The current Content Management System (CMS) looks like this the images below. The sections are categorised in a side navigation. This allows most of the content to to be restricted to the 960px view left aligned to the navigation, which in turn results in a large white space on the right hand side of the content.
The new cms needs to make full use of the space available to the user and make it as user friendly as possible. It needs to have;
- As little propriety mark up as possible
- Shallow learning curve
- Simplicity and cleanliness
- Speed – both client facing and admin end
- Ability to quickly search for content from admin
- Documentation
What I learnt from analysing the current CMS is the required content by the client and what the new CMS will need to be able to achieve.
Content
Case studies
Pages
FAQs
Testimonials
Banners
Accreditations
Awards
Team Members
Job Roles
Department Roles
Job Roles
Services (With categories)
Videos (With categories)
Articles (With categories)
Office (With locations)
Resources
Images
Image categories
Documents
Users
View users
Add users
Delete users
Reset Password
Navigation
View Header
View Sidebar
View Footer
Add link
Delete Links
Rearrange links
SEO
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Live edit mode
Browse site
Edit content
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