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In the context of a Website a CMS
is a collection of tools designed to allow the creation, modification organisation and removal of information from a Web site.
It is common for a CMS to require users to have no knowledge of HTML in order to create new Web pages.
Content management can be described as the process of creating, managing and publishing online content without any programming or technical skills. If used properly, content management saves time and money.
Effective website content management can be attained by utilizing a content management system.
A content management system is a web-based application connected to a database that allows users to update a website without having to know any HTML (Hypertext Markup Language, standard language with which all web pages are built). It is software used to manage websites and web content.
A CMS facilitates the maintenance of content but not the design on a website.
Without a CMS, updating a website say, posting a new article would involve manually changing the home page and creating a new page from scratch for the article itself using a html editor. Coupled with this, if a user wants other pages to link to the article like a list of current articles in the sidebar of pages, he has to change all these manually as well.
With a CMS, a user just logs in and adds the article heading to a specific category. He then enters the content and ends by selecting some tags to describe the article.
The CMS will automatically put the title, date and the first paragraph on the home page. It then constructs a new page for the article and adds the article to an archive by date and category.
CMS does away with the user needing to know html, and will in most cases simplify common tasks and the updating process without having to hire or employ a web designer every-time your website needs updating.
A CMS manages content efficiently from the time of creation to publication. A content management system establishes a definitive approach to effectively publish, store and organize content for the users.
Content management systems offered by different vendors have varied benefits and functions that a user can select from according to his needs.
Once setup a content management system can save you the ongoing expensive of having to contact your web designer every-time you require changes to your website. Most tasks can be achieved by the site owner after a minimal amount of training to use the system. A good many of the open source systems have excellent online manuals and forums where help can be obtained if you run into problems.
A CMS can be expensive or absolutely free like Joomla!. It really depends on how complex the site is and what needs to be done.
If you are a small business / Bed & Breakfast in the Mornington Peninsula region Contact us to find out if a CMS will work for your business, we can offer a hosting and open source CMS at an attractive price to suit your business.
Check out our Web Tools section on content management links
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