eMPower 3.2 Administrator Manual - Ektron

eMPower
eMPower
The eMPower product implements some specialized concepts and processes
that make the product as effective as possible. Understanding
these concepts before you use the product will help leverage your Web site
development efforts. You will encounter the concepts and terminology discussed
in this chapter as you use eMPower.
About eMPower
Ektron's eMPower is a web content management tool that enables anyone
who has web access and login permissions to contribute to maintaining a
Web site. Content experts responsible for select areas of the Web site can
update the site from anywhere they have web access. This “edit from anywhere”
capability is very powerful because it allows subject matter experts
total freedom to make changes at the spur of the moment from anywhere
they can access the site. While any changes are being made documents
are checked out from eMPower's revision control system to eliminate the
chance of content being accidentally overwritten. After changes are made,
the document can be guided through an approval process where the
changes can be reviewed and approved before being published.
The WYSIWYG editing tool supplied with eMPower eliminates the need for
authors to know HTML. Authors can edit content using familiar menus and
tool bar icons that are popular in most word processing applications. To further
facilitate information exchange and authoring, eMPower also supports
full cut and paste operations.
To ensure that the site is accurate, eMPower enables you to set up a
review process to make sure that any content generated is reviewed by
those empowered to approve site content. This powerful management tool
allows you to set up permissions for individuals who will be part of the
approval process. The permissions give personnel the ability to view, add,
edit, delete, restore, or publish content to your Web site. You can also set
up the sequential order in which the content is reviewed, i.e., who will
review the document after someone else has reviewed it.
Ektron's eMPower tool eliminates the need for staging servers. All content
generated prior to approval can be previewed by anyone on your web
development team prior to being published. This capability does require the
correct permissions to be set. eMPower comes with a revision control tool
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