Overview of Content Management

• Your clients need a Content Management System
  An excellent overview of content management systems and their benefits.
  
  
• Content Management for the Masses
  A good introduction to content management.
  
  
• Content Change Management: Problems for Web Systems
  A detailed discussion of change management and web-based systems.
  
  
• CMSWatch
  A content management systems portal -- information, news, analysis and more.
  
  
• A Content Management and Web Publishing Systems Gazetteer
  A collection of content management systems and resources prepared by Philip Hunter of the University of Bath in the United Kingdom.
  
  
• CM Focus Magazine
  An online magazine that provides case studies of content management system implementations (subscription required).
  
  
• ContentManagement.eu.com
  A European resource for content managers and CMS suppliers.
  
  
• Technology and Standards Watch Report: Content Management Systems (PDF, 182K)
  A report on content management systems authored by Paul Browning, University of Bristol, and Mike Lowndes, Natural History Museum, London, September 2001.
  
  
• Darwin Executive Guide to Content Management
  A concise, one-page overview of content management systems.
  
  
• Content Wire
  An industry portal providing an large selection of content management resources.
  
  
• The Gilbane Report
  A newsletter on content management & information technologies.
  
  
• Small CMS Group on Yahoo Deutschland
  Mailing list for users and developers of small content management systems, includes links to articles, viewpoints, and more. (German)

Evaluating Content Management Systems

• How to Evaluate a Content Management System
  Tools, techniques and tips for selecting a CMS that meets your needs.
  
  
• Ten Things to Know About Selecting a Content Management System
  The title says it all.
  
  
• Criteria for content management systems/products
  A discussion of the criteria for selecting a content management system.
  
  
• Content Management System Evaluation
  A case study evaluation of content management systems conducted by the Australia Telescope National Facility.
  
  
• Content Management: The wood from the trees
  More on evaluation criteria of content management systems.
  
  
• How to choose a content management system?
  
  
• Content-Management Tools
  Content Management Systems buyers guide from Network Computing.

Product Resources

• Product Review: Content-Management Solutions
  A comparison of leading content management solutions.
  
  
• Content Management Systems
  A European resource of content management systems and suppliers.
  
  
• Content Management Systems at camworld.com
  A fairly comprehensive list of content management systems. You can also sign up for the Content Management Systems mailing list from here.
  
  
• Content Management System Software Vendors and Resources
  A good introduction to content management with a list of vendors.
  
  
• PC Magazine product guide to content management system
  
  
• Content Management Tools from Hartman Communicatie
  A comprehensive feature matrix of over fifty CMS solutions.

Viewpoints

• One way to Web Content Management (as long as you're big)
  Comments on Russell Nakano's Web Content Management book.
  
  
• Failings catch up with Web content management's consultingware
  An argument for custom-built Web content management systems.
  
  
• Companies Overpaying For Content Management Technology, Reports Jupiter Research
  "Web sites with specific content management needs often focus on a platform that will 'do it all,' rather than match specific problems to specific, often lower-cost, tactical solutions.."
  
  
• DIY Content Management has a Competitive Advantage
  A follow-up article to the Jupiter Research Report listed above.
  
  
• Content management systems: short-lived satisfaction
  An interesting perspective on the current state of the content management systems market.
  
  
• Bloated content management tools on the slide
  A different perspective on the value of high-end content management solutions.
  
  
• Interview with a content management heretic
  Another contrary viewpoint.
  
  
• Ugly Secrets of Content Management Systems
  An interesting discussion on high-end content management solutions.
  
  
• Content Management and the Single Web Designer
  What is Content Management, and what does it mean to the working web designer?

Tutorials and Articles

• Centralised or decentralised authoring?
  There is no 'correct' answer to this question. To get the best business outcomes, you must understand the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches.
  
  
• Losing sight of the content in a content management system
  Why spend millions on managing content that no-one understands or needs? This article provides tips for getting the best value out of your business content.
  
  
• How to revive a zombie content management system
  Without care and attention, a CMS can slide into a state of living death. Such systems can be revived by implementing a number of practical (and non-technical) activities.

Additional Resources

• Content Management Resources from Open Directory
  
  
• CMS-List
  A mailing list for users and developers of content management systems. Check out the archives.
  
  
• cmsInfo.org
  An Internet community of users and developers of Content Management Systems. Dedicated to providing news and information of the Open Source weblog niche.
  
  
• OSCOM - Open Source Content Management
  An international, not-for-profit organization dedicated to Open Source Content Management.
  
  
• EContent Magazine
  A collection of resources related to content management.
  
  
• SWONS
  New Zealand-based SWONS provides Mambo CMS hosting, modifications and support.
  
  
• Creating My Site
  Site creation and content management tool written in PHP.
  
  
• Webgenz Web Site Development Resources
  A growing list of sites that provide tools and other resources for web masters.
  
  
• Webgenz and Content Management
  A growing list of sites that provide tools and other resources for web masters.

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