Welcome to Northwestern's Web Content Management System (WCMS) information site.
Web Content Management Systems allow nearly anyone to edit web pages as easily as they can edit other documents. WCMS is the next generation of tools for empowering distributed management of website information. Unlike desktop software suites like Dreamweaver and Contribute, these systems are centrally run and provided – there is no computer setup necessary to begin using these systems and no software versions or upgrades to worry about. For the end-user, they run entirely within the web browser and provide an intuitive interface for finding, editing, and publishing web pages.
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Latest Announcement: November 11, 2009 - Cascade Server 6.4 installed to production
Cascade 6.4 has been installed to the production server. Building on top of the enhancements made in 6.2 to enable easier content sharing and cross-site templates, this release focuses mainly in introducing a few key features: a Wordpress connector, a Twitter connector, a brand new version difference analysis engine, and a new drag and drop contributor UI creator. Coming with these features are approximately 30 bugfixes in 6.2.1 and 6.4...
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