One of the things that all content management systems have in common is the ability to store, organize, and present large amounts of information. The factor that makes e107 unique is its ability to do this in a number of ways. However, since I conducted a little poll of my own, we have decided to concentrate our efforts on using a core e107 plugin called Content Management. In this chapter we also cover another core plugin called links.
The Content Management plugin is a core plugin and is a very powerful and versatile plugin. Before we get started let's clear up a question that always seems to come up. Why does a content management system need a content management plugin? The plugin is simply named content management. It could have been called content organizer, site content manger, or any number of other names. The plugin is a module of programming code that stores and organizes content. The plugin does not have to be installed...