Content Management Apparatus Segmentation for Layout Flexibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing content management systems for EC sites restrict user flexibility in changing default content layouts and require technical knowledge to edit system control structures, risking improper electronic commerce functionality if errors occur.
Innovation Solution
A content management apparatus that allows users to create content by combining essential and optional parts, with the ability to arrange and edit optional parts between essential ones, using a user-friendly interface to select formats, create design parts, and set displaying conditions without requiring expertise in HTML or CSS.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the entire web page including system control structure can be edited by user, then layout flexibility is improved, but system reliability deteriorates due to risk of erroneous changes
Solution Approach 1:
The web page is divided into two distinct types of parts: essential parts (system control structure) and optional parts (user-added content). This segmentation allows users to edit only the optional parts while the essential parts remain protected, thus maintaining layout flexibility without compromising system reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
Different editing permissions are assigned to different parts of the web page. Essential parts have restricted editing capabilities to prevent erroneous changes, while optional parts have full editing freedom. This local differentiation of quality resolves the contradiction between flexibility and reliability.
2Ease of operation
If system control structure and user content are edited simultaneously, then ease of operation is improved, but difficulty of operation worsens due to requirement of technical knowledge
Solution Approach 1:
The editing interface is segmented into protected essential parts and editable optional parts. Users interact only with the optional parts through simple operations, while essential parts are automatically managed by the system. This segmentation simplifies user operations without requiring technical knowledge of system control structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically manages the essential parts (system control structure) without requiring user intervention. Users only need to perform simple operations on optional parts, and the system handles the complex integration and coordination automatically, reducing operational complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Content with a desired layout is created easily and safely. The content management apparatus (3) includes a storage unit (32) for storing a plurality of parts constituting a part of the content, and a control unit (33) for creating the content by combining the plurality of parts which are respectively arranged at desired positions and selected from the storage unit (32). Here, the parts include system parts which are essential for displaying the content and are restricted from being edited by a business operator which is a user, and a design part, that is, an optional part which is created by the business operator who is a user and can be added arbitrarily. Then, the control unit 33 rearranges the system parts which are arranged at predetermined positions, and arranges the design part between the system parts to create the content.