5 Advantages of a Web Content Management System(CMS)

Posted on November 23, 2007 
Filed Under e-Business

Websites have to be updated regularly to keep your content current and up to date but this can become very time consuming and cumbersome, unless you are using a website content management system. Content management systems used to be very costly to design and implement but it’s become a lot cheaper with the availability of open source CMS.

Open source requires a bit of customization to produce the website with the functional requirements that you need but costs are significantly reduced.

  1. Fresh Content – A CMS makes updating and adding new content very easy and less time consuming.
  2. Lots of functionality is available – Adding website functionality is easier and less costly especially with the use of open source software.
      3. Some of the common modules available include:

    • Site search
    • Polls
    • User role defined content
    • Content workflows
    • Email newsletters
    • Blog
    • Discussion forums
    • Photo galleries
    • Email Contact forms
    • The list goes on…
  3. Dynamic categories – In addition to adding content quite easy, you can also categories your content to make site navigation much more efficient.
  4. Extensibility – With open source software, new modules are created all the time. These modules are usually written in php and allows for further customisation.
  5. User friendly interface – Most content management systems are user friendly and fairly easy to learn if you have the time.

In the past, it was large companies that used web content management systems because it was expensive to design, implement and maintain but open source software has made it viable for small business use CMS. I create all my websites using a very well maintained and supported open source CMS called Drupal. Contact me if you need a website for your business. Using an open source CMS to market your business online offers a great return on your investment. Keep in mind also that Drupal, among other things, is a Search Engine Optimised CMS which makes it a firm favourite for online marketing

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