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Posted by Tim Streater on 11/30/07 14:30
In article <1196424926.55726.0@iris.uk.clara.net>,
The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
> WTF is it?
>
> like most of these wonder tools, you find the site, and it tells you
> lots of stuff that you don't need, but the main questions:-
>
> what is it?
> where does it fit on my server? (debian/apache2/php5/mysql) etc.
> why should I want to use it?
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> go unanswered...;-)
>
> Its Friday. Free for all discussion. Any input on what its good for,
> where its broken, how to integrate it with an existing website etc welcome.
>
> I know so little, I don't even know what questions to ask ;-)
A Content Management System (CMS) allows you to create a website with a
certain style/look to it, without you needing to know anything about
html (or PHP).
Typically, you use the CMS via a browser, in fact. Suppose you are a
franchising outfit. You might want your franchisees to all have websites
that look very similar; so you provide a CMS to them all. So,
frinstance, the CMS might have a popup where you enter your location. It
will then build a frame of the home page for the target website
incorporating some text like "The WIdget Co Outlet in <location>" with
some graphics. You might then have another popup where you can create
sections for your website, with some content in each that you specify.
As you create each, you can from time to time click on (say) "create
website" and go look at what you've built so far. And so on.
Ebay has a built-in mini-CMS for when you are selling stuff. You input
all the crap like photos of the object and text about it, and it then
lets you preview how your item-for-sale will look when you actually
click "Sell".
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