How to Use Backpack as a CMS
There are multiple Content Management Systems (CMS) on the market to choose from, including Drupal, Oracle UCM and Backpack. These CMS all have tools for keeping content, such as records, forms, applications or templates, filed and organized so that everyone on your network or website can access them when needed. Using Backpack, you can centralize message and calendars; announce details for upcoming business trips; keep documents in a central, accessible location; and share how-to's, guides and tutorials. Backpack is Web-based, so after you've entered something in the CMS, it's accessible over the Internet.
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Instructions
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Sign up for a Backpack account. A basic account costing $24 per month -- at time of publication -- accepts six users, allows you to create up to 1,000 pages and lets you use 4 gigabytes of storage for documents, pictures, audio and other items you upload to Backpack. The top-of-the-line account, costing $149 per month, allows up to 500 users, 50GB of storage and 7,500 pages of storage.
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List the items you'll want to place on your first Backpack page. If you're planning a big client meeting out of town, for example, it could include a copy of your presentation, a portfolio of designs, a project budget and a map to the client's office.
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Sign in at the Backpack website. Hit "Make a New Page" and create a name for the page. Then use the interface to enter information or upload files.
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Edit the page if you need to make changes. You can use the "Edit" tool to break up different topics along the page -- flight information, hotel information, presentation to the client -- and give each separate section its own name.
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Tips & Warnings
iPhone and iPad apps such as Satchel and Pouch let you access your Backpack pages and calendars from either your phone or your tablet. The Never Forget app allows you to update BackPack reminders from the iPhone, iPad or Android.
