Archive for July, 2010

How is the Approval Process managed in a CMS?

July 8, 2010 by sameer

In this day and age, more and more emphasis is been placed around the importance of content – as the saying goes, ‘Content is King’. This is due to the increasing number of organisations that depend on technology (which have historically been limited to information technology companies but now broadly include teachers, lawyers, nurses and [...]

Which Content Management solution should I use?

July 8, 2010 by Robert

There are many lists that detail every Content Management System under the sun. This list is different – it is aimed solely at those organisations that want a product that has experience in the Australian market, and must have local Australian support. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list. It is a list of products [...]

Google Docs introducing Wave technology

July 8, 2010 by Douglas

If you create a new document in GoogleDocs, not only are you presented with a ruler and a few other changes, but if more than one collaborator are working in the document at the same time you’ll get a coloured cursor and you can see the text in real time. This is very Google Wave-like, [...]

Should a Content Owner use a Content Management System?

July 6, 2010 by Robert

One of the great benefits of a modern content management system is the ability to ‘federate’ administration of the site to content owners. This means that the users who create the content, take on the responsibility of  uploading and maintaining that content. As Seth Gottlieb notes here in his great piece entitled The Myth of the Occasional CMS [...]

Document lifecycle management

July 5, 2010 by Douglas

In this day and age we are very capable of producing vast reams of information. 30 years ago if you wanted to write something you would need to get out the typewriter and feed in some paper. If you wanted someone else to read it you’d post your message in the mail or fax it. [...]