What is a CMS Platform?
A CMS platform (content management system platform) is a piece of software that allows you to easily manage content and create a website. Normally, web pages are written in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS programming languages. If you were to build a website without a CMS platform, then you would need to learn these languages and write a lot of code. CMS platforms solve this problem by allowing you to make a website without writing code or learning programming. Unless of course, you’re looking for a developer-friendly CMS which means you already know how to code.
There are a ton of reasons WordPress is so popular. It’s free to download and use. It’s also easy to learn, flexible, and search engine friendly. Plus, thousands of themes and plugins make it a functional customizable platform.
CMS features
Features can vary amongst the various CMS offerings, but core functions include:
Intuitive indexing, search, and retrieval. These features index all data for easy access through search functions and enable users to search by attributes such as publication dates, keywords, or authors.
Format management. This helps turn scanned paper documents and legacy electronic documents into HTML or PDF documents.
Revision features. These features enable content to be updated and edited after initial publication. Revision control also tracks any changes individuals make to files.
Publishing. This functionality enables individuals to use a template or a set of templates that an organization approves — as well as wizards and other Analytics Tools — for content creation and modification.
A CMS may also provide SEO tools for personalization, or one-to-one marketing. One-to-one marketing is the ability of a website to tailor its content and advertising to a user’s specific characteristics using information a user provides or a website gathers.
Other popular CMS features include:
search engine optimization-friendly URLs;
integrated and online help, including discussion boards;
group-based permission systems and security;
full template support and customizable templates;
easy wizard-based install and versioning procedures;
admin panel with support for multiple languages;
minimal server requirements;
integrated file managers; and audit logs
Benefits of a popular Content Management System
One major advantage of a CMS is its collaborative nature. Multiple users can log on and contribute, and schedule editing content to be published. Because the User-Friendly Interface is usually browser-based, a CMS can be accessed from anywhere by any number of users.
The second major advantage of a CMS is that it allows non-technical people who don’t know programming languages to easily create and manage their own web content. When a company uses a CMS to publish its pages, it reduces its reliance on front-end engineers to make changes to the Business website, making it quicker and easier to publish new relevant content.
Which is the Best CMS Platform?
We believe that WordPress.org is the best CMS platform and website builder in the world. Over 42% of all websites on the internet are powered by WordPress, and there’s a good reason for that.
WordPress has everything you want in a perfect CMS platform. It’s easy to get started, and many WordPress web hosting companies offer a 1 click install process. You can extend the functionality in almost any way you can think of using plugins (which are like apps for WordPress).
On WordPress, you could run an eCommerce store, online forum LMS (learning management system), membership site, auction site marketplace, and almost anything else you can think of as there are no limits on what you can do with WordPress.
If you’d like to get started with WordPress, feel free to email or call us and find out what we can do for you!
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