Assignment No:6
Aim : CMS tool
Problem statement :
Develop website using any CMS tool which falls into one of the categories blog, social networking,
News updates, Wikipedia, E-commerce store. Website must include home page, and at least 5
forms. Use WordPress/ Joomla/ Drupal /PHP/ CSS/Bootstrap/ JavaScript.
Theory:
Introduction to CMS :
• Contents of websites may consist of text, graphics, sounds, movies and so on.
• Content Management Systems are used as a tool to publish such contents onto a website easily and
efficiently, it also helps to separate web page design from content creation.
• Content Management Systems are usually developed using a combination of
programming/scripting languages and database technologies, in which they work well together.
• In order to manage the process of creating and presenting information on web pages, this software
consists of the following:
• Client software: is used to present a user interface to help users add, change, or deleteinformation
on web pages, for example a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox are used to
display web based user interfaces.
• Database software: is used as a tool to store data or information for future retrieval
ormanipulation, for example Microsoft SQL server, Oracle and MySQL databases.
• Web programming languages and scripts: these are used as a tool to communicate tothe
underlying database to extract, change, save, or remove data from and to the database, for example
JSP, PHP, Java Servlets, Perl and so on.
• Template page: This is usually created by Hyper Text Mark up Language (HTML) to keepthe
website layout consistent in order to preserve the corporate image by keeping the same look and
feel through out the system.
Advantages of Content Management Systems :
• It helps content authors to update or publish information onto the website without any need for
web programming knowledge, which in turn reduces the cost of professional assistance.
• It allows content writers to concentrate on writing information without worrying about the design
of the website. They can easily add, edit, and remove contents from and to the database by using
simple user interfaces.
• It allows web content maintenance carried out easily and efficiently to meet business needs.
• It provides a consistent corporate image by keeping a consistent presentation and layout of web
pages throughout the website by separating web page design tasks from content creation tasks.
• It helps web developers to concentrate on more important aspects of the website such web
architecture, design, navigation and usability of the website without worrying about creating and
updating information on the website.
Wordpress :
WordPress is a completely free tool used to create dynamic websites. It is most popular blogging
tools on the web, making it easy for anybody to post their ideas, pictures, and audio/video. A blog is
a type of website or part of a website that is maintained on a regular basis by it's owner with entries
regarding commentary, reviews, opinions, and other media such as video. It will be used to create
any type of websites such as Business Website, Informative Website, Review Website, Personal
Website, Photo Gallery, etc.
Example :
Steps to create Photography website using Wordpress :
1. Install Wordpress
2. Now go ahead and login your WordPress admin
3. You can install a WordPress theme in your admin area by going to Appearance »Themes and
clicking on the Add New button at the top.
4. Write „photography‟ in the search bar and hit the enter button.
5. We are selecting the Patio photography theme. It is a beautiful WordPress theme for
photographers.
6. You need to click on the Install button from Patio theme and then click on the Activate link from
the next screen.
7. Add Pages and Posts in Your Website After activating the theme, you can go ahead to Pages »
Add New to add your website pages one by one.
8. Once you have created a few pages, simply go to Appearance » Menus to create the menu for
your website and click on the ‘create a new menu’ link
9. You will need to give a name to your menu and click on the Create Menu button.
10. Once the pages are added, you can go to Posts » Add New to add a new blog post in WordPress
11.You can edit these posts to add content and images for display on your photography website.
12. With all these and many more plug ins you can develop your website easily using wordpress.
Website Deployment :
When the process of website development is complete, its needs to be deployed on a web server.
When development of website is completed, it is tested for its final working and ready to be hosted
on a live web server. The hosting of a website on a web server involves the following steps:
a. Domain registration
b. Domain hosting
c. parking websites
d. uploading data using FTP
e. email configuration
Conclusion: The various features of CMS have been studied and Wordpress have been used.
