Web Content Management Systems

Web content management systems (CMSs) are designed to assist in managing online content. There are big variations in functionality between individual CMSs, and different CMSs can be used in different ways both to improve a site's information architecture and to improve the website manager's ability to effectively manage their web presence.

This website contains information about what a CMS can offer you and your website and determining what you need from a CMS.

It also describes and evaluates 3 different content management systems.
These are:

My Source Matrix,
Joomla!, and
Oracle Portal.

For those interested in reading further, a number of resources are also included. These will provide you with links to external resources covering CMS software-specific resources and selecting and evaluating CMSs.

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