Any website that needs to have content dynamically updated requires a content management system. Most small business sites require a basic content management system while large corporations may require something more robust and flexible. RICOSHOCKS has been developing content management systems for the last 10 years and have extensive experience building a wide range of systems from the very simple to the very complex. We work with you to understand the kind of system that would be suitable for your requirements, whilst also taking in to account future needs - we don't recommend a complete enterprise deployment CMS when a basic page management system will do! Content Management Systems come with a wide range of features and there is no definitive list, but some of the more popular features include:
- Ability to have user access who have different levels of functions
- Role managers to ensure content only goes live when it is approved
- Content review
- Content roleback and history so you can see who made what changes and when
- Ability to password protect various content so only authorized people can view it
- Ability to create new template layouts for different page requirements
- Administration Panel
- Menu Manager
- Template Management
- Web Services
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- Ability to add, edit and delete the content
- User Management
- Media Manager
- Language Manager
- Banner Management
- Contact Management
- Polls
- Search
- Web Link Management
- Content Management
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Features Summary
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Extensive Administration:
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CMS Overview
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Extensive Administration
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Easy Templating
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User Management Feature
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Workflow Management
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CMS Extensibility Features
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Technical Aspects of (CMS)
- Completely database driven site engines
- News, products, or services sections fully editable and manageable
- Topics sections can be added to by contributing Authors
- Fully customisable layouts including left, center, and right Menu boxes
- Browser upload of images to your own library for use anywhere in the site
- Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting booth for on-the-spot results
- Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX server, Solaris, and AIX
- Change order of objects including news, FAQs, Articles etc.
- Random Newsflash generator
- Remote Author submission Module for News, Articles, FAQs, and Links
- Object hierarchy - as many Sections, departments, divisions, and pages as you want
- Image library - store all your PNGs, PDFs, DOCs, XLSs, GIFs, and JPEGs online for easy use
- Automatic Path-Finder. Place a picture and let Joomla! fix the link
- News Feed Manager. Choose from over 360 News Feeds from around the world
- E-mail a friend and Print format available for every story and Article
- In-line Text editor similar to any basic word processor software
- User editable look and feel
- Polls/Surveys - Now put a different one on each page
- Custom Page Modules. Download custom page Modules to spice up your site
- Template Manager. Download Templates and implement them in seconds
- Layout preview. See how it looks before going live
- Banner Manager. Make money out of your site
- Completely database driven site engines
- News, products, or services sections fully editable and manageable
- Topics sections can be added to by contributing Authors
- Fully customizable layouts including left, center, and right Menu boxes
- Browser upload of images to your own library for use anywhere in the site
- Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting booth for on-the-spot results
- Runs on Windows Server, Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX server, Solaris, and AIX
- Easy to use graphical administrative interface.
- Powerful WYSIWYG Editor enables creation and editing of pages
- No need to know tons of the tech stuff and codes to manage back-end.
- No specialized tools or programming languages needed to update site.
- Preview content as you work, without publishing.
- Built-in site search engine.
- Create, publish, reorder and edit articles with several clicks
- Easy menu creation and manipulation.
- Email-a-friend and Print-format (pdf) for selected story and article.
- Content hierarchy structure fully editable and manageable.
- Supports creation of nested or flat content hierarchies.
- Manage content from a Web browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox recommended).
- Manage Images from within system, or externally through FTP.
- User friendly media (images, documents) upload and management.
- Search engine friendly (SEF) URL's.
- Simple polls system will give our member’s option to rate our site, products and services.
- Easy promotion management tools (banners and text ad rotation).
- Image banners, and text rotation with impressions and click counter
- Syndicate site contents in a variety of RSS formats.
- Change order of objects including news, FAQs, Articles etc.
- Random Newsflash generator
- Remote Author submission Module for News, Articles, FAQs, and Links
- Object hierarchy - as many Sections, departments, divisions, and pages as you want
- Image library - store all your PNGs, PDFs, DOCs, XLSs, GIFs, and JPEGs online for easy use
- Automatic Path-Finder. Place a picture and let Joomla! fix the link
- News Feed Manager. Choose from over 360 News Feeds from around the world
- E-mail a friend and Print format available for every story and Article
- In-line Text editor similar to any basic word processor software
- User editable look and feel
- Polls/Surveys - Now put a different one on each page
- Custom Page Modules. Download custom page Modules to spice up your site
- Template Manager. Download Templates and implement them in seconds
- Layout preview. See how it looks before going live
- Banner Manager. Make money out of your site
- No specialized programming language needed to build or customize templates.
- Flexible Templating allows for creation of variety of looks -- no "cookie cutter" websites.
- Can build Valid XHTML and Section 508 Accessible websites.
- Edit CSS and templates from within admin system.
- Large number of free or low cost templates available through the community.
- Supports Membership option for websites.
- Supports classes of users.
- Enables easy creation of extranets
- Block problem users.
- Mass mail users.
- Classes of users for content creation, editing, scheduling and publishing.
- Schedule automatic Start/Stop dates for publishing.
- Supports multiple administrators with variety of tools.
- Bundled with much common functionality.
- Large selection of add-ons to extend functionality.
- Bridges to many 3rd Party systems.
- Written in PHP.
- Scalable. Tested and benchmarked.
- Effective, configurable caching.
- Platform neutral. Simple requirements which allow installation on most hosting packages, including shared hosting.
- Installation wizard is simple and fast.
- Flexible metadata at both global and individual Item levels.
- Search Engine Friendly.
- RSS-enabled.
- Over 30 languages supported.
Contact RICOSHOCKS today to find out how we can help you develop a content management system that suits your business needs or even work with you to provide support and modifications to your existing corporate content management system.
