JP4909432B2 - Content management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a content management system and a content creation program for building a website, and in particular, a content management system and a content creation program capable of performing content creation by one or more people without batting. About.

  Currently, on the Internet, the use of which has rapidly expanded with the spread of personal computers (hereinafter referred to as PCs), a large amount of content is released to meet various needs of users. Most of this content is provided by a markup language such as HTML, and is browsed via an Internet browser (hereinafter simply referred to as a browser).

  In the past, content was often created by users who were skilled in the markup language. However, many creation tools are currently used to facilitate content creation, and the content must be created without knowing the markup language. Is possible. However, the scale of published content tends to increase year by year, and in recent years, the construction of websites mainly in companies is not carried out by one worker, but the person who manages the entire website, the website In general, a website is constructed by being divided into a plurality of tasks, such as a person in charge of design such as appearance and a person who creates content constituting the website.

  Various content management systems (hereinafter referred to as CMS) used when creating content by one or more users are disclosed. For example, in Patent Document 1, CMS that registers content created in a working area in a version management area, extracts updates from the contents of the registered version management area by version management means, and distributes the updates to a public server. Is disclosed.

JP 2004-157883 A

  However, in the existing CMS including the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the completed content is managed on the server side by version management and the like, but the content in the middle of work is stored in the individual work environment (working area). In many cases, the content editing environment is influenced by individual users and client devices such as PCs used by the users, and the quality is not necessarily constant.

  Also, even if the CMS saves working content on the server side, the existing CMS is a server-side application program that dynamically generates a markup language that extends the website and sends it to the client. Yes, because a file written in a markup language is edited on the browser, the editing method is considerably restricted due to the browser specifications, and the degree of freedom and operability of content creation are extremely low. It was a thing.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and creates a content management system that manages intermediate files generated during content creation work and content that has been completed, and a work terminal in conjunction with the content management system. By providing a content management system that can cope with the fluidity of the work environment, improve the workability of content creation, maintain a certain level of quality, and improve the freedom of content creation. Objective.

The content management system according to claim 1 is a content management system (hereinafter referred to as CMS) for managing a website composed of a plurality of web pages, and the CMS is a content management server for managing a website. And a website publishing server that publishes the created website on the Internet, and a content creation program that operates on a terminal connected to the content management server, the content management server being usable by the content creation program , Update data including edit contents of web page, and control data for controlling edit of web page corresponding to the edit data and setting editable ID as a right holder The ID and password And access control means for judging, based on the over-de, and editing data management means for managing the editing data that has been transmitted from the content creation program, and the control data management means for managing the control data, can be published on the basis of the control data Content publishing means for uploading data in a different format (hereinafter referred to as public data) to the website publishing server, and the content creation program inputs a previously issued ID and password to the content management server. Access means for accessing, edit data update means for creating / updating edit data, public data update means for generating public data from edit data, control data update means for renewing control data, edit data, control Send or receive data and public data to the content management server And and a data communication means for a user to access the contents management server by using the ID and password by the content creation program running on the operating terminal such as a personal computer itself using the content When creating a new content, the content creation program creates the new content control data and edit data by setting the ID of the user as the editing authority ID in the terminal device, or the content management An ID indicating the user presented by the server is set as an edit right owner ID, and control data and edit data of a desired web page are selected from the list of editable web pages by the data transmission / reception means from the content management server. downloaded to the terminal device, the Over The the public the control data and editing data of the content that has been newly created or downloaded, updated by the control data updating means and the editing data update means, from subsequently edited by the public data update means data in the operation terminal It is possible to generate data, and to pass editing rights to other users on the editing data and control data for which the user has editing rights. The created / updated editing data, control data, and public data are: only by editing owner ID, the aforementioned can be transmitted by the data transmitting and receiving unit to the content management server, the content management server, the control data transmitted to the control data storage means, the edited data to the editing data storing means The public data is stored in the public data storage means, and the public data is stored based on the control data. The web page is published by uploading the data to the website publishing server.

  According to the configuration of claim 1, when the work is interrupted while editing the content when the content creation program is used, the content editing data, which is a related file used for the work, is uploaded to the content management server, and the content is edited. When resuming, the content editing data is downloaded from the content management server, so that the work can be resumed correctly even when a plurality of work environments are used.

The content management system according to claim 2 is the content management system according to claim 1, wherein the editing data stores component editing data composed of character strings and images and arrangement information of one or more of the component editing data. It consists of page edit data .

According to the configuration of the second aspect, the reusability of the web page is improved by dividing the details of the web page into parts edit data and page edit data having arrangement information of the parts edit data.

