The Website And The CMS Platforms

The Website And The CMS Platforms

by Tom Holen

Content management system (CMS) can be easily described as a product that is installed on a web server and that which allows managing of blogs, pages and even online articles without necessarily storing them on a desktop. Each time you like to make alterations to the website, all that you need to do is just upload your desired stuff.

What should you really do to make changes? The procedure for modification is not really complicated as you may perceive. Log in to your website, modify or write your content and your website is automatically updated.

CMS products do not really conflict. They can allow multiple users or editors to maintain their online content without contradiction. They also provide a clear separation between web designs and the articles. The products can also update menus automatically together with the links between pages that are based on the list of articles that the administrator create. In this case, therefore, websites don't become broken when pages are renamed by their editors.

Various CMS products have developed over the years and it is difficult sometimes to choose the right one that suits your needs.

The most popular websites and the CMS platforms include;

-Straight HTML

What do we really mean by straight HTML? Well, it simply describes a system that does not use an online CMS but encompasses a set of loose HTML pages. It is mostly managed by using a desktop software such as Dreamweaver or Artisteer can be used. It is advisable if you are just putting up a few static pages.

-WordPress

It only began as a blogging site, but has risen up to become one of the most powerful CMS platforms in the latest versions. It has the biggest rate of usage as it goes to about 15.70%. Most users like it since it is easy to use, has a larger community, huge selection of plug-ins and the tons of templates.

-Joomla

One of the CMS platforms, especially for the medium and the large sites that need flexibility. There are more plug-ins for this platform than any other CMS. It has a huge flexibility and extensibility. It is mostly good for e-commerce and high traffic sites.

-Drupal

It is a very solid and robust type of CMS that features ACL for multi users. It is well known for its stability, extensibility, scalability and also withstanding high loads with very limited problems.

-DotNetNuke

It is a type of CMS that mostly runs on Microsoft ASAP.NET. It is an open source platform that can also function as a web application development framework.