Content Management is perhaps the most loose term in PHP and refers to the ability, (normally using databases) to control content on a website. It allows images and text to be controlled directly from the website without the use of an external HTML editor program or the aid of a website design company to continually edit the site. This can produce great savings in the long term - especially on continually changing sites.
The page is extremely dynamic (database driven):
The Logo changes depending on date (eg. Christmas, Easter etc.)
Daily Poll is updated by the site administrator. Members' votes are counted. An archive is created automatically when the administrator changes the poll.
The animated character at the top of the page changes depending on the day.
The people online, guests online, members online are all dynamic and linked to the membership database.
The active members text is linked to the membership database
The newest member is linked to the membership database
"You have been logged in as [username]" appears when logged in and automatically detects cookies to prevent members needing to log in when they visit again
The days until halloween is dynamic content that counts the days
The news is taken from a database which is updated by the site administrators
Random shop items, quotes and ghost pictures change each time the page is re-loaded or refreshed