  3. The content management system according to claim 1, wherein the content creation program can be downloaded from the content management server. system.

  According to the configuration of claim 3, even if a terminal such as a PC in which the content creation program has not been introduced in advance, the content creation program can be downloaded to the terminal and installed if the content management server can be accessed. Can do.

A content management system according to claim 1 of the present invention is a content management system (hereinafter referred to as CMS) for managing a website composed of a plurality of web pages, and the CMS is a website management system. Content management server, a website publishing server that publishes the created website on the Internet, and a content creation program that operates on a terminal connected to the content management server, the content management server comprising the content creation server For the edit data that can be used in the program, including the edit contents of the web page, and the control data for setting the editable ID as the editing right holder and controlling the web page corresponding to the edit data Whether or not you can access it updatable And access control means for judging, based on the ID and password, and editing data management means for managing the editing data that has been transmitted from the content creation program, and the control data management means for managing the control data, published on the basis of the control data Content publishing means for uploading data in a possible format (hereinafter referred to as public data) to the website publishing server, and the content creation program inputs an ID and password issued in advance, and the content management server An access means for accessing the edit data, an edit data update means for creating / updating edit data, a public data update means for generating public data from the edit data, a control data update means for updating the control data, an edit data, Send control data and public data to the content management server Or a data transmitting and receiving means for receiving comprises a user accesses the content management server using an ID and a password by the content creation program running on the operating terminal such as a personal computer to which it utilized When creating a new content, the content creation program sets the ID of the user as an editing rights owner ID in the terminal device and creates new content control data and editing data, or An ID indicating the user presented by the content management server is set as an edit right owner ID, and control data and edit data of a desired web page are transmitted and received from the content management server from the list of editable web pages. down to the terminal device at unit And over de, the user control data and the editing data of the content newly created or downloaded in the operating terminal, and updated in the control data updating means and the edited data updating means, by subsequently the public data updating means The public data is generated from the edit data, and the edit data that the user has the edit right and the control data can be handed over to other users. public data can only by editing owner ID, the aforementioned can be transmitted by the data transmitting and receiving unit to the content management server, the content management server, the control data transmitted to the control data storing means, said editing edited data In the data storage means, the public data is stored in the public data storage means and is used as control data. Since the web page is published by uploading public data to the website publishing server based on the content, the content creator has a plurality of work environments, and the content creator does not know which one to work on, Even if the person in charge of the creation is changed, the relocation of the work environment and the takeover work can be simplified, so that it is possible to provide a CMS with excellent workability. In addition, since the content data being edited can be held in the content management server, a backup operation in advance is not required, and it is easy to deal with unexpected accidents such as failure of the work terminal. Furthermore, by separating the content creation program from the content management server, it is possible to minimize the communication between the content management server and the content creation program and create a situation that is less dependent on the environment of the content management server. An excellent content creation program can be used, and the workability is excellent.

A content management system according to a second aspect of the present invention is the content management system according to the first aspect, wherein the editing data includes component editing data composed of character strings and images, and one or a plurality of the component editing data. Since it is composed of page editing data for storing arrangement information, the reuse of the web page can be performed in units of components constituting the web page, and flexible content creation can be performed.

  The content management system according to claim 3 of the present invention is the content management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the content creation program can be downloaded from the content management server. Even in an environment where a content creation program is not introduced in advance, such as a customer environment, the content creation program can be easily introduced.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the content management system (CMS) in one Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows a CMS login process same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows the edit site selection process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows the data download process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows a site common setting change process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows a content addition / copy process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows the content deletion process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows the content edit process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows a content control data update process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows content edit right delegation processing of CMS as above. It is a flowchart which shows a content disclosure process of CMS as above. It is a flowchart which shows a page addition / copy process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows the page deletion process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows the page edit process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows a page layout change process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows a page edit right delegation process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows the template change process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows a page release process of CMS same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows the timer disclosure process of a CMS page same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which shows the detail of the data managed by the control data storage means in a content management server same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which shows the detail of the data managed by the edit data storage means in a content management server same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which shows the detail of the data managed by the public data storage means in a content management server same as the above.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment as the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Of course, it goes without saying that the present invention can be easily applied to other than those described in the embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the content management system in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a content management system (hereinafter referred to as CMS). Reference numeral 1 denotes a content management server that centrally manages created content. The content management server 1 includes access control means 11 for controlling access from a terminal to which communication is connected, access rights management for pages and contents constituting the pages (hereinafter collectively referred to as contents), and preset settings. Control data management means 12 for managing update / deletion of data for controlling the publication of contents and pages at the release date, control data storage means 12a for storing control data, contents being edited and contents that have been created Content editing data management means 13 for managing editing data (files), editing data accumulating means 13a for accumulating editing data, and public data accumulating means 14a for accumulating public data transmitted from a content creation program to be described later. Stored in the public data storage means 14a on the date of release Configured content publishing means 14 for transferring the public server, and after the content creation program according the content creation program distribution means 15 for downloading to the terminal public data as public data.

