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Ajax and Content Management System
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04/03/2006, By Jonathan Downes and Joe Walker
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This article highlights the benefits and limitations of Ajax for managing web content.
If a modern day Rip van Winkle woke up after just a year's sleep, he would be stunned by the buzz around Ajax today. Technology is moving very quickly in this space and whether you are a web author, a CMS developer, or a regular web user, Ajax will make some exciting changes to your world.
For the Web CMS world, Ajax offers the possibility for a better user experience for content authors as well as site visitors. But what of its limitations? While Ajax delivers many benefits, it also creates a few challenges.
2 Sides to Ajax in your CMS
Ajax in my CMS Interface: Firstly, how is my CMS Vendor applying Ajax to improve their CMS product to benefit authors and site managers? To the extent that Ajax can afford a potentially more familiar, desktop feel to a web-based application, this is the area we would expect most of their attention to be focused at the moment. And indeed, many vendors are working on Ajax-driven interfaces for their products.
CMS support for creating Ajax-driven web sites: Secondly, what tools is my CMS vendor providing me with to include Ajax in the sites I produce for my customers? This area may come later but is vitally important. As Ajax interfaces become commonplace, your team will want to look at providing them to your customers. It is one thing to have a greatly improved user interface on your CMS tool, but you do not want to lose web traffic and sales because your websites have fallen behind on usability.
What opportunities does Ajax afford?
Single-Page Interface
Drag and drop
Better Performance
Manage Ajax-enabled snippets
Manage DHTML/JavaScript components
What are the potential drawbacks for the Web Author?
Back Button & Bookmarks
Refresh
Visual Accessibility
Security
Preview
Browser compatibility
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