Introduction to CMS - Revision history

Bsandberg: clarification!

2013-01-23T12:00:28Z

clarification!

Bsandberg: edits

2013-01-23T11:57:55Z

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Bsandberg: Chapter 5. EOF>

2013-01-23T11:53:47Z

Chapter 5. EOF>

Bsandberg: Chapter 4

2013-01-23T11:37:19Z

Chapter 4

Bsandberg: Chapters 2 & 3

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Chapters 2 & 3

Bsandberg: Chapters 0 & 1

2013-01-23T10:57:17Z

Chapters 0 & 1

Dheiber at 18:08, 14 August 2012

2012-08-14T18:08:35Z

Dheiber: Created page with "Category: Current Classes Category: ClassesCategory: Current Classes Category: Classes"

2012-08-14T18:08:17Z

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−	All webpages are created equal, and are made with some combination of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. When webpages were first created, there was an actual, literal .htm(l) file for each webpage. If one had a site with 10 pages, there were 10 files; a website with 10,000 pages would (in theory) have had 10,000 files! As websites evolved, and these files needed to be maintained, it became clear that some method to manage the information on those pages in an efficient manner would be necessary.	+	All webpages are created equal, and are made with some combination of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. When webpages were first created, there was an actual, literal .htm(l) file for each webpage. If one had a site with 10 pages, there were 10 files; a website with 10,000 pages would (in theory) have had 10,000 files! As websites evolved, and these files needed to be maintained, it became clear that some method to manage the information on those pages in an efficient manner would be necessary. This is the base reason for a CMS; to manage a website -- whether it's 10 or 10,000 pages.

	== What is a CMS? ==		== What is a CMS? ==

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 WordPress is unique among the Big Three, because it has a for-profit company driving the development. They provide a free blogging service, where anyone can get a WordPress site (YOURNAME.wordpress.com). This could be compared to an apartment; you're able to do plenty with the site, but there are certain limitations because the site is hosted by them.
-Automattic, the company behind WordPress also makes the software freely available under the GPLv2. This could be compared to owning your own home; you'll need a web hosting provider, ample storage space, and database to store your content. All modern web hosting companies provide these features in abundance, but quality counts in this arena, and you'll get what you pay for.
+Automattic, the company behind WordPress also makes the software freely available under the GPLv2. This could be compared to owning your own home; you'll need a web hosting provider, ample storage space, a database to store your content, and a database user to allow the application (files) to communicate with the database (brain). All modern web hosting companies provide these features in abundance, but quality counts in this arena, and you'll get what you pay for.
 === Joomla! ===
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 === Free Geek Demo Site ===
-Free Geek provides demonstration installations of each of these CMS at [[http://cmsdemo.freegeek.org/]]. Please observe that the databases are reset every so often, for security reasons. If you are logged into a site when this reset occurs, you will be logged out, and your changes erased.
+Free Geek provides demonstration installations of each of these CMS at [http://cmsdemo.freegeek.org/ http://cmsdemo.freegeek.org/]. Please observe that the databases are reset every so often, for security reasons. If you are logged into a site when this reset occurs, you will be logged out, and your changes erased.
 === Others ===

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 * Mambo (Joomla was created as a fork of Mambo)
 * Magento
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 == Why use a CMS? ==
 == Why not use a CMS? ==
 == CMS Flavors ==

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		+	All webpages are created equal, and are made with some combination of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. When webpages were first created, there was an actual, literal .htm(l) file for each webpage. If one had a site with 10 pages, there were 10 files; a website with 10,000 pages would (in theory) have had 10,000 files! As websites evolved, and these files needed to be maintained, it became clear that some method to manage the information on those pages in an efficient manner would be necessary.
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		+	== What is a CMS? ==
		+	* CMS stands for Content Management System(s).
		+	* A CMS is a computer program (like Word) for managing a website.
		+	* But it runs on [top of] server software - it's not installed locally (like Word).
		+	* One uses a web browser to interact with a CMS, rather than directly (like Word).
		+	* CMS typically store content in a database. This can be analogous to the brain-and-body; the database is the brain, and the files are the body. Think Frankensite. :)
		+	* CMS often have a templating (or theme, skin, etc) system, for abstracting content and design. By simply changing a template, it can be like a new outfit or a coat of paint; an all-new-looking website, with the same, exact content.
		+	* CMS are complex software programs, built using multiple programming languages, such as;
		+	** PHP or .NET
		+	** SQL
		+	** XML
		+	** HTML
		+	** CSS
		+	** JavaScript & JSON
		+	* Generates each page dynamically (on-the-fly), and when CMS finish operating, what is output, is typically HTML, CSS and JS.
		+
		+	== Why use a CMS? ==
		+
		+	== Why not use a CMS? ==
		+
		+	== CMS Flavors ==
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