Too many organizations take an unprofessional approach to the content they publish on the Web. Many web managers still seem to believe that if they get the technology right the publishing will look after itself. Quality publishing requires skill and discipline. Unfortunately, discipline is something many web teams are lacking.
Web Content Management Predictions for 2004
This is the year when web content comes of age. Organizations will slowly stop viewing content as some cost that needs to be managed. Instead, they will begin to see content as an asset that can drive profits and productivity. A new role will emerge within many organizations: the publisher/editor.
Mini Site or Content-based Web Site?
Are you in a dilemma whether to create a mini site or a content-based web site for your new product or service? The purpose of creating a web site should be to attract visitors and convert them to paying customers. Is a mini site with a few pages enough to do this or should you spend more time and create a content-based web site which contains many pages?
Creating a File Content Crawler with ColdFusion
This tutorial will show you how to create a local file crawler that will enable you to find a specified document type (i.e. PDF files) within a directory (and it’s children directories).
SSI: An Amazing Tool to Put and Change Dynamic Content in Minutes!
You have a five page web site.Now you want to add an extra link to your links at the footer area of five pages.No problem…
Easy Techniques For Creating Content
My parents have been married for 55 years. In 1973, just before their 25th wedding anniversary, I distinctly remember asking my mother the following question: “Haven’t you and Dad run out of things to talk about?” (Even back then I was a troublemaker.)
Create Content That Drives Action
UIE: In your book, “Content Critical” you describe the web as a medium for publishing content and recommend that designers view their site as a publication. Is the web-publishing model a change in mindset for most designers?
PHP, XML and XSL for Wireless Content
This article is another illustration of why using PHP with XSL to transform XML data to various presentation layers is beneficial. With that being said this article will demonstrate how to present the same data to several different wireless technologies using PHP and XSL, instead of an article completely focused on PHP and XSL.
How To Improve Search Ranking With Content
Just how important is content to the search engines? We all know that well written content is paramount to maintaining repeat traffic to a web site but just what qualities pique the interest’ of the major search engines? This can be a convoluted topic where the unique characteristics of each search engine are considered to create highly appealing content. In most cases, however, the general concepts are all that you will need to know to attain a positive search engine placement, especially when you are focusing on less competitive goals. After all, accuracy is not always required when your target is as big as a barn and you are only a few feet away.
Choosing an Effective Content Manager
Content Management is a term that is not new to IT and marketing organizations. However, this terminology can take on several different meanings. The context discussed in this paper provides ordinary businesses with the ability to build meaningful Web content to author, structure, approve, archive, and publish content to maintain a fresh and pleasing Web presence. This may even prove to be one of the largest projects that an IT department may be facing. If you are looking to accomplish the following tasks then keep reading: