Patent ID: 8635198

Claim:
A content management system comprising: a non-dedicated server that comprises a live content server that hosts live content and a content server that hosts staged content; said content server including: a processor coupled to a memory; a metadata directory on said content server configured to store a metadata file associated with a work-in-progress (WIP); a first folder on said content server for storing notifications to a plurality of users in a workflow group; and a second folder on said content server for storing one or more versions of said WIP; a remote filing system associated with said content server; interface logic at a computer of each of said plurality of users, said interface logic polling said first folder through said remote filing system for locating said notifications; and a WIP state variable that controls edit access to said WIP; wherein said metadata file comprises information mapping said staged content to said live content, the WIP state variable, and identifying which of the plurality of users is editing the WIP; and wherein a content document on said content server is locked responsive to an editing user of said plurality of users selecting said document for editing, wherein, responsive to said user selection, said metadata file is locked for each of said plurality of users except said editing user.