  Detailed data stored by each storage seed means of the content management server 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing details of the control data storage means 12a. The control data storage means 12a includes site common setting data 12a1 and site common design template 12a2, and further stores page control data 12a3 and content control data 12a4 for each page number or content number. The site common setting data 12a1 includes a site title, a keyword and an introduction sentence by a search site, an access analysis tag, an editable user ID as an editable user ID, and a page layout ID indicating a default page layout when a new page is created. Stores initial value, update date, etc. The site common design template is composed of a set of CSS files, background images, and other image parts used in common throughout the entire site. The page control data 12a3 includes a page management ID for uniquely identifying a page, a page title, a page file name, a page layout ID indicating a page layout for managing the division of the content arrangement position, and a scheduled date and time for uploading the page to the public server. The disclosure date and time, the edit right ID indicating the editable user, and the update date are stored. The content control data 12a4 includes a content management ID for uniquely identifying the content, a content name, an editing authority ID indicating an editable user, an other editor permission flag for managing whether other users are allowed to edit, and disclosure. Consists of a public permission flag that manages whether to upload to the server, and an update date. Hereinafter, the above two types of control data are simply referred to as control data. In this case, the control data corresponding to the selected page or content is indicated.

  FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing details of the edit data storage means 13a. The edit data storage means 13a is composed of page edit data 13a1 and content edit data 13a2, each of which is stored for the number of pages or the number of contents. The page edit data 13a1 stores the content ID of the content to be arranged and the arrangement information for each content ID. The content editing data 13a2 stores text, images, and other objects for restoring the editing state of the content and generating public data, and arrangement information thereof. Hereinafter, the above two types of editing data are simply referred to as editing data. In this case, the editing data corresponding to the selected page or content is indicated.

  FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing details of the public data storage means 14a. Page disclosure data 14a1 stored in units of pages, content disclosure data 14a2 stored in units of content, CSS (cascade style sheet) files that are common parts according to the general website configuration, and the entire site It consists of common parts 14a3 such as image parts to be used, and image data 14a4 for storing images used in page public data 14a1 and content public data 14a2. The page publication data 14a1 and the content publication data 14a2 are transferred to the publication space 31 of the website publication server 3 after the publication date and time set in the corresponding page control data 12a3 and content control data 12a4. Hereinafter, the above two types of public data are simply referred to as public data. In this case, the public data corresponding to the selected page or content is indicated.

  The above control data, edit data, and public data have the same data structure as the control data, edit data, and public data that are transmitted / received by the data transmission / reception means of the content creation program 2 described later. Is omitted.

  Reference numeral 2 in FIG. 1 denotes a content creation program installed in a content editing terminal that is a work terminal such as a personal computer (PC) for creating content (not shown). The content creation program 2 accesses the access control means 11 of the content management server 1 to access and log in, and the content management server 1 exchanges control data, edit data, public data, and various data with the content management server 1. Data transmission / reception means 22, control data update means 23 for editing the acquired page and content control data, control data 23a acquired by the data transmission / reception means 22 and updated by the control data update means 23, and the acquired page and content are edited Edit data 24a and edit data 24a acquired by the edit data update means 24 and data transmission / reception means 22 for restoration and updated by the edit data update means 24 are converted into a format suitable for publishing to the website publishing server 3. Public data generator 25, and a public data 25a of the page or content generated by the public data generating means 25. The control data 23a, edit data 24a, and public data 25a are recorded as temporary data in the content editing terminal. The temporary data is retained as it is even after the content creation program 2 is finished. If the data is not downloaded from the content management server 1 at the next startup, the editing operation is resumed with the temporary data.

  A public server 3 is for publishing the public space 31 uploaded by the content publishing means 14 on the Internet. Reference numeral 4 denotes a PC used by a site viewer, which is equipped with a website browser (hereinafter simply referred to as a browser), and is used for browsing a public space 31 published on the website public server 3 by the browser. is there.

  Next, detailed operation of the CMS according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, operations such as content creation / editing / deletion and uploading to the website publishing server 3 among the pages and contents constituting the website will be described.

