CMS Content Management System - Yes or no ?
Content management systems, or CMS, make it easy to create a high quality websites without having much technical knowledge. Additionally they are great for creating websites that will have multiple users or large amounts of content. Benefits include.
Spend Less Time Learning Code or no time at all
Many web publishers are not developers. They are people with an interest in a topic who want to deliver information on the web. Often, the first step is learning how to code and design websites, which can be offputting to someone who has no interest in these aspects. Even worse, a person can have an interest, but still make mistakes and spend a lot of time repairing code.
Using a content management system makes it easy because there is no code to learn and most content management systems including a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get ) editor.
Site Structure Can Be Easily Changed/Edited
New web publishers tend to learn a decent amount of HTML, and then pick up additional tidbits as they go. This means that things like CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), which make site changes easier, are often learned after the site is built.
The downside to that is that if a site is built strictly in HTML, it can be a nightmare to change the sites structure because each page has to be modified. CMS users avoid this hassle because content management systems use templates. Once the template is changed to update the colors, design, or navigational structure, all of the site’s pages will be updated.
A good CMS will allow users edit text, images, add Blogs, YouTube Videos, Google Maps and RSS feeds. It will allow for Front End editing and will allow a single article or image be edited. There is no need for training or for IT specialists. A good CMS will include a Google Tool that allows editors manage their SEO Search Engine Optimisation, preferably within each page.
Use a CMS if you want to be able to manage the content yourself or within your own company or if you want to get control of your web presence and make it work for you.
Use a CMS if you want to get rid of your dependency on an IT specialist or a particular individual. Get rid of the 'mystery' surrounding your web presence. Make it easy for anyone to edit content.
Use a CMS if you feel that your web presence, properly managed, will bring you more business.