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Posted by The Natural Philosopher on 12/05/07 01:42
Sanders Kaufman wrote:
> "Kim Andr� Aker�" <kimandre@NOSPAMbetadome.com> wrote in message
> news:5rajmbF13bm8qU1@mid.individual.net...
>
>> The words "content management system" really should've said it all.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system
>>
>> But if you want it explained differently, sure:
>> It's a blogging tool (if you even know what a blog is, since you're
>> actually asking the question "what is a content management system"),
>> it's a file manager (upload/organize/delete image files, audio files,
>> documents, presentations, spreadsheets, style sheets, etc), it's a
>> layout manager (for changing the design/layout of your website), it can
>> be a forum (by installing the right modules/plugins), it allows people
>> to search your site, you can set up polls, you can present your content
>> as RSS feeds (so other can keep up to date with news from your site)
>> and you can assign different permissions (like where to post, what they
>> can access/upload/delete) to different people (users).
>>
>> Additionally, Joomla is open-source, which means that the PHP source
>> code is available to anyone, and anyone (with the skills for it, of
>> course) can add to it, fix bugs, etc.
>
> Smarmy or not - that was a pretty damned good description of the product.
>
>
Oh, I agree.
It's a shame that isn't posted up at the Joomla site.
I get heartily sick with all these 'let me tell you about our product'
things that never answer in plain English at the top of the first page,
what it can actually do for you and why you might want to actually
buy/download/steal the ruddy thing.
A few years ago I was being blatted by some smart alec who had failed to
do for a couple of million what I managed to do for slightly less than
half a million..and he started burbling about 'push technology'
"whats that?"
"Oh its like pull technology is where the user goes to a site and
downloads what he wants: Push technology is where *you* send it to *him*"
"I can only think of one way you can do that though, spam emails?"
"Er yes, thats basically what it is right *now*, of course later on......."
So don't give me 'content management systems' when you mean 'blogabase' ;-)
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