Content Management Systems (CMS) 101

Content Management Systems a.k.a. CMS

-- a content management system (CMS) is exactly what it says, a way to manage your website content

-- a good content management system makes publishing and updating your website simple

-- choosing your CMS

- determine what kind of site you are looking to have
- decide what features and functions you want and need
- think about the presentation, style, templates etc
- think about how you'll be maintaining the system and upgrades that will need to be done

-- using a content management system makes it easy to add content and other addons and features

-- with a lot of content management systems you don't have to have any web savvy, you can use a WYSIWYG format to get your content to appear the way you want it

-- wordpress has become a very popular content management system because of the easiness to use and change the templates

-- you can use an open cms where your visitors can contribute to your content and add value to your website

-- joomla and drupal are quickly becoming the most recommended content management systems even for beginners because they're easy to use and update