Writers or contributors can, without any knowledge of HTML, input content for publication on the site via an easy-to-use graphical interface. When submitting the document, the contributor assigns attributes to it (title, summary, publication date, time etc.) that govern how the content will be presented.
The contributor also classifies the content so that it is associated with a part of the classification system that a reader may browse or search. All this extra information gives order to the published content and makes it easily searchable. The reader can then find the information they need quickly and easily.
Features
- Provides a user workspace that shows the contributed content over the publication life cycle
- Displays content that is personalized to the user logged in
- Allows multiple content input templates, which can be tailored to the content components and metadata elements required
- Allows the input of raw text or the attachment of a pre-prepared file
- Provides the contributor with a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) Editor for content contribution
- Allows keyword searching and sorting of content
- Allows content to be prioritized for the editorial process
- Optional classification of content as contributed
- Rendered preview of content contributed
- Allows the specification of multiple authors against the content items.
Contributor workspace
Using a personal, configurable workspace, contributors can track the status of their content.
Many contributors can submit content at the same time, each piece of content being routed either manually, or to one or more approvers according to predefined, automatically set, system rules. These are configurable and can be dependent on many factors, for example contributor, content type, or classification type.
