CMS Application used in Websites Development

CMS Application used in Websites

Development

-Hayyuna AnsariRizvi College of Engineering

CMS stands for Content Management System. It is a application software which allows editing, publishing and modifying content as well as website maintenance from a central page.

CMS provides collections of methods and procedures which are used to manage workflow in a collaborative environment. These methods can be manual or in-build.

Using CMS, content can easily be managed, which include audio and video files, computer files, and electronic documents.

Content Management System is dynamic ,manages dynamic contents such as shopping carts etc.

Content Management System

CMS or Content Management Systems are becoming more and more popular with web design organizations. They have come to realize that CMS is the future of website development and may be left behind in the industry if they do not begin offering CMS services.

CMS certainly saves the company’s time it spends on web design and allows them to put more efforts into marketing.

CMS gives the company the freedom it needs by providing them with an ability to update the site when needed, not when convenient.

CMS also saves the company’s costs by not having to run to the web designer every time an update is needed.

Web Design and CMS

Any typical CMS consists of the following features:

o Provides an interface to Add/remove/edit pages.

o Provides easy interface to update content of each page.

o Capability to add or remove images where needed.

o Interface to update contact information.

o Display updated listings .

o Facilitates addition of news on the industry every day.

Some most popular CMS for Website Development are:

o Wordpresso Opencarto Joomlao Drupal

Wordpress

o Wordpress is an open source CMS, which is a well known blogging platform which allows the users to publish, manage and organize, the content of the website.

o Wordpress web design is fully SEO friendly.o It not only supports the web blog application but also has a rich

suite of useful widgets,attractive themes and plug-in.o It also facilitates users to customize the URLs means choosing of

your custom domain name instead of sub-domain name thereby helping them pick up the most relevant keywords.

Opencart o OpenCart is an ‘out of the box’, open source online ‘shopping cart’

system.o Clients need to simply install, select their desired template, add

products, and they are ready to start accepting orders. o Order management, and multiple payment gateways are also a

built in feature. o OpenCart is a low-cost eCommerce solution, is search-engine

friendly, and has an admin interface, giving the client complete control over their online store.

o OpenCart has thousands of high-end eCommerce themes available for all eCommerce website design and creation needs.

Joomla

o Joomla, a freely available open source CMS, which enables number of users to work, publish, manage and organize the content of the website.

o Using Joomla you can very easily add some good features to your website.

o It is widely used through out the globe to develop everything from simple, personal homepages to complex corporate web applications.

o It also enables users to build online applications and makes uploading of content easy, fast and effective.

Drupal

o Drupal supports thousands of people, organizations and customizable layouts to power an endless variety of sites.

o Drupal runs on every computing platform.o Drupal has an extensible code base and a powerful theme

management system.o There is no need of special programming skills to install

Drupal.

Advantages

o Ease of use: Creating a website without a CMS, no matter how trivial requires some technical knowledge, which is hard to find and expensive to buy.

o Low cost: Free is my favorite price! There are free versions of all CMS application.

o Collaborative : CMS also incorporate a work flow engine and facilitate the collaborative efforts of your staff in creating, editing, and approving content before it gets published.

o Security: Many CMS store your information in a database system where access control mechanisms can more easily restrict access to your content.

o Consistent appearance : Many CMS provide templates that can be used to format new and/or existing presentations.

Conclusion

CMS simplified the process of web development and maintenance.

CMS offer in-built functions and by using them website can be designed and developed using clients custom needs and requirements.

Being an open source CMS, there is no need to pay any kinds of license fee. Thus, it also provides cost effective solutions to the clients according to their financial budget.

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