Web Content ManagementSystem Powered by Ajax

Abstract: This master thesis is about the development of a web site for three restaurants in South Korea. For the maintenance and updating of the contents of the web site a CMS (Content Management System) was developed. The major part of the work was conducted in South Korea and in close collaboration with the owners of the restaurants in order to improve communication possibilities and to be able to gather materials for the project.A theoretical study was conducted to acquire knowledge about the web development technique Ajax, both from a programming view and how to use it for improving usability of the web site functions.From the results of the theoretical study, methods were chosen and applied into a detailed conceptual model of the web site. This model was used as a base for the implementation of the web site pages and content management functions.The resulting implementation of the web site is based on a common structure for the dierent pages, with contents available in both English and Korean. The updating of the contents is done by Ajax enhanced functions in the CMS, which also contains functions for image uploading, text editing, and layout management.