Writing In Progress…

1. what is a CMS ?
2. list of Necessary Features for a web application to be called a CMS
3. how to make a Basic CMS ?
4. Approach to make it scalable

What is a CMS ?

List of Features Needed

• Content Creation
• Content Editing
• Content Publishing
• Content Scheduling
• Media Management
• Search
• Menus and Navigation Management
• SEO Optimization
• Analytics and Reporting
• Security and Backups
• Scalability and Extensibility
• Template and Theme Management
• Worflow and Collaboration
• User Management and Permissions

Scalability and Extensibility

• Architecture Design
• Database Design
• Modular and Decoupled Architecture
• Use of Asynchronous Processing
• Horizontal and Vertical Scaling
• Database Optimization
• Caching Mechanisms
• Load Balancing *
• Elasticity
• Stateless Architecture
• Scalable Storage Solutions