CMS Features

The large number of vendors in the content management space results in a dizzying array of features. A summary of common content management features includes the following:

  • User Management— Some systems assign roles to specify the set of permissions and features a user can access by creating classes and groups of users.

  • Templates— These are used in different ways. Page templates allow users a choice when creating new pages. Templates may define content objects in a system. Template editors specify content objects in a system or allow users to create and edit the templates to suit their purposes.

  • WYSIWYG Editor— This allows a user to edit the content (or Web pages) with an editor that shows exactly what the final Web page will look ...

Get Online! The Book now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.