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Guide to Content Management Systems (CMS)

A CMS is thankfully a lot less complicated that it sounds. It is simply a system that allows you to update your own website without having to go back to the web design company.

It can be applied to all of the site or just to certain parts of the site and is mostly used where text or images need to be updated on a regular basis.

Examples:

A sports club might have a CMS working on their entire site, whereas a restaurant might only have it working for their menu pages.

A CMS usually increases the cost of your website so you will need to decide what best suits your own requirements.

What makes a good CMS?

It must be easy for the client to understand. It should take no more than 30 minutes to train a user who has normal computer literacy in applications such as MS Word, MS Excel, etc.
It should be difficult/impossible for the client to affect the overall layout, look and feel of the website.
Your website might need new sections in the future. Your CMS should be flexible enough to cope with this.

Disadvantages of having a CMS installed

It will add to the overall cost of your project.

Advantages of having a CMS installed

You will save money in the long term.
You will be able to make immediate changes to your website and not have to wait for the work to be scheduled by your website company.

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