Web Content Management roles
Different types of users are responsible for different tasks when deploying a Web Content Management system or when creating and managing Web sites and Web content.
- System-wide roles
Web Content Management is a component of WebSphere Portal. As such, the deployment process for Web Content Management systems is a sub-process of the overall WebSphere Portal deployment process. Many of the overall system planning and deployment tasks will be performed by users with system-wide responsibilities.
- The Web content administrator
A Web content administrator is responsible for configuring the Web content servers within a WebSphere Portal system.
- The Web content information architect
The information architect is responsible for determining the architecture of a site including things like library structure, the site framework, categories and site navigation as well as delivery methodologies.
- The Web content graphic designer
A Web content graphic designer is responsible for designing the layout and style of the Web pages and graphics in a Web site.
- The Web site creator
A Web site creator is responsible for building a Web site by creating presentation templates, authoring templates, site areas, components and categories. They are also responsible for creating content management items such as folders and workflows. The items created by a Web site creator are based on the designs created by the information architect and graphic designer.
- The Web content developer
A Web content developer is responsible for extending Web Content Management by using the Web Content API, developing JSP components and creating Web content plug-ins.
- The Web content author
A Web content author is responsible for creating Web content for the sites developed and managed using Web Content Management.
- The Web content approver
A Web content approver is responsible for approving Web content items that use workflows.
- The Web content manager
A Web content manager is responsible for performing ongoing site maintenance activities.
- The Web content tester
A Web content tester is responsible for performing functional and performance user acceptance testing (UAT) within UAT environments.
- The Web Content Viewer
A Web Content Viewer is the person viewing your Web site. They could be an internal viewer within a company intranet, or an external viewer such as a customer of a commercial Web site.
Parent topic:
Plan for Web content