Category: Content Management System (CMS)

Adobe CQ5 WCM

What it is: A web content management system geared toward large corporations. CQ5 creates, optimizes and analyzes site content and user experiences. Type: Fee-based licensed software Cost: $120,000 Additional Cost Info: Depends on deployment size, but starts at $50,000. Features: Being an enterprise CMS, Adobe CQ5 helps large companies manage massive amounts of information, workflow, …

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Cache

A cache is a reserved storage location that collects temporary data to help websites, browsers, and apps load faster. Whether it’s a computer, laptop or phone, web browser or app, you’ll find some variety of cache. A cache makes it easy to quickly retrieve data, which in turn helps devices run faster.   Takeaways How …

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Content Management System (CMS)

A database application that makes it easier to build and manage websites as well as create dynamic user experiences. Some of the top CMS’s are: Drupal, WordPress, Adobe CQ5 WCM, SiteCore, SharePoint, Joomla!, Expression Engine, Kentico, Interwoven, and Vignette. Some are free and open-source, whereas others can cost up to tens of thousands of dollars …

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Content Migration

Frequently content needs to be migrated from one site to another or from an old site to a new site. A migration can be done using tools such as Drupal’s Migrate module or it can be done manually. Content migration often takes longer than expected since there are many variables that need to be defined …

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Development Phase

Action items for this phase include setting up the web server, installing the CMS, coding the design ‘theme’, mobile development, developing all features, content integration, SEO infrastructure set up, internal testing and quality assurance. The milestone for this phase is releasing the Alpha site for the client to review.

Drupal

Drupal is a free, open-source content management system (CMS) with a large, supportive community. It’s used by millions of people and organizations around the globe to build and maintain their websites. You probably use Drupal every day without knowing it, as many top businesses and government organizations use Drupal, like the Government of Australia, Red …

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Dynamic Content

This refers to content which is stored and published from a database. Content is pulled from the database based on content types and fields and displayed on a page as opposed to the content being added via a WYSIWYG web page editor. Some of the advantages of dynamic content include: more flexible display on mobile …

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E-commerce

Is the ability to purchase products or services online. Many different aspects are involved with developing an e-commerce website. Shopping carts and collecting payment information, keeping payment information secure, and some may also include integration with product stock amounts, list of available service times, shipping cost integrated based on address and more. There is a …

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Headless CMS

A headless CMS is a content management system that handles only the content of website or web application. The advantage is to manage the content separately from the display of the content, providing an effective method for delivering structured data to different channels e.g. mobile, desktop etc.

Image Style

This refers to how images are handled using the Drupal CMS. For example, an image may be displayed at different sizes on a website such as a thumbnail and then a larger, full sized version. Image styles help makes it easy to manage this as well as how images are attached to content.