  FIG. 2 shows an operation when logging into the content management server 1 from the content creation program 2 installed in the content editing terminal. First, the user activates the content creation program 2, inputs an ID and password issued in advance on the displayed login screen, and presses the login button (S201). The access unit 21 of the content creation program 2 delivers the input ID and password to the access control unit 11 of the content management server 1 (S202). The access control means 11 determines whether this ID and password match pre-stored authentication data (not shown) (S203). The determination result is received by the content creation program 2, and it is identified whether or not it has been authenticated (S204). If it has not been correctly authenticated, a warning message is displayed and the user is prompted to enter the ID and password again (S205). If so, the editing site selection process for selecting a website desired to be edited from the plurality of editable websites is continued (S206).

  Next, the detailed operation of the CMS relating to the editing site selection process will be described with reference to FIG. The content management server 1 creates a list of websites that can be edited based on the logged-in ID, and transmits the list to the content creation program 2 (S301). The content creation program 2 displays a list of transmitted websites on the screen, prompts the user to select a desired website from the list, and transmits the selected website to the content management server 1 (S303). . Among the related information of the selected website (information for determining whether it is a PC site or a portable site, site name, site URL, site URL root folder, etc., basic information of the website and information necessary for access), Necessary information based on the login ID is returned to the content creation program 2 (S304). The data transmission / reception means 22 of the content creation program 2 stores the returned related information of the website in a variable as temporary data (S305). Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, data upload / download and transmission / reception of other information in the content creation program 2 are all performed via the data data transmission / reception means 22. Subsequently, download processing of data (control data, edit data, and public data) related to the latest content of the website is started.

  Next, the control data download process will be described with reference to FIG. The content creation program 2 prompts the user to select whether or not to download the latest data (control data, edit data, and public data) from the content management server 1 (S401). If the user's selection is to download the latest data, the content management server 1 is requested to transfer the control data, edit data and public data of the content to be downloaded to the content editing terminal (S402). Upon receiving the transfer request, the content management server 1 extracts control data, edit data, and public data to be downloaded from the control data storage unit 12a, the edit data storage unit 13a, and the public data storage unit 14a, and creates content. Transfer to the program 2 (S403). The content creation program 2 creates a list of pages constituting the content and a list of contents (hereinafter referred to as a page list and a content list) from the downloaded control data, edit data, and public data, and a site (not shown) The display is switched to the edit screen (S404). Based on the created list, the acquired site information, page list, and content list are updated, a site editing screen (not shown) is displayed, and site editing processing is performed (S405).

  Subsequently, an editing process of common settings (website title, search keyword, etc.) of the site, which is an initial operation of the site editing process, will be described with reference to FIG. First, a “common setting” button displayed on a site editing screen (not shown) is clicked (S501). (However, this button cannot be used if the user corresponding to the login ID does not have the common setting editing authority.) The initial value related to the entire site is entered on the site common setting screen (not shown). Then, the setting reflection button is clicked (S502). The initial values are mainly a website title, a search keyword, an introduction sentence, an access analysis tag, and the like. The input data is changed to site. Write to the info file (S503). Updated site. The info file is transferred to the content management server 1 and overwritten (S504). When the update processing of the content management server 1 is completed, a response indicating completion is transmitted to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 displays a message indicating the completion of processing on the screen (S505). When the editing of the common settings of the website is completed, or when the user does not have the editing right of the common settings, the editing of the page and the contents constituting the page are performed.

  Next, an operation of creating new content or copying existing content in the content creation program 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The content creation program 2 displays a content editing screen (not shown). The user clicks the “content addition button” displayed on the screen (S601). The content creation program 2 prompts the user to select either adding new empty content or creating new content from a copy of existing content (S602). When new creation from empty content is selected, content control data 23a is newly created and the content list is updated. The ID of the user who is operating as the editing right holder is set (S603). When copying the existing content, the copy source control data 23a, edit data 24a, and public data 25a are copied, and the edit authority of each file is changed to the ID of the user who is operating (S604). . A new content management ID is assigned to the content created in step S603 or S604 (S605). The content management ID is “editor ID + date and time (in milliseconds)” in order to prevent duplication with content newly created by other users. The newly created content control data 23a is uploaded to the content management server 1, and the control data management means 12 registers it in the control data storage means 12a (S607). When the registration is completed, the content management server 1 transmits a response indicating the completion of processing to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 displays a message notifying that the processing is completed on the screen. The created new content is added to the content list, and an edit screen for the content is displayed (S608).

