Every Thing You Need To Know About (CMS)

Content management system is a software application that is used to help the user to manage the digital content. As usual we call it CMS.  Digital content includes home videos, music videos, Tv shows, web pages, infographics, blogging, podcasts etc. 

What about this article:

In this article you will be able to get information about CMS. Concept of Content Management System with examples? Various types of CMS? What are the best CMS platforms? Initial conditions of using CMS? How does it work? What are the key Properties of CMS? At the  end you can read the conclusion of this article. 

What does CMS mean?

CMS is the standard form of Content Management System. It is a software application which is used to manage and create Enterprise Content Management (ECM)  and Web Content Management (WCM). ECM is used to define or determine the best policies and tools for entrepreneurs. Where WCM is a form of data in text, audio and in videos which the user easily learns and understands from the websites. So, CMS contains both of these types of management software’s. Basically it delivers data in the easiest way of learning.

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The structure of the Content Management System is based on two components. First one is Content Management Application (CMA) which is controlled and usable for every user. The other is Content Delivery Management (CDM) that digests the content and updates the sites. Examples include WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Ghost, Wix etc. 

Types Of CMS:

• WordPress
• Joomla
• Drupal
• Ghost
• Wix
• HubSpot CMS Hub
• BigCommerce
• Shopify
• WooCommerce
• Magento
• Textpattern
• Blogger
• Bitrix24
• Typo3

Here is The Best CMS Platforms:

There are various types of CMS Platforms (content management system platforms). But here we can discuss the top 5 CMS platforms. They are easy to use and solve the problem of programming which is difficult for creating and managing websites. Let’s move toward the top 5 CMS platforms:

Wordpress:

Is the most widely used CMS software. About 40.4% of the world’s websites are on the internet which are developed by using this platform. WordPress allows you to create various types of sites like: blog website, business site, membership sites, personal sites etc. You can earn money online from your site. It does not require any type of coding and  programming language. WordPress itself is free but when you buy domain name and hosting you have to pay a small amount of cost. It is charged in U.S dollars. Here is the biggest problem is that you are responsible for privacy, security, and about the backup of your content. 

Joomla:

Joomla was launched in 2005. It is the second one which is a more popular CMS platform rather than wordpress. It has a package of various features and web hosting you just have one click to install it. Joomla is difficult to use so, if you work on it more efficiently you will be paid a developer. To use this platform it doesn’t matter that you have no knowledge about languages. You can easily manage your content. But it cannot be able to provide thousands of plugins.

Drupal:

It is the same as other CMS platforms WordPress and Joomla. But here the difference is that it is efficient for developers and it is used for specific content like universities sites and websites of economist’s. People also use it but they have to hire a developer who manages Drupal in a more ancient way. Drupal is free for everyone. It doesn’t charge any type of cost but when you want to bear a domain name and hosting you have to pay some amount. It is easy to use and it can change the arrival image of your website. There are several sections available that you can choose for your site.

Ghost:

Ghost is another CMS platform usually developed for blogger’s. It is valid for people who want to publish their own articles or magazines. And you set a price for reading from these articles. By this platform you can send data to mobile applications. Ghost itself is free but you have to pay for purchasing domain name and hosting of the website. In this platform some extra features like Markdown which is a form of text format. To use this feature you can change the text in the form of bold, italic, or serif etc.

Wix:

This is another famous platform of CMS. You can start your business or E-Commerce from this platform. It also provides SEO tools. Wix’s is easy to use and you can easily edit your content or site pages. You cannot easily replace it by other platforms because it applies limitations.  It is a free website developer platform. But you can’t be able to run your E-Commerce shop without paying for it.

Initial Conditions:

1. Buy a domain name and web hosting.
2. Upload your content management system which you prefer.
3. Arrange your content according to the look of your site. 
4. Now the last condition is to start writing your content by using CMS functions. 

So, according to the above conditions you observe that it is very simple to use and you can easily build your own site without any knowledge of programming language. 

Working Of Cms:

A Content Management System is a graphic user interface. CMS is used for creating and editing websites or your content connected with databases. It provides the various categorical platforms for developing websites. The world’s most popular platform is WordPress. In this world Almost 44.4% of websites are connected with this platform and it provides thousands of plugins. So, we will discuss here about the working process of WordPress. 

First of all you have to register on the server. Server allows you to work on the internet and interact with databases. Secondly you have to purchase a domain name and hosting from different panels like: GoDaddy, Hostgator, Bluehost, BuyDomains, Namecheap and many others. So, you are registered on the server with such a different name like Technical Interest. It saves your data in the form of rows and in columns and creates tables of visual images of your site, menu etc.every table has different name. So, let’s be ready to publish your content. If once you publish your content it can create new tables. CMS allows the user to manage database, files, and editing of content without any information or experience of programming languages and coding.

Key Properties:

Lets get knowledge about the main features of cms software. 

1. It is easy to install and easy to use. CMS is not based on  complexity. We may call it the user friendly software. 
2. Large no of content management systems lay out the required options for editing or managing websites or content like; Spam preservation, high security, Contact forms, image compression etc.
3. Without any technical knowledge you can build your website. 
4. You can plan your content for some days, weeks, and even months and you don’t have to worry about the destruction of data.
5. CMS provides easy accessibility to your website even if you exist anywhere in the world. Many People collectively work on the site. It doesn’t matter where you live.
6. CMS software provides SEO strategie like keywords, meta description, title tags etc. By using these techniques your site will rank on the Google search engine and others. 
7. Content management system software connected with Google Analytics so you can check your site Analytics from the dashboard. 
8. You can update your content instantly.

Conclusion:

Content Management System is a software which you can use to build websites. For this purpose it provides various platforms and WordPress is the most popular CMS platform. WordPress is easy to use and it does not matter that you are illiterate about coding or programming languages. These platforms itself are free but you have to pay for buying hosting and a domain name.

I hope this article helps you to develop understanding about Content Management Systems.