CMS is an abbreviation for "Content Management System". Today there exists a variety of open source CMS'es, (means that the software is totally free). The benefits of basing one's website on a ready-for-use CMS are innumerable. The most important one for you as a customer is that you can log in yourself through a web-browser and edit your website instantly, without the need to consult a web firm for all the small changes (we can take care of the content too, of course, if you want.). With a CMS you are your own webmaster, if, and when you wish!

Ready-for-use Features

A competent CMS is from start filled with a large number of ready-for-use features. The features are contained in the core installation, or are available as plug-in modules (so that the system can be extended later). A few examples of some basic features that you should expect to find in a competent CMS:

• WYSIWYG-editing, That is, you see instantly what the content will look like while working with it, quite much like in programs such as Word.
• Calendar / Events
• Multingual support. The ability to present both navigation and content in many languages. The user should be able to switch between different languages from any location within the website.
• Subscription of content. Notifications about changes are sent through E-mail or RSS.
• Categorization of pages / content
• User management. The ability to give access to different areas of the website based on login.
• Discussion forums
• Template based design for the complete website - One main design influences all content on the website, which gives a proffessional impression while lowering the costs for input and maintenance of content.
• etc. etc...

Avoid expensive evaluation and training

We have evaluated and compared the best of all Open Source CMSes at the market. There is an immense number of CMS'es out there, which has the consequence that much resources must be spent by a company just in order to find an appropriate CMS that meets fundamental requirements. Ask us instead! Since we have already been through all that we can probably provide with a quick and concrete answer to your question!

Drupal CMS

RIL Partner's evaluation led to the choice of Drupal CMS (one of the three main Open Source CMS at the market) as the system that through it's module system cover the most purposes and needs. Drupal is based on modules and it's adabtability makes it an excellent solution for all kinds of websites; From personal blogs to huge websites with many users who can work together. Drupal is also perfectly suitable for powering 'communities'. For sure Drupal has all the features listed above in addition to many many more. Drupal is also very suitable for websites where there is a need to be able to create and maintain dynamic content with advanced functionality, since the features are constructed in a generic way, to allow just for that. Drupal is used by a huge number of both private persons and small and big organisations such as NASA, NATO and IBM.

MediaWiki

MediaWiki is the software behind Wikipedia - internet's biggest encyclopedia. Wikipedia's content has been created directly on the web through collaboration of an enormous number of users (ca 1,8 millions of users and approx 960 admins at the English Wiki...).

MediaWiki is Open Source software and is an important system and tool, particularly for solutions that requires huge amounts of content and/or automatic generation of content/structure, aided by text- and formatting-templates, and when there is a need to be able to create the content through co-operation of many users.