Content management system

Content Management Systems are web-based applications which are used for the creating, modifying, updating the websites. Themes and  plugins are used to extend their function and make the administration of a website simple.

For example WordPress is one of  popular CMS for running a website, but other CMS solutions are also available. Some of these are similar to WordPress’s approach but  others may also  specialised in their application.

The main advantage of using of a Content Management System (relating to web) is to provide the capability for multiple users with different permission levels to manage a website and the content.For example, A website which has Articles, Blogs, Press Releases, Store, Events and assign each section or a part of a section to end users to modify, update ,create, edit, and archive their own.

Important features  of a CMS are creating contents and allows users to  create and format it.also stores content in one place in a consistent manner and providing Workflow management and Publishing , organising and  making the content live)

Merits of using content managing system:

• Used to manage an organisation’s content includes content models, metadata, versioning, permissions, workflow.
• Handles to format and render the content.
• creation and management of page templates, themes and forms…etc