 
Designing and Building a Content
Management System (2008)
Ref: ict0031 The main goal of this
project is to build a web-based system to manage content for a
particular organization. It demonstrates a multiple step process by
mapping a business model in the information technology domain and
involving different users and their actions. Apart from enumerating the
objectives of this project, this report explains how the system has
been developed, using appropriate tools and technologies, within
standards set by the web-development community or experts. It also
includes a detailed description of the system design and
implementation, and a guide to using the system.
1 Introduction Aims Main Objectives Secondary Objectives Key functionality Overview of Subsequent Chapters 2 Background Research Background Information Content lifecycle The web-server Model-View-Controller framework Open-source Software Code-Generation Web Services Development Platform User Interface Front-end selection World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Mozilla Firefox FCKEditor 3 Design Business Process Local Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Authentication Techniques Database Article Entity Status Entity User Entity Section Entity Application layer Controller Model Additional classes Presentation Layer Velocity templates JSP CMS architecture 4 Implementation Database DbOperation Java class Web Interface FCKEditor DbSight 5 Content Management System Usage Guide Manager Add an article Feedback Editor Saving an article Versioning and Rollback Feedback Search Change-Request Administrator Add User 6 Testing and Evaluation Testing Web-pages Java SQL Query Similar CMSs Vignette Plone OpenCMS 7 Conclusion Comparison with original aims Possible extensions to the project References Bibliography Appendices System Diagrams The ER model The Control Layer The Model Layer The Database Connectivity Layer The Apache Torque Files Use-case Diagrams Screen Designs How To Order 1. Select reference number ict0031 from the dropdown list 2. Click the PayPal button 3. Click the "Click Here" button on the PayPal page to submit your credit/debit card payment 4. We will email your chosen dissertation in PDF format within 24 hours |