Content Management

What is Content Management!?
Content Management is perhaps the most loose term in PHP and refers to the ability, (normally using databases) to control content on a website. It allows images and text to be controlled directly from the website without the use of an external HTML editor program or the aid of a website design company to continually edit the site. This can produce great savings in the long term - especially on continually changing sites.

In this example:
This page is extremely dynamic (database driven):

1. The Logo changes depending whether the date coincides with a full moon or other special times of the year (for example Christmas, Easter, St. George's Day etc.)
2. The Daily Poll is updated by the site administrator. The votes are altered by the members. The archive is created automatically when the administrator changes the poll.
3. The animated character at the top of the page changes depending on the day. Animations include:
   • A bat
   • An Owl
   • A snake
   • A dragon
   • A Ghost
   • A Spider
   • A Goblin
4. The people online, guests online, members online are all dynamic and linked to the membership database.
5. The active members text is linked to the membership database
6. The newest member is linked to the membership database
7. "You have been logged in as [username]" will appear when logged in and can automatically detect cookies to prevent members needing to log in when they visit again
8. The days until halloween is dynamic content that counts the days
9. The news is taken from a database which is updated by the site administrators
10. The random shop item changes each time the page is re-loaded or refreshed
11. The quotes are randomised in the same way as the shop item
12. The paranormal pictures have been uploaded by the users, activated by the administrator and randomised in the same way as the quotes and shop items