A content management system (CMS) is a computer software system for organizing and facilitating collaborative creation of documents and other content. CMS make web page content management simple for even non-technical users, allowing designated users to change most aspects of their sites themselves, without the intervention of a web developer. Anyone with basic word processing skills can easily learn to manage the CMS deployed for your website.

There are many benefits of working like this.

• Your website takes up less space and requires less data by reducing repetition.

• Should an element need to be changed, you only need to edit one file. Change a product price in the right place and, once saved and published, the entire site reflects the change instantaneously.

• New pages can be created very quickly as many of the elements already exist. Only the fresh elements, such as specific content or images, need to be created.

Features

  • SEO (search engine optimization)-friendly URLs
  • Integrated and online help
  • Modular and extensible
  • Easy user and group management
  • Group-based permission system
  • Full template support, for unlimited looks without changing a line of content
  • Easy wizard based install and upgrade procedures
  • Minimal server requirements
  • Admin panel with multiple language support
  • Content hierarchy with unlimited depth and size
  • Integrated file manager w/ upload capabilities

Design features

  • XHTML and CSS compliant
  • Auto-generated menu
  • Every page can have different theme
  • Design protected from content editors
  • Multiple content areas on one page

Choosing a CMS

There is almost no limit to the factors that must be considered before an organization decides to invest in a CMS. There are a few basic functionalities to always look for, such as an easy-to-use editor interface and intelligent search capabilities.


CMS software vendors

There is a huge number of both free and subscription-based CMS offerings available for personal and enterprise use. The following are just a few examples of CMS platform providers :

1. Joomla
2. Wordpress
3. Drupal
4. Modx
5. Moodle
6. Magento



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