Content Management Systems

[Carri Richards]

In my Professional Writing Technology class, I have been researching the Drupal content management system.  I've seen content management as a necessary skill on job postings for Technical Writers, but Drupal, particularly, seems to be more the domain of web developers. Would a tech writer generally need to know how to build and manage the site or just provide content?

Thanks,

Carri Richards

Tech Writing Student

[Larry Kunz]

Hi, Carri. I'd say that a technical writer generally would not have to
build and manage the site. But the tech writer should know what conent
management system is being used and a little bit about how it works.
You'd especially want to know how the CMS integrates with your
authoring and publishing processes (if at all) and whether it has
metadata capabilities that you could use to make your content easier
to search.

Hope that helps.

Larry Kunz