Getting Started With Content Management Systems
My Clippings November 8th, 2009 by System
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The need to update websites faster to keep content fresh has been ever growing. Ever since the first business owner wanted their Web designer to update their website faster, content management systems have played an important role on the Web. Why does this matter to you? How do you know if your company is ready?
In this article, we will look at how to tell if your organization needs a content management system. We will also give you information on the abilities of content management systems to help you better understand what they can do. While content management systems may seem complex, their entire purpose is to streamline your workflow and make your life easier.
A content management system allows you to create, manage, store and edit massive amounts of content without any HTML programming skill. Because you are able to edit your content from any computer with an Internet connection, you no longer have to rely on third-party developers or companies to keep your website up to date. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Every company would like to reduce costs and increase productivity.
Also consider our previous articles:
- 10 Things To Consider When Choosing The Perfect CMS
Goes over what features to look for when choosing a content management system. - 10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites
Explains the mistakes we all make when running our websites. The nature of those mistakes varies depending on the size of your company. As your organization grows, the mistakes change. This post addresses common mistakes of large organizations. - Developers Toolbox
Offers tools and resources to help you achieve your goals at a more hands-on level.
1. What Is A Content Management System?
If you have never heard the term before, a content management system (CMS) is a Web-based solution that makes it easy for a company to manage website updates internally. For many companies, updating a website is not something to look forward to because it can be a lengthy and, over time, expensive process. Most companies search for easier means of accomplishing their goals. The solution that many large and small companies have found is a CMS. The easy-to-use application allows your company to control its online identity with little to no knowledge of Web design.
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Download Youtube Playlist
My Clippings August 22nd, 2009 by System
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$ y=http://www.youtube.com;for i in $(curl -s $f|grep -o "url='$y/watch?v=[^']*'");do d=$(echo $i|sed "s;url\='$y/watch?v=\(.*\)';\1;");wget -o $d.flv "$y/get_video.php?video_id=$d&t=$(curl -s "$y/watch?v=$d"|sed -n 's/.*, "t": "\([^"]*\)", .*/\1/p')";done
This will download a Youtube playlist and mostly anything http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/2.0/reference.html#Video_Feeds
The files will be saved by $id.flv
by David Winterbottom (codeinthehole.com)
Enable mod_rewrite in APACHE
Code August 21st, 2009 by Shai Perednik
With all the hullabaloo lately relating to tr.im’s closure and reopening most people are opting to setup their own shortning service.
There’s Lessn and Yourls. Both are great but Yours takes the cake for the admin panel and more detailed info. I followed the LifeHacker Tutorial, but couldn’t get mod_rewrite working. With the help of this post I figured it out.
change the following line in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default
DocumentRoot /var/www/ <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride all </Directory> <Directory /var/www/> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride all Order allow,deny allow from all </Directory>
then restart apache
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Theres also a bookmarklet for Yourls from twitter.com/jarbro but I’m still working on getting past the “Unknown” error.
UPDATE: The unknown error is normal. You just need to drag the links to the bookmark bar.
I have to install php5-curl just to get the curl_init() function installed
sudo apt-get php5-curl
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Hopefully this helps someone
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