should also look at it from an end user s perspective: if you re building a content management system for a client who s not "technology-savvy" and you choose a solution that requires a Ph. D. in computer science, it s less likely that they ll be able to use the system (thus, defeating the whole purpose of a CMS, which is to empower its users).

2. Flexibility and Ease of Customization
When taking into consideration a content management system, make sure that you re not obligated to use their design templates. A large quantity of CMS solutions allows you to customize your own design without major restrictions. If your CMS forces you to choose a fixed and unalterable design template, then you re stripped of creative license and your website will look like everyone else s.
CMS s that offer customizations on templates are Expression Engine, WordPress, and Joomla just to name a few; these content management systems boast and promote their ability to be easily modified.

3. Extensibility via Plugins and Modules
A good CMS will allow you incorporate helpful site features into your site by letting you extend the default configuration with plugins.
Plugins/extensions/modules (their terminology varies between different platforms) make a difference in terms of enhancing your site s ability to provide your site users with useful options for interfacing with your site.
Look for a CMS with a powerful Application Programming Interface (API) in case you need to write your own extensions. Make sure that the CMS you re considering already has a huge list of plugins. Though you might not need plugins right away, it s important that this is available to you, later down the road.

4. No Need for Programming Knowledge
If you re more "design-oriented" than anything else, make sure you select a CMS where you won t need to have extensive programming abilities to publish and maintain your site.
There is a wide selection of CMS s that have WYSIWYG editors, letting you edit content without the need for code. Having to edit text through HTML markup can be time consuming and takes you away from other aspects of your managing and building your site.
Complex sites, however, can require a CMS that will let you type in some code, edit files with extensions such as .php, .css, .html, and make changes without that need for a third-party source code editor.

5. Optimized for Performance and Speed
Taking into consideration the speed your pages load on the browser, and how fast your site can make a connection to a server, is vital. Choosing a CMS that is bulky will drive away visitors rather then bring them in. By visiting examples of live sites, you ll be able to gauge somewhat how fast pages load.
Keep in mind that you can increase the load time of your site by choosing a good host, and adding plugins that cache/compress/minify feeds, CSS, JS and also caches your database objects..
A simple and free tool that you can use to evaluate page response times of your CMS candidates is YSlow. Install it and head on over to demo sites of your CMS s to see how well it s front-end performs.

6. Security
Adequate security for your site is very important and must be in place in order to protect your content. There are CMS s that allow you to install specific plugins and edit files/permissions in order to increase security levels. Make sure you choose a management system that offers modules to protect the integrity of your site. You can also protect your site by selecting a CMS that allows you to easily assign a different username and password to each user. This will let you view and control what each user has access to.

7. Documentation and Community Support
Nothing s more frustrating than trying to figure out how to do something, and not have references online that you can take advantage of. One way to ensure that you won t be running into this problem is by reading through the documentation of your candidate CMS s. Also, a quick Google search will tell you how popular and well-documented a content management system is.
The availability (or lack thereof) of support from users of the system can be a deal maker or deal breaker. When users are active and proud of being part of the community, you not only have access to individuals that are more familiar with the system, but also, you can be assured that the project will be developed continually. Nothing s worse than investing your resources and effort on a dead (or soon to be dead) project.

8. Emphasis on Web Standards and Best Practices
Content Management Systems developed under web standards guidelines and best practices will ensure that you won t get burned later down the road. When applications are designed with best practices in mind, you can be assured ultimate cross-browser compatibility, lean-and-mean code, and ease of maintenance.
Look for content management systems that promote the use of web standards, and those that put it at the forefront of their development and design philosophy.

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Content Management System

What is CMS?

At the risk of stating the obvious, it could be said that a content management system is quite simply - a system that manages content.However, it is precisely the obviousness of what a CMS is and does, that has created a degree of confusion amongst 'would be' purchases of such a system. Wrapped up in a seemingly harmless statement is enough ambiguity to enable all kinds of products to masquerade as content management solutions.
To fully understand what it is a CMS does, we have to first define a) what it is we are referring to when we talk about content b) what it is we understand under its management and c) what do we mean by a system. At the risk of sounding 'obvious', only when you know what content it is you want to manage can you 'filter' (and I mean filter) through the myriad of options that are available - and not be 'bamboozled' by sales speak into taking the wrong product.

