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Why Use A Content Management System
First of all, what is a Content Management System?
A Content Management System, or CMS for short, is an application designed to facilitate the creation and management of content.
So, do you need a CMS?
Whether or not you may need a CMS solution depends on the size of your website, the amount of traffic you receive, your skills as a webmaster, the number of users who will be adding content to the website, and many other factors.
Website Size
The content of a large website can be very difficult and tedious to maintain if a content management system is not used. Most CMS solutions will store the content in a database in an organized fashion. The administration interface of the CMS should provide an easy way to manage the content.
On the other hand, a CMS solution for a small website may be overkill. A website with a small number of pages is easy to maintain, but may need a content management system solution as it grows. Read the rest of this entry »
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Why Should I Use a Content Management System The Top 10 Open Source CMS to Gain Control
What is CMS? Content Management Systems are defines as software designed to simplify the publication and editing of Web content. CMS simply enables content creators to submit content without requiring the knowledge of HTML coding or the uploading of files. A CMS is most commonly used in establishing a presence on the Web. CMS software keeps track of all of the content on a Web site. This Content can include simple text, photos, music, video, and documents. The greatest advantage of using a CMS is that it virtually requires little skill or knowledge to manage a website.
Here are The Top 10 Content Management Systems to Help you Maintain your Website with Ease:
1. Joomla: The system includes features such as page caching to improve performance, printable versions of pages, RSS feeds, news flashes, blogs, polls, website searching, and language internationalization. Read the rest of this entry »
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What Are the Components of a Good and Effective Web Content Management System?
Once the decision has been reached to purchase a web content management system the issue then becomes “What makes a good web content management system?” Should the purchase be based on brand? Can the assumption be made that Microsoft (for example), because of their name and based on the fact that you are running a Microsoft shop, has a content management system that would best fit your needs?
There are four questions that must be a part of the debate. The four questions address:
1. What your web content management needs are versus what the available CMS’ offer
2. How steep the learning curve would be for your IT department and especially for your non-technical employees who will now be asked to create and publish their own web sites
3. When can you have this system available for use across the enterprise – days? Weeks? Months?
4. Which content management product is most effective in providing a return on investment that is easily quantifiable?
Is the web content management system easy to use? Aside from the ROI, the most important question initially has to be “is this system easy to use?” Chances are that the desire for a content management system is based on a perceived need to take basic website maintenance out of the hands of your IT department and place it into the hands of those who actually create the content. This saves time and money, but those savings will never be realized if the content managers have so much trouble learning how to use the system that it’s never adopted. Read the rest of this entry »
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