Content Management Systems

Content is being generated at a furious pace and as a logical fallout, Content Management has become an enterprise wide issue to be handled with a sound strategy

A CMS (Content Management System)

can be perceived as a hybrid technology of website maintenance and document management system – The delivery, addition, modification or deletion of new or updated content can be achieved simultaneously from different points. Web is being ruled by the introduction of new content every second and in this situation, if we are burdened with a monolithic structure. The management of content should be flexible and systematic.

Some of the fundamental features of a standard CMS are:

1. Completely database driven site engines
   News, products, or services sections fully editable and manageable
   Topics sections can be added to by contributing Authors
2. Fully customisable Layouts including left, center, and right Menu boxes
   Browser Upload of Images to your own library for use anywhere in the site
   Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting Booth for on-the-spot results
   Import of Multi Formatted Documents – text, graphics, videos, music..
   User Access Management: Allocate different privileges or roles to different users of the website – admin, author,contributor..etc,
   Presence of an Alert or Notification System where managers or admin are informed of any changes to the existing content
   Version Control is also one of the basic features of a standard CMS. It gives the site administrator a complete control over the management of document versions
   Archive: A standard CMS is supported by a centralised archive where all the published documents are stored. This allows for a rapid search facility for documents within the site
   Full Featured Editor: The CMS is equipped with a robust editing system which gives the content creator a complete control over the formatting of the documents

Extensive Administration:

1. Change order of objects including news, FAQs, Articles etc.
   Random Newsflash generator
   Remote Author submission Module for News, Articles, FAQs, and Links
   Object Hierarchy - as many Sections, departments, divisions, and pages as you want
   Image Library - store all your PNGs, PDFs, DOCs, XLSs, GIFs, and JPEGs online for easy use
   Automatic Path Finder. Place a picture and let the CMS ! fix the link
   News Feed Manager. Choose from over 360 News Feeds from around the world
   E-mail a friend and Print format available for every story and Article
   In-line Text Editor similar to any basic word processor software
   User editable Look and Feel
   Polls/Surveys - Now put a different one on each page
   Custom Page Modules. Download custom page Modules to spice up your site
   Template Manager. Download Templates and implement them in seconds
   Layout preview. See how it looks before going live
   Banner Manager. Make money out of your site

Why do you need a CMS?

Any business owner who knows the importance of content will acknowledge that a CMS is an indispensable tool for the website..

• If you change the content of your site very frequently, then you are in urgent need of a CMS

• You make changes to your website when the world is sleeping or when you have just a couple of minutes to make the changes

• You have a content based site which has more than 1000 pages and the content is being changed every minute by team members from around the world – How do you manage the consistency and confidentiality?

• The maintenance cost of large & medium sites is a big constraint on the budget. A CMS not only reduces the maintenance cost but it also manages the content more effectively.

• And the most important factor from a business perspective – Do you have a global team with the authority to change the site content. A CMS is indispensable for global content delivery and management

What we Offer..

Every client and project is unique and they require a custom content management system solution.
Eternity specialises in delivering flexible and scalable content-centric applications suited to customers'
specific requirements.

The major features of our CMS offering are

1. Centralised Editing Tools at your finger tips: State of the art content editing tools with WYSIWYG editing.
   Technical independence for content creation: Content creators can work as if they are working on normal word documents
   Multi-Point Editing: Concurrent editing and modification of content by different users
   Robust Media management: Management of media files becomes a routineimages, files, PDF Documents, Video and Audio.
2. Document version management: CMS solution has integrated version control system
   Document archiving facility: An automatic archiving of published documents is accomplished through Eternity's CMS solution
   Integrated Role assignment: Roles and privileges can be easily assigned so that the content publishing and management is achieved seamlessly