Not just a CMS
Vmedia's Site Control is not simply a content management system. It does help you manage and publish you content, but it also allows you to manage the metadata, versions fo the site, backups, site maintenance and more. Groups and individuals have structured access to the system, and you can choose who updates what, where and how. It is a complete and integrated tool which allows you to control your site.
To get a better picture of how Site Control manages your site, it is helpful to understand the main components of the system. The site uses stryle sheets and html templates for design, and can be searched using a normal search engine, but the system adds much more structure to the webpages than a straight template driven site.
Components of the site:
The main components working together to give you control of the site are:
- Content Management System ( CMS )
- Administration System ( Admin )
- Synchronisation System ( SYNC )
- Content Access and Display System ( CAS )
Role of the Different Components:
Role of CMS
- Web browser interface
- Create and manage content of site
- Put in and organise all resources: text, pics, documents, metadata, expiry etc
- Create new pages within existing areas
- Add, edit, delete content from existing pages
- Engine used to organise and display content
- Uses resources (text, pics, etc)
- Uses style sheets for formatting, graphics and templates for design
- Uses database for metadata, version, expiry, placement, etc
- Enables a consistent, organized, relational presentation
- Browser based interface
- Administer permissions, users, groups
- Perform site maintenance, error checking, backup tables of data
- Synchronise the development and live server content selectively