I made the grave mistake of buying this book. I wanted a book that would show me how to use Joomla. It's something else entirely, and it's about the size of the Yellow Pages. Not for n00bs.

If you have any need to know about content management, document management or information management,
buy this book! This book dissects and discusses the subject at various levels of detail, so any reader will be able to find the correct level of discussion for his or her needs. I am going to be working on a CMS system, so I
devoured this book. I believe I have a good feel for the problems and pitfalls I will run into on the project. And I know I will be referring to this book as the project progresses.

Thank you so much for writing this book! It's a life saver!

I am working with a company to design and manage their new CMS system, and this book really got me off on the right foot. I was actually quite surprised how detailed, specific and up-to-date the book was.

Also, the author writes with the insight of someone who has worked for a long time in the industry. He'll make a little comment about how committees get things done, what management likes to see in a project proposal, how projects get stuck in the red tape, etc. and it would spark a memories of things that have actually happened to me. "Yes," I would think, "Committees DO have that problem!"

Chapter by chapter, the book walks you through the nuts and bolts of content management - what it is, why you need it, etc. It covers issues such as:

- If you're buying a pre-built CMS, what steps you should go through to ensure you're getting the right system.

- How to step through the many hurdles of management to get buy-in and to get the right product.

- If you're building your own CMS, how you should build the product plan, which features you should look at, what kind of staff you should have, etc.

- There is also a great chapter on why you should format your data with XML (which I was very happy to find as I am a big believer in XML).

- He also discusses choosing hardware, implementing the system, etc.

- And, lastly, he goes through different data types and specific features that you need or should know about (such as author permissions and metadata).

I was extremely happy with this book and definitely recommend it to anyone charged with planning or implementing a CMS.

This book is a required textbook for my online graduate publishing course at Pace University. I have enjoyed the book and the wealth of information it provides. It is informative and written well for anyone to understand. The examples and diagrams are terrific as well as the snippets from people in the business industry using CMS. At the end of my course in May 2006, this book will definitely be on my bookshelf and used on the job. I highly recommond this book for anyone.

Good book. It's clear, very well organized and planned book. It's a complete guide and knowledge repository for those who want to start understanding the Content Management paradigm and to the experienced ones who want to improve their skills as well.