About: Content Management Systems

Content Management System (CMS) is an online system for managing your website. Through a CMS, editing the content on your website is as easy as sending an email or using Microsoft Word! You simply type in your content through the CMS interface which is liken to typing in a word processing software and the CMS will publish it in the website. There is no need to learn programming languages such as HTML, PHP just to change the content of your website.

Beyond simplified editing of web content, there are many benefits of using a CMS for your website. Here?s a list of the main benefits you can derive:

• Zero maintenance cost 
  You do not need to hire a web designer just to update your website
  
  
• Unlimited web pages
  Through the administrator panel, you can add any number of web pages to your websites. You do not have to pay for any additional web pages.
  
  
• Quick response to market
  You can update your website anywhere, anytime as long as you have an internet connection. In this fast-changing business landscape, your response to the market is faster, more accurate and on your time frame.
  
  
• Cost saving
  As your business grows, your website needs to grow. Leveraging on ready-made extensions for your CMS, you can enhance your website's capability in a short time, saving cost and time of custom development.
  
  
• Security enabled
  You can grant different access level and permission to your staff so that the website and its content's security will not be compromised
  
  
• Scalability and Flexibility
  As your business grows, you would need to provide more services to your customer through your website. Add a mailing list, provide catalog browsing, install a shopping cart, or create a marketing survey form on your website. Do all this easily and cheaply by simply installing the functionality you need on your CMS. You do not need to rebuild your whole website just to add a shopping cart.
  
  

There are drawbacks to implementing a CMS, however we have solutions. Here's what you should look out for:

Learning curve:

As with all new products, you or an associate would need to spend time to learn how to use it. You would need to learn and understand a few key concepts of how your new website handles data and/or content.

Solution:

We help you get started with private tutoring. We never leave our clients "hanging dry" after a project is complete. It is just "good business" to keep our customers satisfied. 

Limited developers:

If you are looking for developers to develop a new functionality for your website, they would have to understand the CMS you are using in order to complete the job for you. This would limit the number of developers you can choose from.   

Solution:

Choose a popular CMS such as Joomla! This would ensure a large pool of designers and developers for you to choose from. Moreover, a popular CMS would also have a large number of extensions available for you to leverage on. If the CMS is "open source" then the extensions are mostly free, which in turn saves on the costs and time of software development.

In conclusion, the overwhelming advantages of using a CMS has influenced "big business" to convert their old HTML style websites to a CMS-based solution. In the current technology and business climate, it is the most cost-effective and sensible solution to adopt.