Choose and configure your CMS
A content management system (CMS) is a tool that helps you manage content all in one place. Learn how to choose the best CMS for your purposes and get the most out of it.
The role of a CMS in the content ecosystem |
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Your CMS fits between your content strategy and your website. It’s the middle ground where you can manage your content lifecycle. This includes content creation, editing, approvals, publishing, improving, maintaining and removing
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Your CMS fits between your content strategy and your website |
Why use a CMS?
A content management system, as its name suggests, makes it easier to create, manage, store and work with your content. It also supports things like content workflow, lifecycle, and user roles (content creators, editors, approvers, publishers).
Learn how to make your CMS work for you. The way you set up a CMS will affect how you can use it to manage your content.
What you'll get
- An understanding of how to choose a CMS
- An understanding of how to optimise and configure a CMS
- A CMS requirements checklist
What to do
Add to Part 8 in the Content Strategy Template
Analyse and discuss CMS requirements with your development team
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Set the foundations phase
Do next: Manage content requests →
Create user-centred content phase