Comments on: Why can’t a newspaper CMS be as user-friendly as a blog? http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/10/29/why-cant-a-newspaper-cms-be-as-user-friendly-as-a-blog/ A UK-centric look at new media and online journalism Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:30:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: links for 2007-11-05 « David Black http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/10/29/why-cant-a-newspaper-cms-be-as-user-friendly-as-a-blog/#comment-36710 links for 2007-11-05 « David Black Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:23:16 +0000 http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/10/29/why-cant-a-newspaper-cms-be-as-user-friendly-as-a-blog/#comment-36710 [...] Why can’t a newspaper CMS be as user-friendly as a blog? - Martin Stabe “The much-anticipated Web 2.0 regional news portal in Germany, Der Westen, has gone live.” (tags: internet newspapers newspapersites socialmedia germany derwesten cms blogging) [...] [...] Why can’t a newspaper CMS be as user-friendly as a blog? - Martin Stabe “The much-anticipated Web 2.0 regional news portal in Germany, Der Westen, has gone live.” (tags: internet newspapers newspapersites socialmedia germany derwesten cms blogging) [...]

]]> By: MA Online Blog » What is Web 2.0? http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/10/29/why-cant-a-newspaper-cms-be-as-user-friendly-as-a-blog/#comment-36077 MA Online Blog » What is Web 2.0? Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:15:47 +0000 http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/10/29/why-cant-a-newspaper-cms-be-as-user-friendly-as-a-blog/#comment-36077 [...] Martin Stabe’s recent blog highlights the launch of a new “Web 2.0 regional news portal“- a German regional [...] [...] Martin Stabe’s recent blog highlights the launch of a new “Web 2.0 regional news portal“- a German regional [...]

]]> By: Zac Echola http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/10/29/why-cant-a-newspaper-cms-be-as-user-friendly-as-a-blog/#comment-36042 Zac Echola Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:52:52 +0000 http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/10/29/why-cant-a-newspaper-cms-be-as-user-friendly-as-a-blog/#comment-36042 I think half the problem with newspaper.com CMS, especially homebrewed CMS is that the people in charge of the sites treat the Web as a newspaper. What I mean is that I think a lot of editors out there are looking for special projects that require their own back-ends and over the years these special projects end up bloating the CMS. The beauty of most blog content management systems is that they treat content as part of a stream. The display mechanism doesn't change much simply because the content is different. Simplicity is important. I think half the problem with newspaper.com CMS, especially homebrewed CMS is that the people in charge of the sites treat the Web as a newspaper.

What I mean is that I think a lot of editors out there are looking for special projects that require their own back-ends and over the years these special projects end up bloating the CMS.

The beauty of most blog content management systems is that they treat content as part of a stream. The display mechanism doesn’t change much simply because the content is different.

Simplicity is important.

]]> By: Best of the journalism blogs http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/10/29/why-cant-a-newspaper-cms-be-as-user-friendly-as-a-blog/#comment-40333 Best of the journalism blogs Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/10/29/why-cant-a-newspaper-cms-be-as-user-friendly-as-a-blog/#comment-40333 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Posted 8 hours agoWhy can’t a newspaper CMS be as user-friendly as a blog?The much-anticipated Web 2.0 regional news portal in Germany, Der Westen, has gone live. The front end — full of geotagging and social networking goodness is very nice indeed, but what’s been done ...<!--%kramer-post%--> Posted 8 hours agoWhy can’t a newspaper CMS be as user-friendly as a blog?The much-anticipated Web 2.0 regional news portal in Germany, Der Westen, has gone live. The front end — full of geotagging and social networking goodness is very nice indeed, but what’s been done …

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