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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Analyse the specifications and requirements
   • Determine the required functionality of the website, as per the client requirements
   • Determine the appropriate server-side language and hosting environment
   • Determine additional functionality that the CMS will not be able to handle ‘out of the box’
   • Determine the functional requirements of the client’s additional functionality
   • Determine any pre-existing restraints that need to be considered when developing the website solution
2. Develop customisation
   • Plan and outline, the requirements of the additional functionality
   • Create and develop plug-in, extension or new functionality to the CMS to meet client requirements
3. Create a CMS powered website
   • Install and configure, the chosen content management system
   • Install and integrate, the new CMS functionality
4. Validate and evaluate
   • Validate the final website markup against the current website standards
   • Validate CMS performance in different browsers, checking compatibility and core CMS functionality
   • Validate the developed additional functionality against the client requirements

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

create a content management system (CMS) powered website, using an open source with additional custom functionality that is not available ‘out of the box’, that meets client requirements

perform basic content manipulation tasks in commonly used browsers

evaluate content management additional functionality against current programming and security standards

customise functionality into a pre-existing core CMS, to fulfil client requirements by programming

validate the front-end code markup against standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

analyse and describe, a range of content management systems and their respective functionality

explain markup language and their associated standards

outline server functionality in relation to the client and business requirements

describe and apply, server-side language and security techniques

explain the importance of web accessibility.

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