Content management: 19 useful links

This tutorial covers: Why is Information Architecture So Important; Define the Site's Goals; Ask Questions; Filter the Answers; Define the User Experience; Define the Audience; Create Scenarios; Competitive Analysis; Identify Content and Functional Requirements; Group and Label Content; Metaphor Exploration; Set It in Stone; Define Navigation; Layout Grids; and Design Sketches and Page Mock-ups.

This article answers 10 questions about IA and information architects: What is information architecture; How do information architects fit into a Web team; What do architects create for clients; How do architects evaluate or design a site; What kinds of IA problems are difficult to solve; What software do architects use and need; Are there evolving standards for IA; How does usability relate to IA; How do I become an information architect; and What is the future of IA in Web design.

This tutorial covers the basics of web writing: Writing for the Web is different; Shorter is better; Be direct; Web headings that work; Use subheads; Web paragraphs are different; Keep your sentences simple; Getting ready to write; Editing yourself; and A final thought.

This article discusses how to generate a general submission system, as well as how to manage the workflow, all with examples.

Web content is intellectually bankrupt and almost never designed to comply with the way users behave online. Almost all websites contain content that would have worked just as well in print. Even online-only webzines are filled with linear articles with traditional blocks-of-text layouts. No hyperlinks, no scannability. New forms of content that are optimized for online are exceedingly rare.

Articles related to content issues: How Content Aggregators Change Navigation and Control of Content, Content Or Dis-content, 99.9% of Proper Grammar Is Obsolete, Smarter Content Publishing, Independent Publishing is Growing Up, Web Word Wizardry, Written Content To Keep the Content Contented, Content as Navigation Tool, and more.

Articles related to content management system: blogging tools, integrating CSS with content management systems, introduction to XML, smarter content publishing, and more.

Human-edited directory related to content management issues: consultants, content providers, news, media, resources, desktop applications, hosted services, open source, weblog tools, Wiki tools, WYSIWYG editors, ASP, ColdFusion, Java, Perl, PHP, XML, Zope, and more.

This section of the Sun Microsystems' site provides articles on writing for the web, developing content, navigation, design, scannability, and more.

This column teaches some web writing principles, leading through the mess of tangled hyperlinks and long text blocks. It describes the secrets of concise, persuasive sites and teaches how to distinguish what sounds like cheesy marketing fluff.