  Next, the CMS operation related to the content deletion process will be described with reference to FIG. The user selects content desired to be deleted from the content list on the content editing screen displayed by the content creation program 2 (S701). In the control data 23a of the selected content, it is identified whether the ID corresponding to the editing right holder and the login ID match. If they match, the process is continued. If they do not match, a warning is displayed and the process is interrupted (S702). If there is an editing right, the content ID is transmitted to the content management server 1 together with the deletion request, and the control data management means 12 determines whether the content is not arranged on another page (S703). When the arranged page exists, the control data management unit 12 transmits a page list obtained by extracting the corresponding page to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 displays the page list and deletes the final page. A confirmation message is displayed (S704). After displaying the final confirmation message, the user is prompted for a final deletion instruction and is instructed to execute the deletion again (S705), or the content to be deleted is not used on another page in step S703. If it is determined, the files related to the content to be deleted (control data, editing data, publishing source file, etc.) are deleted from the storage means of the content editing terminal (not shown) and deleted from the content list. (S706). After the file related to the content to be deleted is deleted from the content editing terminal, the file related to the content to be deleted existing in the content management server 1 is deleted (S707). Furthermore, the source file corresponding to the content to be deleted is also deleted from the public space 31 from the public server 3 (S708). When the control data management unit 12 finishes the process related to the file deletion of the content to be deleted, the control data management unit 12 transmits a response indicating that the process is completed to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 receives the response and receives the response. Is displayed (S709).

  Next, the operation of CMS when content is edited will be described with reference to FIG. The content desired to be edited is selected from the content list displayed by the content creation program 2, and the “content editing” button is clicked (S801). In the control data 23a of the selected content, it is identified whether the ID corresponding to the editing right holder and the login ID match. If they match, the process is continued. If they do not match, a warning is displayed and the process is interrupted (S802). If the user has the editing right, the editing data 24a of the selected content is read, and the last state at the time of the previous editing is restored on the editing screen. If it is new content and the edit data 24a does not exist, an empty edit screen is displayed (S803). Various contents editing functions are used to arrange images and text (S804). When the editing work is completed or the work is finished halfway, a “reflect setting” button is clicked (S805). Various data relating to the content being edited are updated as control data 23a, edit data 24a, and public data 25a (S806). The updated file is transmitted to the content management server 1, updated by the control data management unit 12 and the content editing data management unit 13, and updated by the control data storage unit 12a and the editing data storage unit 13a, and the public data 25a is stored in the public data storage unit 15a. Overwriting is registered (S807). When the content update processing is completed, the content management server 1 transmits a response indicating that the processing is completed to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 that has received the response displays a message indicating that the update processing has been completed. (S808).

  Next, the operation of the CMS for editing the content control data will be described with reference to FIG. On the content information setting screen (not shown), the content whose control data is desired to be edited is selected from the content list, and the “content information setting” button is clicked (S901). In the control data 23a of the selected content, it is identified based on the control data 23a whether the editing right owner ID and the login user match. If they match, the process is continued. If they do not match, a warning is displayed and the process is interrupted (S902). If they match, the control data of the selected content is read and displayed on the edit screen (S903). A necessary part is changed on a content information setting screen (not shown) (S904). Items that can be edited include, for example, a content name, an other editor usage permission flag indicating whether or not to allow other users to perform editing, and a public permission flag indicating whether or not uploading of the content to a public server is permitted. is there. When editing is completed, the “reflect settings” button is clicked to confirm the settings (S905). Based on the updated data, the control data 23a of the selected content is updated. If the content name is changed, the content list is also updated (S906). The updated control data 23a is transmitted to the control data management means 12 of the content management server 1 (S907). When the control data management unit 12 completes the update process of the transmitted control data 23a to the control data storage unit, the control data management unit 12 transmits a response indicating that the update process is completed to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 In response, a message indicating that the control data update processing has been completed is displayed (S908).

  Next, the operation of CMS in the process of transferring the content editing right to another user will be described with reference to FIG. On the content information setting screen (not shown), the content for which the editing right is desired to be transferred is selected from the content list, and the “editing right transfer” button is clicked (S1001). In the control data 23a of the selected content, it is identified whether the ID corresponding to the editing right holder and the login ID match. If they match, the process is continued. If they do not match, a warning is displayed and the process is interrupted (S1002). A selection list of IDs and names of all editors of the website is created and displayed as an editing right change screen (S1003). The ID of the editor who is the partner to whom the editing right is transferred is selected, and the “reflect setting” button is clicked (S1004). The editing right owner ID of the control data 23a of the selected content is updated to the ID after the editing right change (S1005). The content creation program 2 transmits the updated control data 23a to the content management server 1, and the control data management unit 12 overwrites and updates the control data 23a in the control data storage unit 12a (S1006). When the content management server 1 finishes the update process, the content management server 1 transmits a response indicating that the process has been completed to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 receives this and displays a message that the editing right transfer process has been completed ( S1007). Thereafter, the selected content cannot be edited with the login ID, and the editor corresponding to the ID to which the editing right has been transferred downloads the control data 23a and the editing data 24a from the next content management server 1. Then, the corresponding content can be edited.

