What is a blog? You are now reading
a blog. I'm now writing a blog.
A blog is a weblog where, in most
cases, the entries appear in reverse
chronological order.
In other words, if a make a new blog
entry it appears first in my blog.
My first blog entry ever written
appears last in my blog.
The next blog entry I ever made appears
second to last in my blog.
So basically, a blog is a journal where
time runs backwards.
The last page of the journal contains the
oldest entry. The first page of the journal
contains the most recent entry.
Wordpress is blogging software. Since this
is a Wordpress blog, thought I should mention
that.
As of this writing, this blog is created using
Google's Blogger, not Wordpress.
More later.
Ed Abbott
Sunday, December 13, 2009
What Is a Content Management System?
What is a Content Management System?
Since this is a WordPress blog, I'll
answer the question in relation to
Wordress.
In simple terms, a Content Management
System is a system that allows you to
create web pages at will without having
to know HTML.
HTML is the computer language that lies
behind every web page, generally speaking.
More accurately, HTML is the computer language
that can be read by search engines that visit
your website and catalog what you've written
there.
So basically, HTML is two things to you. It
is a language that creates web pages that the
public can see.
Secondly, it is a language that can be read
by search engines, like Google, and these
search engines are able to catalog your web
page.
The fact that HTML is catalogable means that
your web page is searchable by the public.
That is to say, an HTML web page can be found
by the public becauee of what you've written
there.
For example, if you write an article about
knitting sweaters on a web page, a
search engine might pick it up and include
it in its search results when someone types
knitting sweaters in the search box.
You get the idea.
If a search engine can catalog your web page
writing in a very specific way, your web page
is HTML.
So what is a Content Management System?
It is a system for manageing HTML without having
to know HTML. That's a simple definition.
Perhaps a better and more accurate definition of
a Content Management System is a system that manages
your HTML for you.
A more practical definition of a Content Management
System is that it manages your web pages for you.
So we've now defined a Content Management System
several different ways.
There's more. There's more ways that a Content Management
System can be defined.
By the way, a Content Management System is often called
a CMS. I'll use this term from now on as well as Content
Management System.
CMS is short for Content Management System.
WordPress is a Content Management System or CMS.
According to this web page on the WordPress site,
Wordpress started out as a blogging system but has
evolved into a Content Management System:
Here's the page that explains this:
WordPress About Us Page
So basically, a Content Management System is more
than just a blogging system. A CMS is a full-blown
webpage system.
More later.
Ed Abbott
Since this is a WordPress blog, I'll
answer the question in relation to
Wordress.
In simple terms, a Content Management
System is a system that allows you to
create web pages at will without having
to know HTML.
HTML is the computer language that lies
behind every web page, generally speaking.
More accurately, HTML is the computer language
that can be read by search engines that visit
your website and catalog what you've written
there.
So basically, HTML is two things to you. It
is a language that creates web pages that the
public can see.
Secondly, it is a language that can be read
by search engines, like Google, and these
search engines are able to catalog your web
page.
The fact that HTML is catalogable means that
your web page is searchable by the public.
That is to say, an HTML web page can be found
by the public becauee of what you've written
there.
For example, if you write an article about
knitting sweaters on a web page, a
search engine might pick it up and include
it in its search results when someone types
knitting sweaters in the search box.
You get the idea.
If a search engine can catalog your web page
writing in a very specific way, your web page
is HTML.
So what is a Content Management System?
It is a system for manageing HTML without having
to know HTML. That's a simple definition.
Perhaps a better and more accurate definition of
a Content Management System is a system that manages
your HTML for you.
A more practical definition of a Content Management
System is that it manages your web pages for you.
So we've now defined a Content Management System
several different ways.
There's more. There's more ways that a Content Management
System can be defined.
By the way, a Content Management System is often called
a CMS. I'll use this term from now on as well as Content
Management System.
CMS is short for Content Management System.
WordPress is a Content Management System or CMS.
According to this web page on the WordPress site,
Wordpress started out as a blogging system but has
evolved into a Content Management System:
Here's the page that explains this:
WordPress About Us Page
So basically, a Content Management System is more
than just a blogging system. A CMS is a full-blown
webpage system.
More later.
Ed Abbott
What Is Wordpress?
OK. This is a new blog.
I'm educating myself about
WordPress.
Here's the Wikipedia article:
Wikipedia WordPress Article
The first thing that the article
says is that WordPress is an open
source blog publishing application.
What does this mean?
I'll break it down.
A blog is a weblog that you make
a journal entry into every day.
If not every day, then every week
or month or whatever.
So, WordPress is blog publishing
software.
That's the first thing to understand.
The next?
WordPress is open source and free.
What does this mean? It mean that anyone
can look at the source code. That is
to say, anyone can read the computer code
that is used to create WordPress.
What about the fact that WordPress is free?
This means you can download it for free.
In other words, it is free software. Your
first download is free and updates are
free.
So basically, WordPress is blogging software.
That's the simple way to look at it.
Actually, WordPress is more than blogging
software since it has been extended so that
you can create more than just blogs with it.
However, it started out as blogging software
and that is perhaps the simplest way to look
at it.
Look at it as blogging software.
That's a good way to get started.
More later.
Ed Abbott
I'm educating myself about
WordPress.
Here's the Wikipedia article:
Wikipedia WordPress Article
The first thing that the article
says is that WordPress is an open
source blog publishing application.
What does this mean?
I'll break it down.
A blog is a weblog that you make
a journal entry into every day.
If not every day, then every week
or month or whatever.
So, WordPress is blog publishing
software.
That's the first thing to understand.
The next?
WordPress is open source and free.
What does this mean? It mean that anyone
can look at the source code. That is
to say, anyone can read the computer code
that is used to create WordPress.
What about the fact that WordPress is free?
This means you can download it for free.
In other words, it is free software. Your
first download is free and updates are
free.
So basically, WordPress is blogging software.
That's the simple way to look at it.
Actually, WordPress is more than blogging
software since it has been extended so that
you can create more than just blogs with it.
However, it started out as blogging software
and that is perhaps the simplest way to look
at it.
Look at it as blogging software.
That's a good way to get started.
More later.
Ed Abbott
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