Content Management Systems for you
technology
I have been toying around with an article for my website describing the difference between traditional “static” websites and “dynamic” websites created with open source Content Management Systems (CMS). I may still finish the article/blog and post it, but in the meantime a nice little article was just published by the folks at TechSoup which describes Joomla!, one of the several open source CMS out there. Thought this article was written for people who work in the nonprofit world, the article is fairly generic and can be broadly applied.
I particularly liked these two paragraphs:
Until about two years ago, there simply was no easy, cost-effective way for non-technical users to update their own site content. Clients either had to train existing staff to code HTML, purchase additional software, hire a webmaster, or contract for ongoing maintenance. Installing individual desktop software was especially cumbersome for organizations functioning outside the traditional office environment — a description that fits many nonprofits, which often rely on volunteers, part-time staff, and staff who work from home.
CMS technologies such as Joomla enable authorized staff members and volunteers to edit their own site content from a web-based interface, with no prior knowledge of HTML or programming. CMS users can create new menu items and web pages, add news and calendar listings, upload photos and videos, and even build online communities.
So check out the whole article!
Oh, and if you have a nonprofit that needs a Joomla! site, well, “we can do that!”
~j
