I think the title sums it up really. Week 9 of the Practical Web Page Development module had us looking at Content Management Systems (CMS). In its simplest form a CMS is a system that not only splits structure and presentation, like XHTML and CSS but splits the page further into sort of a template where each section can be added separately.

Wordpress, which I run this blog of is a blogging focused CMS. It allows users with not experience of XHTML to publish content on the web, saying that having the knowledge makes the experience of using such a platform much more flexible and rewarding.

We looked at a fair few alternatives from “through the web” CMS, like wordpress, drupal and webgui to Desktop based software like Adobe Contribute.

It was one of those sessions that covered what it needed to then went off onto a debate about technology and science, about people learning to only have to unlearn certain things in order to advance. Where else can you go for a IT related debate including references to Shakespeare, Physics, Atoms and the schooling of 9 year olds?

Another brief update but I will try and write something else later in the week to give more details about what we discussed.