  Next, the operation of CMS for publishing edited content will be described with reference to FIG. The content desired to be uploaded to the website publishing server 3 is selected on the content list, and the “reflect production” button is clicked (S1101). It is identified whether the ID corresponding to the editing right holder of the selected content matches the login ID. If they match, the process is continued. If they do not match, a warning is displayed and the process is interrupted (S1102). If the user has editing rights, the publishing source file of the content management server 1 and the image parts used therein are transferred to the designated location on the website publishing server 3 for the selected content, and the publishing server The corresponding content above is updated (S1103). After the update process is completed, the content management server 1 transmits a response indicating the end of the process to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 receives this and displays a message indicating that the upload process to the public server has been completed.

  The procedure for creating / editing / deleting contents and uploading to the website publishing server 3 has been described in detail above. Next, a procedure for creating / editing / deleting a website page and uploading it to the website publishing server 3 that arranges and configures the content created by the above-described CMS operation will be described in detail.

  The process for creating a new CMS page will be described with reference to FIG. A “page addition” button on a page editing screen (not shown) displayed by the content creation program 2 is clicked (S1201). Whether to add a new empty page or create a copy of an existing page is selected (S1202). If new addition is selected, control data for new pages and public data are created, and the page list is updated (S1203). When the copy of the existing page is selected, the control data, edit data, and public data of the copy source page are copied, the management ID and edit authority ID are changed to the ID of the logged-in user, and the page list is updated ( S1204). A page management ID is issued for the new page created as described above (S1205). As in the case of new content creation, the page ID is also “editor ID + date and time (milliseconds)”. The created control data 23a, edit data 24a, and public data 25a are transferred to the content management server 1 (S1206). The content management server 1 updates each file to the control data storage unit 12a, the edit data storage unit 13a, and the public data storage unit 14a. When the file transfer is completed, the content management server 1 transmits a response indicating the end of the transfer to the content creation program 2, and in response to this, the content creation program 2 displays a message that the creation of the new page is complete, A newly created page is added to the page list, and a page information setting screen is displayed (S1207).

  Next, the CMS page deletion operation will be described with reference to FIG. A “page deletion” button on a page editing screen (not shown) displayed by the content creation program 2 is clicked (S1301). In the control data 23a of the selected page, it is identified whether the ID corresponding to the editing right holder and the login ID match. If they match, the process is continued. If they do not match, a warning is displayed and the process is interrupted (S1302). A final confirmation message for deletion is displayed (S1303). Determine the final confirmation of the deletion selected by the user. If OK, the process is continued, and if NO, the deletion process is interrupted (S1304). The file (control data 23a, edit data 24a, and public data 25a) related to the page to be deleted is deleted from the content editing terminal (not shown), and the page to be deleted is deleted from the page list of the content creation program 2 (S1305). The page ID of the page to be deleted is transmitted together with the deletion instruction from the content creation program 2 to the content management server 1, and the data related to the page to be deleted is transferred to the control data storage unit 12a, the edit data storage unit 13a, and the public data. It deletes from the storage means 14a (S1306). The public data corresponding to the page to be deleted is deleted from the public space 31 of the public server 3 (S1307). When the deletion process in the content management server 1 is completed, a response indicating the completion of the deletion process is transmitted to the content creation program 2, and in response to this, the content creation program 2 displays a message indicating the completion of the page deletion (S1308).

