Pamela McLean wrote: > Another very basic question from Pam > Stephen Snow wrote: > >> <>(snip) (but I have found a use for the web and for a content >> management system). > > > Content management system? > Does that do what it sounds as if it might do? > Is it a *system* that would help me to *manage* the *content* > (currently stored on my computer in the best way I can figure out - a > rather haphazard way which requires a level of *management* that is > rather over-stretching my unaided mental faculties)... > Is that what it does - manage content? > Is it affordable? > Is it set-up-able, and usable, by a non-techie who wants straight > forward practical help - not a lot of playing around, and steep > learning curves, and coaxing things to work? > If so - how do I become transformed into a person with a (fully > working) content management system? > Pam
Hi Pam. You know, you might think it's an easy question that you ask - but instead you're asking a very significant question. I'll get to that. Yes, a Content Management System (CMS) manages content, but it's almost always mentioned with reference to a website. And with a website, it does exactly that - it manages content. And they are very easy to install, though the customizability of the system is directly proportional to the personal investment of installing. A lot of people, even with websites, don't know how they want to manage their content. In the context of the personal computer, I would *love* to tell you that this is exactly what it does, and that it's easy to install for such use, and so on. But it's not there yet, and the question you ask is significant because I think (after you asked) that it should be there. What a content management system does is it stores content in a database - the majority of these databases being a MySQL database, which is available at no cost (or, if you want to buy it...). The majority of CMS tools are available at no cost; I'm a big fan of Drupal and am often tinkering with it because I'm that sort of person. What a Content Management System allows you to do is file the same content under different names without having to store it more than once, which is exactly what I need on my machine! LOL. I think quite a few people could use such a system. Now you have me wondering how to create such a system. I'll take that to the FLOS community. ;-) -- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.worldchanging.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
