What is a Content Management System?
A Content Management System, which is often abbreviated as CMS, is a computer application, or should I say an interface between the user and the web that can be used to manage its contents either by editing, deleting, or adding materials which are later published online through the website. CMS handles the backend of coding of a website.
Content Management System (CMS) provides an enabling environment for individuals, small business owners, and big organizations to conveniently create, edit, publish, archive their contents, and then distribute them quickly and efficiently when needed.
Starting a website in this fast-growing age is a welcoming idea. We have so many platforms that can help us to achieve that. Where many of them enable you to create almost any type of site you want. The best CMS that I will recommend to you is based on the fact that it is easy to use with a user-friendly interface that a novice can easily understand and get along it.
However, choosing which Content Management System (CMS) to deploy has to do with what type of website you want to create and the first key features available for use depending on the choice of CMS.
Suggested CMS and the Features
Below is a list of Suggested best CMS you can use and the likely features:
WordPress: This CMS is virtually very popular when it comes to creating a website. This is simply because it is easy to use, and you can customize your content to suit your purpose using available plugin and themes.
Benefits of using WordPress includes
1. It has a vibrant & compelling community.
2. It has a powerful editor that enables you to manage your content easily.
3. Its publishing and content management options are intuitively great.
4. It is highly customizable as a result of its numerous plugins and themes.
Joomla: This CMS is also excellent, especially when you need to manage a lot of custom post-types. It also provides you with more options when it comes to user management, including multilingual support out of the box.
Benefits of using Joomla includes:
1. uses unique templates to support each page type.
2. It provides users with advanced management options.
3. It offers multilingual support out of the box.
4. It recommends using unique templates for each page type.
We also have the following Content management systems options to consider:
. Drupal
. Typo3
. Serendipity
. Dotclear
. ImpressPages
. Chamilo
All the CMS options mentioned above have its downside too. As for Chamilo, the platform’s development is not as active as with the other CMS options, while Drupal quality is not too good compared to Joomla, and lacks free themes unlike WordPress with numerous free themes.
We’d recommend WordPress because of its simplicity in publishing new posts and pages.
Written by
Samson Ilori
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