Content Management Systems (CMS)

Creative Web & Graphic Design

15 of Jun, 2009

Makes it easier to get your website up and running – once you have the design exactly to what will best serve your site visitors, of course;
Promotes good website practices; and
Allows your non-technical staff members to easily make site updates.

You can do all of this without a CMS, just as you can stay in touch with people without using email. But like email, a CMS can make your life a lot easier.

CMS have been getting a lot of attention recently.

 

What does CMS do for you.

• Help you set up a useful site structure and navigations system
• Allow non-technical content editors to update content, add new pages or change navigation menu items
• Support a completely configurable graphic design—there is no reason for your site visitors to know what CMS you are using, or even that you’re using one at all
• Facilitate internal work sharing by allowing some staff members to update only one set of things and other staff members to update othersAutomatically pick the appropriate content items to show site visitors based on rules—for instance, your home page could automatically display only the four most recent news stories or the events you have upcoming over the next four weeks
• Offer lots of plug-ins to support a wide range of common needs—and plenty of not so common needs as well
• Allow a good programmer to modify the website and CMS so that it does exactly what you want it to do