How Non-Technical Staff Build & Maintain Websites With A Web Content Management System

Web Content Management, in an effective solution, separates web formatting
from content management which means that even the non-technical employee can build and maintain a web site. An easy to use and feature rich content management system includes:

1. Page templates - the ability to create standard templates that are subsequently used to create a web site.
2. Components - the true building blocks of any portal or web site. Components are pre-built modules (like calendars, surveys, forums, etc.) which are scalable, reusable, and can be configured easily to meet the needs of the content manager.
3. WYSIWYG Editors for both HTML and XML content let the content manager enter plain text which can be formatted as simply as a word document. The content manager can also insert images, video, flash and any of the aforementioned components.
4. Ability to keep up with current and future web standards - meaning that
the product is updated often enough to stay abreast of an ever-changing
social web environment.
5. Workflow - for pages, components, and content elements; workflow allows content to be reviewed and approved before being published.
6. Document Management for content elements - including versioning and
access management (security).

So the non-technical person simply has to learn how to create page templates (or the IT department can create them in advance, promoting uniformity across the enterprise), click a button to create new pages from the templates, and use an editor that is very similar to Word.

Click here to learn more about how one US based Fortune 500 company was able to turn their intranet over to their content managers and how one content manager created a 100 page feature-rich website with no IT involvement.