Every day I am confronted with inquiries from interested parties who want to know whether it is possible to update and expand their own website themselves. Of course I always say: Yes, of course, there is a “maintenance module“. I always call it the maintenance module as I fear that “Content Management System” somehow sounds too technical… or does it not?
In recent years, some terms related to the topic of homepage maintenance modules have been developed, here is a small collection of these countless terms:
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Homepage maintenance system
- Editorial system
- maintenance module
- update software
- Homepage update solution
- Internet maintenance program
- etc. etc.
I have now tried to describe a so-called “maintenance module” for you in simple terms: With the help of this solution you are able to maintain your internet presence yourself! If you now think: “Help, I'm not a programmer, my computer skills are just enough to start up the computer” then you've come to the right place! A simple maintenance module makes it really possible for even a layman to keep his internet presence up to date!
Now some more characteristics of a modern maintenance module:
- Easy to use. A modern content management system can be used by a user without extensive IT or even programming knowledge. Most of the solutions directly use the web browser such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera to provide users with easy and computer-independent access. In plain language this means that you can update and expand your Internet site from any computer in the world with Internet access.
- Optimized for search engines. Modern CMS solutions create websites that are well prepared for search engines. This ensures that your Internet presentation is really easy to find on the Internet.
- Separation between layout and content. A strict separation between the so-called "layout" of a website (design) and the content (content) of the Internet presence ensures future-proof technology and makes it possible to easily change the design of the website without revising and adapting all content have to.
- User and rights management. Especially in larger companies, different employees often work on an online presence. There are very often several editors who are responsible for the different areas of a website. So that these users can operate the maintenance module at the same time, modern editorial systems are equipped with user and rights management. This module organizes which employee can expand and update which area of a website.
Of course, current editorial systems have many other functions, such as an integrated one workflow component, with the help of which individual pages or areas can be viewed by different users via the "several eyes principle" and only then activated on the Internet. For small and medium-sized companies, however, the functionalities of a content management system listed above should be sufficient to ensure an up-to-date and user-friendly website.
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