subject: Content Management Systems - Making It Easy To Build Websites [print this page] Content Management Systems (referred as CMS too) are among the most popular web applications in use nowadays.
With help of these easy to setup and use CMSs, it is now very easy for people to build and manage their own website. Gone are the days when people had to hire someone to develop their websites.
People who were not aware with the web programming skills could only make their personal web pages for free using services like Geocities, 50Webs and other free web page publishing service providers. Nowadays, people can not only develop their personal websites using CMSs but they can also setup
Why CMS?
CMSs allow users to build and manage a website very easily. CMS makes it easy to add, edit and update web pages of a website. People dont need strong programming skills to build a website using CMS. With very less effort anyone can develop their own website using CMS.
People can reduce their operating costs involved in building, managing and running their website using CMS solutions. By reducing the efforts required in running a website, CMSs helps in keeping the website up-to-date resulting in increased loyalty of visitors/customers.
Open Source CMS
Nowadays, there are several open source CMS available that can serve needs of almost every type of website. People can download them freely and customize it according to their preferences. Even e-Commerce websites are being built using open source CMS. Some of the most popular CMSs (OSCommerce, Zen Cart, and Magento) used in development of e-Commerce websites are based on PHP with MySql as backend.
Customization of open source CMSs can be tricky for novice people. They need expert assistance in order to set up their websites. Nowadays, there are several companies offering open source CMS customization services at affordable rates. People dont need to worry about the technical aspects of customization. They get a ready to use solution exactly customized to suit their needs.
Content Management Systems have proved their importance in easily setting up websites. IT companies are also offering development of custom CMS in order to address more sophisticated in-house processes for small, medium or large organizations.
