Archives for the tag "content management"

Non-technical issues during CMS implementations — TechCraft

March 1, 2009 · Posted in content management  

TechCraft, the online newsletter aimed at technical writers in India and the Asia Pacific region, has just published Volume 40, with an article of mine on understanding some of the non-technical issues that arise during the implementation of a content management system, and how to address them. Understanding how disruptive this technology change can be [...]

Taxonomy considerations in component content management

January 6, 2009 · Posted in Content classification and findability, content management  

Organizing your files within a component content management sounds like a no-brainer, but it’s not that simple. The temptation is to recreate your existing file structure, with the high-level structure consisting of something like: Level 1: Product Line Level 1: Product Line > Level 2: Product Name Level 1: Product Line > Level 2: Product [...]

Content technologies given graphic treatment

December 26, 2008 · Posted in Content classification and findability, content management  

Web content management systems mapped out, reminiscent of San Francisco subway system

Caveat emptor – cautions when choosing a CMS

February 26, 2008 · Posted in content management  

A couple of years ago, I was ambushed by an IT manager who called me into a meeting and put me head-to-head with a Gartner Group CMS analyst whose agenda seemed to be to discredit me as a CMS consultant. The idea was that the Gartner Group analyst would criticize the CMS choices on my [...]

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