Website Content Management

A content management system (CMS) is a web based application which allows users to update the content of a website without any knowledge of HTML or CSS.

A full featured CMS

The system we use is bursting with the all the expected features of a modern CMS; addition, update, deletion, versioning and management of webpages, images, downloads, video and web forms. It also has a useful workflow system for interaction between the CMS users (for example an editor creates the content, sends it to a publisher, who publishes it live on your site). The system is extremely flexible and configured to your requirements so that you enjoy the functionality without massive redundancy of features (which is common with off-the-shelf systems).

Micro CMS

This covers smaller content management systems designed for allowing the update of portions of your site (like news) and also the update of existing page content. One major difference is that whereas full feature CMS systems allow the control of the site’s sitemap, a micro CMS generally does not. At Hutchhouse we offer our own micro CMS as well as being able to use 3rd party systems such as Perch.

CMS summary

CMSs are frequently used for storing, controlling, versioning, and publishing industry-specific documentation such as news articles, operators’ manuals, technical manuals, sales guides, and marketing brochures. The content managed may include computer files, image media, audio files, video files, electronic documents, and web content. These concepts represent integrated and interdependent layers. There are various nomenclatures known in this area: Web Content Management, Digital Asset Management, Digital Records Management, Electronic Content Management and so on. The bottom line for these systems is managing content and publishing, with a workflow if required.