What is Content?

Content is in essence, any type or 'unit' of digital information. It can be text, images, graphics, video, sound, documents, records etc - or in other words - anything that is likely to be managed in an electronic format.

What is Content Management?

Content Management is effectively the management of the content described above, by combining rules, process and/or workflows in such a way that its electronic storage is deemed to be 'managed' rather than 'un-managed'

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Domain

Technology
Dotnet

Abstract:
CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Content management system is a system used to manage the content of a web site. Content management systems are deployed primarily for interactive use by a potentially large number of contributors. Content Management means web content Management.

The content managed in this application includes computer files, image media, audio files, electronic documents and web content. The theme behind a CMS is to make these files available inter-office, as well as over the web. A Content Management System would most often be used as an archive as well.

CMS would be used to store files in a non-proprietary form. This application can be used to share files with ease, as most systems use server-based software, even further broadening file availability. This application includes a feature for web content, and some have a feature for a workflow process.

This application facilities the organization, control, and publication of a large body of documents and other content, such as images and multimedia resources. A web content management system is a content management system with additional features to ease the task requires publishing web content to web sites.

[Rupali Gawali]

Abstract:

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Content management system is a system used to manage the content of a web site. Content management systems are deployed primarily for interactive use by a potentially large number of contributors. Content Management means web content Management.

The content managed in this application includes computer files, image media, audio files, electronic documents and web content. The theme behind a CMS is to make these files available inter-office, as well as over the web. A Content Management System would most often be used as an archive as well.

CMS would be used to store files in a non-proprietary form. This application can be used to share files with ease, as most systems use server-based software, even further broadening file availability. This application includes a feature for web content, and some have a feature for a workflow process.

This application facilities the organization, control, and publication of a large body of documents and other content, such as images and multimedia resources. A web content management system is a content management system with additional features to ease the task requires publishing web content to web sites.

Technology: DOT NET

[sankar1067]

Description : A Content Management System (CMS) is a combination of large database, File System, and other related software modules which are used to store and later retrieve huge amounts of data. At the company level, Content management systems (CMS) store and manage an organizations electronic document and Web content so that the employee of the company can reuse the information across different applications. The core application of the CMS is to manage content during its entire lifecycle i.e. from creation through publishing. A CMS allows non-technical authors and editors to easily and quickly publish their content which is otherwise done by technical programmers. By using these facilities, the company can save the time for training, while facilitating more people to publish.
Technologies : Jsp,Java and Servlet
Back End : mysql

[Anil J.]

Description : To develop a SIF compliant online, student information database for fifty schools that have an enrollment of approximately 15,000 students. Data includes: student information and demographics, teacher information and student assessment results.The system must be password protected and available online. Features should include: Comprehensive query tools Exportable, pre-formatted reports Presentation in both table and graph format Drill down capability to disaggregate data Capacity to page link individual teacher data to student data Longitudinal analytical capability
Technologies : Jsp,Java and Servlet
Back End : mysql

[ASWATHI]

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Am paru. i would i like to know more about content management system(CMS)(that is how it works,how it is used etc..).

CMS is a web based GUI that allows non-technical users to work on it.Adding new pages to a web page is an important feature of it but i dont know how this is done i would like to know more on this (if possible add a demo please).And i also want CMS software demo and its(cms) documentation please..
i hope you will help me.

[snehashree mohanty]

Content Management Systems

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Programmatic Content Management

Start Time
Expiration Time
Display Context (e.g.,ADA compliance)
Device format requirements
Link Checking
Scheduled Site Maintenance

1. Input Once Output Many Formats

. Pass Responsibility for Content
Creation to the Experts

. Create Self-maintaining Sites

[Ramya2212]

hi
you can refer these pages to get the full report on content management system

http://seminarsprojects.net/Thread-web-c...em-web-cms

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