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Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 12/04/07 23:50
"Kim Andrι Akerψ" <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
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> 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.
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