The word “CMS” or “Content Management System” has been floating around for quite sometime. If you’re wondering what is CMS and how to use it here a good explanation.
So what is Content Management System(CMS)
CMS stands for Content Management System, does what the name says. Its basically a system to manage your content. Usually its for people to manage contents in their website. with having the need fiddle around with the code. The “Contents” are stored in a database and are pulled as necessary. So that’s the boring part.
Why CMS rocks?
- Its super easily make updates to your website without having to nag a developer
- You can make as many changes as you want without having to touch the any part of the code
- You get to play around with a cool interface to make your updates
- Your interface can be customized according to your content. Yes!!! you heard it a customized interface just for your contents
I can go on and on with the list so I’m going to leave it at that.
Do I really need a CMS?
Well not if you know how to code or you want to something bad to happen to your design. I’d say go with a CMS.Plus, you get to feel like a computer wiz 😛
So what kind of CMS are available that I use
CMS are available in all shapes and sizes depending on your need.
Here are few of them
Are these CMS readily available for me to use?
The ones I mentioned top are of OPEN SOURCE you can download them for free and use it as your own. However, there are a few other CMS for which you have pay
So there you have it. Now you know what a Content Management System, and its benefits