James Williamson – CMS Fundamentals

Description:

In CMS Fundamentals, James Williamson defines content management systems (CMSs) and explains their role in web site development.

The course demonstrates the different CMS solutions available Today, including WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla; reviews CMS terminology and best practices; and shows how to develop a content management strategy. Guidelines are also included for evaluating a potential CMS, whether hosted or self-hosted, open source or proprietary, and choosing a CMS based on a specific need or focus.

Topics include:

• Defining and understanding a CMS
• Understanding taxonomy
• Assessing an organization or company’s needs
• Comparing content management systems
• Planning a content strategy
• Controlling content lifecycle
• Migrating between CMSs
• Understanding users, groups, and permissions
• Using web analytics

Author:

Adobe Certified Instructor James Williamson is a trainer in web, print, and digital video experience.

James Williamson is a senior author for lynda.com and an Adobe Certified Instructor. He has many years of web, print, and digital video experience, and has been a featured speaker at Flashforward as well as a regular speaker at Adobe MAX. James also blogs (infrequently) about all things web at his site, Simple Primate, which can be found at www.simpleprimate.com.