CMS is only a tool, not a rule

Created by Dong Chen (Bowling Green State University) on March 11, 2005

CMS is a tool to help campus Webmasters manage content easier. University is a business entity about education, in that regard, CMS helps to market it with consistent look and feel as a single unit. I have looked many universities' website, most of them have different look and feel from college to college, department to department. After awhile, you started to wonder are they all related? I certainly understand each college/department have its own unique identity, it is nothing wrong to have your own identity, CMS can perserve that and still provide consistent look and feel across the entire campus.

CMS is only a tool, I think what is important to show is the benefits CMS can bring and make people realize themselves rather than enforcing some kind rule.

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		CMS is only a tool, not a rule Created by Dong Chen (Bowling Green State University) on March 11, 2005 CMS is a tool to help campus Webmasters manage content easier. University is a business entity about education, in that regard, CMS helps to market it with consistent look and feel as a single unit. I have looked many universities' website, most of them have different look and feel from college to college, department to department. After awhile, you started to wonder are they all related? I certainly understand each college/department have its own unique identity, it is nothing wrong to have your own identity, CMS can perserve that and still provide consistent look and feel across the entire campus. CMS is only a tool, I think what is important to show is the benefits CMS can bring and make people realize themselves rather than enforcing some kind rule. Blog (WebLog) dchen's blog Login or register to post comments 3469 reads
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