  Next, the page editing operation of CMS will be described with reference to FIG. A page desired to be edited is selected from the page list displayed by the content creation program 2 (S1401). It is identified whether or not the user has editing authority for the page desired to be edited. If the user has editing authority, the process is continued. If not, a warning is displayed and the process is interrupted (S1402). The control data 21 of the page to be edited is read, and the current setting content is displayed on the page information setting screen (S1403). The editing data 24a of the page to be edited is read, and the content arrangement screen is restored in the last state at the previous editing (S1404). However, if the edited data does not exist in the edited data storage means 13a because it is a newly created page or the like and no download has been made, an empty content arrangement screen is displayed. Next, on the page information setting screen and content layout screen (not shown), necessary items are entered (page title, release date, editor ID, etc.), and editing operations such as adding / changing / deleting content to be placed on the page are performed. This is performed (S1405). When the editing is completed, a “reflect setting” button is clicked (S1406). The control data 23a, edit data 24a, and public data 25a related to the page to be edited are updated (S1407). Data related to the page to be edited is updated and registered in the control data storage unit 13a, the edit data storage unit 14a, and the public data storage unit 15a from the content creation program 2 to the content management server 1 (S1408). When the editing process in the content management server 1 is completed, a response indicating the completion of the editing process is transmitted to the content creating program 2, and the content creating program 2 displays a message indicating that the page editing has been completed (S1409). At that time, if the page title is changed, the page list is updated.

  Next, page layout change processing will be described with reference to FIG. On the page information setting screen (not shown), a “change layout” button is clicked (S1501). The display is switched to the layout selection screen, and a list of page layouts is displayed (S1502). One changeable page layout is selected, and the “selection selection” button is clicked (S1503). The ID indicating the selected layout is updated to the layout ID of the control data 23a of the page being edited. If the layout IDs are different before and after the update, the edit data 24a is deleted and the content arrangement information is reset (S1504). Applicable when the updated control data 23a is transmitted from the content creation program 2 to the content management server 1 and the control data 23a is updated to the control data storage means 12a as the page layout update processing, and the edit data 24a is deleted. The data to be deleted is deleted from the edited data storage means 13a (S1505). When the page layout change process in the content management server 1 is completed, a response indicating the completion of the page layout update process is transmitted to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 displays a message indicating that the page layout update has been completed. (S1506).

  Next, a process of delegating the page editing right to another user will be described with reference to FIG. Click the “edit right transfer” button on the page editing screen (not shown) displayed by the content creation program 2. In the control data 23a of the selected page, it is identified whether the ID corresponding to the editing right holder and the login ID match. If they match, the process is continued. If they do not match, a warning is displayed and the process is interrupted (S1602). A selection list of IDs and names of all editors of the website is created and displayed as an editing right change screen (S1603). The ID of the editor to whom the editing right is transferred is selected, and the “reflect setting” button is clicked (S1604). The edit right owner ID of the control data 23a of the selected page is updated to the ID after the edit right change (S1605). The content creation program 2 transmits the updated control data 23a to the content management server 1, and the control data management unit 12 overwrites and updates the control data 23a in the control data storage unit 12a (S1606). When the content management server 1 finishes the update process, the content management server 1 transmits a response indicating that the process has been completed to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 receives this and displays a message that the editing right transfer process has been completed ( S1607). Thereafter, the selected page cannot be edited with the login ID, and the editor corresponding to the ID to which the editing right has been transferred downloads the control data 23a and the editing data 24a from the next content management server 1. Then, the corresponding page can be edited.

  Subsequently, the operation of the CMS in the process of changing the design template of the entire website to another template will be described with reference to FIG. On the site common setting screen (not shown), a “template selection” button is clicked (S1701). The screen is switched to a design template selection screen (not shown), and a changeable template list is displayed (S1702). The user selects a desired design template and clicks the “selection decision” button (S1703). The content creation program 2 transmits an ID indicating the selected template to the content management server 1, and updates a file related to the selected design template (S1704). When the content management server 1 finishes the update process, the content management server 1 transmits a response indicating that the process has been completed to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 receives this and displays a message that the template change process has been completed (S1705). ).

  Next, processing for uploading the created page to the website publishing server 3 will be described with reference to FIG. On the page editing screen (not shown), the “Reflect this page to production” button is clicked (S1801). An instruction to upload the page to the website publishing server 3 is transmitted from the content creation program 2 to the content management server 1, and the content management server 1 receives the instruction and logs in among the contents arranged on the selected page. It is determined whether there is content for which the user corresponding to the ID (that is, the editing right holder of the selected page) does not have editing rights and the publication permission flag of the content is not ON (S1802). When the corresponding content exists, a message confirming that the content is uploaded to the website publishing server 3 except for the content is displayed, and the user is prompted to make a determination. In the case of NG, the processing is interrupted (S1803). If it is determined in step S1802 that there is no corresponding content, or if OK in step S1803, the public data of the selected page stored in the public data storage unit 14a of the content management server 1 is used as the website public server. 3 to the public space 31 (S1804). For all the contents constituting the selected page, except for those whose publication permission flag is NG, the public data stored in the public data storage means 14a is transferred to the public space 31 of the website public server 3 To do. As a result, the selected page and the contents constituting the page are made public, and can be accessed from the outside by the PC 4 equipped with the web browser, and the page can be browsed (S1805). When the content management server 1 finishes the update process, the content management server 1 transmits a response to the effect that the publication has been completed to the content creation program 2, and the content creation program 2 receives this and displays a message to the effect that the publication process has been completed (S1806). .

