SYSTEMS
Information Architecture
in Action
Presented by Melissa Brown
Overview
 Defining
Content Management Systems (CMS)
 Two Types of CMS
 Examples of CMS (within the two types)
 Current Topics in CMS
CMS Defined
 Broad
definition
 Enterprise CMS (workflow)
 Personal and Workgroup CMS (sharing)
 Structure: core is distinctive characteristic
 Manages Metadata and controlled vocabularies
Features of Enterprise CMS
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Smooth integration into established practices
Users don’t need to write code
Designed around company’s workflow
Organizes content previously not well-organized
Makes content immediately available
Website
(http://www.website.com/info)
Examples of Enterprise CMS
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Interwoven and Stellent designed for a Productcentered company
Vignette designed for a large scale media
companies
Alfresco
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subscription-based CMS but open source
Web content and managing an organization's inhouse documents and records. (HSW)
Web portal framework
Video Introduction (“Find your way around” 2 minutes)
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http://docs.alfresco.com/cloud/index.jsp?topic=%2Fc
om.alfresco.cloud.doc%2Ftopics%2Fcloud-tutorial.html
Example: Drupal
 What
it offers
 Why it is popular
 Who is using it
 Drupal and Microsoft
Personal and Workgroup CMS
Personal (Website Platform CMS)
 WordPress
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Themes
Custom Plugins
 Tumblr
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(Most Popular)
(Most social)
Sharing and Networking
Pornography
Tumblr Example
Discussion on CMS
 Is
SharePoint an Enterprise CMS?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s12Jb5Z2xaE
 If
it is free, will you get what you need?
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http://spyrestudios.com/free-content-managementsystems/
For additional CMS info, checkout these out
 Available
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“List of content management systems”
“Detailed list of CMS”
 Reviews
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Lists
and forums on CMS
CMS Critic
CMS Professionals
References
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“Putting Information Architecture into Action” How Stuff Works.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/information-architecture6.htm
“About Drupal” https://drupal.org/about
“Principles” https://drupal.org/principles
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing LargeScale Web Sites by Peter Morville and Louis Rosenfeld
Comparing SharePoint to Drupal and Other Content Management
Systems by Jason Schaffer
An overview of types of CMS by Lahel Wolfe