Content Management System Operation

A content management system always works in the web server that is hosted on the portal. Access to the manager is usually done through a web browser, and may require the use of FTP to upload content. When a user enters a URL, the server is running on that call, selecting the graphic scheme and introducing the corresponding data from the database.

The page is dynamically generated for the user; the final HTML is generated in that call. Usually the manager predefined several formats for submission of content to give the flexibility to create new sections and information.

User Management

Depending on the chosen platform one may choose different levels of access for users, ranging from the portal administrator to the user without permission to edit the content. Depending on the application, it may be several intermediate licenses allow content editing, monitoring and republication of the contents of other users, and so on.

The CMS controls and helps manage each step of this process, including the technical work of publishing the documents to one or more sites. In many CMS sites one person plays the role of creator and editor on things like blogs.

Types of content management systems

The content managers can be segmented according to different criteria:
According to the programming language used: Active Server Pages, Java, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby On Rails, Python
Under the ownership of the code
Open Source (open source), allowed to develop on the code,
Proprietary code, only the developer can develop the application.
Depending on the type of use or functionality:
General Platform
Special systems
Blogs, personal pages
Forums, designed to share opinions
Wikis; designed for collaborative development
e-learning, content platform for online teaching
e-commerce; platform user management, catalog, purchases and payments
Digital Publications
Media outlets
For a full list of content managers see List of content management systems.

Standardization initiatives

Within the portals there have been standardization processes aimed toward homogenization in programming interfaces so that a service is developed for a portal that can be enforced in any other standard compliant portal. The goal is to avoid developing interoperable portals owners. The two most important are the Portlet API Specification JSR-168 Content Repository API and JSR-170.

View a list of compatible content management systems in the annex: Content Management Systems

Advantages and Opportunities

Content Management System provides access to publish content to a wider range of users. Allows no programming skills or layout users can index content on the site.
It also enables dynamic management of users and permissions, the collaboration of multiple users on the same work, the interaction through communication tools.

The costs of information management are much lower because it eliminates a link in the chain of publication, the layout designer. The layout is done early in the process of implementing the content management system. The update, backup and restructuring of the portal is much simpler to have all the vital data portals, content in a structured database on the server.