Next, automatic publication processing of pages and contents for which a publication date is set in advance will be described with reference to FIG. Content management server 1 hour, checking the public time setting of the control data stored in the control data storage unit 13a, to determine the presence of the page and content to be published exceeds the public time the current time is set ( S1901). If there is a page and content to be disclosed, the public data of the page and content is extracted from the public data storage unit 14a, transferred to the public space 31 of the website public server 3, and updated (S1902). At the time of transferring a page, the content that does not have the publication permission flag turned on among the contents constituting the page is not transferred, and the content with the publication permission flag turned on is transferred to the website publication server 3 (S1903). ).

  According to the CMS as described above, the server manages content, and all content creation can be performed by the content creation program 2 installed in the client terminal or the like. Because it does not depend on browser-based editing methods whose operations are significantly limited for security reasons, a content creation program capable of editing with a high degree of freedom can be used, and the degree of freedom in content creation can be improved. Communication frequency between server and client can be suppressed. In addition, by holding data related to the content and page being edited in the content management server 1, even if the editing environment of the PC or the like used by the editor changes, the content or page being edited can be easily changed. You can resume editing

  As mentioned above, although one Example of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to the said Example, A various deformation | transformation implementation is possible within the range of the summary of this invention. For example, the control data / editing data / public data created / updated by the content creation program 2 is assumed to be temporary data, but it is also saved on the client side so that the control data / editing data / public data Although communication is required for acquisition, communication with the server is not required for subsequent editing operations, so even if communication between the server and client is interrupted due to some reason, it is saved on the client side. It is possible to respond to accidents during editing.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Content management server 11 Access control means 12 Control data management means 12a Control data storage means 13 Edit data management means 13a Edit data storage means 14 Content publication means 14a Public data storage means 2 Content creation program 21 Access means 22 Data transmission / reception means 23 Control Data update means 23a Control data 24 Edit data update means 24a Edit data 25 Public data generation means 25a Public data 3 Website public server 31 Public space 4 PC with web browser

Claims (3)

A content management system (hereinafter referred to as CMS) that manages a website composed of a plurality of web pages,
The CMS includes a content management server that manages a website, a website publishing server that publishes the created website on the Internet, and a content creation program that operates on a terminal connected to the content management server .
The content management server
Edit data that can be used in the content creation program, including edit contents of the web page, and control data for setting the editable ID corresponding to the edit data and controlling the web page , Access control means for determining whether or not to allow updatable access based on ID and password;
And editing data management means for managing the editing data that has been transmitted from the content creation program,
And control data management means for managing the control data,
Content publishing means for uploading data in a form that can be published based on control data (hereinafter referred to as publishing data) to the website publishing server;
The content creation program includes:
An access means for inputting a previously issued ID and password and accessing the content management server;
Edit data update means for creating / updating edit data,
Public data updating means for generating public data from the edited data;
Control data updating means for renewing the control data;
Data transmission / reception means for transmitting or receiving editing data, control data and public data to the content management server;
With
The user accesses the content management server using an ID and a password by the content creation program operating on an operation terminal such as a personal computer used by the user,
When creating a new content, the content creation program creates a new content control data and edit data by setting the ID of the user in the terminal device as an editing rights owner ID,
Alternatively, an ID indicating the user presented by the content management server is set as an editing rights owner ID, and control data and editing data of a desired web page are obtained from the list of editable web pages from the content management server. Download to the terminal device by data transmission and reception means ,
The user updates the control data and edit data of the content newly created or downloaded on the operation terminal by the control data update means and the edit data update means, and subsequently releases the edit data from the edit data by the public data update means. Generate data,
Furthermore, it is possible to hand over editing rights to other users for editing data and control data for which the user has editing rights,
Created and updated by editing data, control data and published data, only by editing owner ID, and can be sent to the content management server by the data communication means,
The content management server stores the transmitted control data in the control data storage means, edit data in the edit data storage means, public data in the public data storage means, and the public data based on the control data. A content management system that publishes a web page by uploading it to a website publishing server.
2. The content management according to claim 1 , wherein the editing data includes component editing data composed of character strings and images and page editing data storing arrangement information of one or more of the component editing data. system.
3. The content management system according to claim 1, wherein the content creation program can be downloaded from the content management server.

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