Content design Tools and Apps is essential because Today Interactive experiences have placed massive demands on content to be findable, targetable, reusable and adaptable, personalised, localised, and so on -

1. Content Design Tools / Apps
Prepared by : Raghunathan Janarthanan

2. Recent Trends in Content Design
Content creation, content strategy, content
marketing–these are all trendy terms right
now.
 Design and content are two sides of coin.
They are both necessary for an effective
website, Document, Communication
message and Instructional slides.
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3. Importance of Content Design tools
For Creating Effective
 Technical document
 Instruction document
 Corporate Communication
 Project document
 Training document
 Mails, Letters and Invitations

4. Importance of Content Design Apps
For Creating messages from Mobile / Ipad & PC and
sending the message / pictures in the form of:
Invitations ,Greeting, Alerts and Requests
 Mails, Letters, Notes, Hints, Documents
 Photos, Snapshots and Photo albums
 Videos, Files,
 Drawings, Chart and Maps
 And more
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5. Content Design
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Content Design is a term related
with Content Thinking. It can be described
as a framework for communication design,
where the content is a message with a clear
meaning (i.e. content) which fulfills the
original purpose of a particular enterprise.

6. Content Thinking
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Content Thinking is a response to the
information overload. It is a practical
approach to communication design, which
shifts emphasis from the media to the core
intent i.e. the meaning of the message. The
central idea of Content Thinking is: The
meaning (i.e. content) is the message.

7. What is Content?
There are a lot of different definitions of
content out there, so it’s important to explain
what we mean when we say content.
 Many people think that content is just about
writing blog posts or articles, but really the
written word is just one type of content.
Content is so much more.
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8. Content can also be:
 Images
 Videos
 Podcasts
 And more
The purpose of content is to convey
information. That information can be either
informative or entertaining, or both.

9. Web content
 Web content can be as simple as a single
home page to sell a product, or as complex as an
online magazine complete complete with a user
forum.
 Like good web design, good content strategy
requires lots of planning. That’s why it’s
important to coordinate the web design and
content plan for a site

10. Designer/Content Strategist
Relationship
A strong relationship between a designer and
the person responsible for content leads to more
effective content, which is a good thing for
everyone involved.
A Content designer creates a place where
content can be shared effectively. Without good
content design, content is unlikely to get
noticed–no matter how valuable or interesting it
is.

11. Why Work Together?
To create the most effective website for their
clients, designers and content strategists need
to know much of the same information.
 The best way to make sure that the content
design and content strategy complement each
other rather than clash with each other is for
the content strategist and content designer to
communicate regularly.

12. Working Content into Your Process

13. The design process and content strategy
can be integrated to create a more
effective user experience. With a little
planning, content strategy can easily
become a part of your design process.
You can begin to incorporate content into
your design process by:

14. Planning for content early in the process. Don’t wait
until the last minute to think about content strategy. If your
client doesn’t explain what type of content they plan to
include on their site, ask them.
Collaborating with an expert. Design requires a specific
skill set. So does content creation and management. While
some designers have both skill sets, many do not. Don’t be
afraid to reach out to and work with a content creation
specialist.
Communicating with the content specialist
regularly. Communication is an important part of the
design process. Just as it’s important to communicate
changes to your client, it’s also important to communicate
change to your content specialist.
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15. 10 Best Content Management Systems for
Designers
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There are a lot of content management systems out there,
but many of them are overly complicated and require a
certain level of technical expertise. However, there are a
select few that focus on simplicity and ease-of-use, but still
give the designer flexibility in templating features and
customization. In this article, we have listed ten of these
CMS’s. Some of them are well known, while others you
may have never heard of, but deserve a look.
If you have a favorite CMS that we didn’t list here, let us
know.
This can be used as a Content Design Tools /Apps

16. Content management systems - CMS
Concrete5
 ExpressionEngine
 Textpattern
 Joomla
 Movable Type
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Cushy CMS
 WordPress
 Radiant CMS
 Drupal
 SilverStripe
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