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Untangling a tangled web:. a case study in choosing and implementing a CMS T. L. Huttenlock, J. W. Beaird, R. W. Fordham Library Hi Tech 24(1): 61-68. Case Study Information. Location : Buswell Memorial Library, Wheaton College (IL)
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Untangling a tangled web: • a case study in choosing • and implementing a CMS • T. L. Huttenlock, J. W. Beaird, R. W. Fordham • Library Hi Tech 24(1): 61-68
Case Study Information • Location: Buswell Memorial Library, Wheaton College (IL) • Project: Process of choosing content management system (CMS) • Study Type: Reflective case study • Findings: Overview of the entire process of choosing the library’s CMS
“Old” Days • First years of web design: Dreamweaver, FrontPage or other HTML editor • Had to know complicated code • Software installed on each user’s computer • Difficult to use, even after training • Expensive commercial licensing • Many website updates had to go through multiple people...complicated process in the “old” way
What is a CMS? • A content management system (CMS) is a software (typically web-based) application that manages content, such as computer files, audio, video, images, and web content, and allows a large number of users to make changes. (Wikipedia1) • A web CMS is a web application used for creating and managing a large, dynamic collection of web material. It allows users with little or no training in programming/code to make changes to an existing website. It is essentially a website maintenance tool for non-technical administrators. (Wikipedia2) • ^^^+ 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_systems 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_content_management_system
How CMS works • Many CMS are open source • Installed on a server (typically with PHP and MySQL installed -- programming software) • The setup of a CMS does take some technical skill • But the end-user side is easy • Today, many people use a CMS without ever realizing it
Examples of CMS • Wordpress--KLOW1 CMS (http://www.wordpress.org/) • MoveableType (http://www.moveabletype.org/) • MediaWiki--Wikipedia2 CMS (http://www.mediawiki.org) • TikiWiki (http://www.tikiwiki.org/) • Drupal (http://www.drupal.org/) • Web GUI (http://www.plainback.com/webgui) 1. http://www.mykansaslibrary.org/ 2. http://www.wikipedia.org/