What is a CMS?

If you’re running any sort of website, a CMS is a must-have. Steve Cassidy explores how it helps you, and everyone else

Another initialism – lucky us. So is this a product, a service or what? We’re talking here about the broad category of “content management systems” – online platforms that serve as both a central repository for content and an overarching organisational tool for managing how and when each item appears on your website. The most popular CMS is WordPress, but there are many other options, both free and commercial. Is this really necessary? Can’t we just upload pages as needed? It’s fair to say that some of what a CMS does simply automates processes that are perfectly doable by a human. But there’s nothing wrong with that: it saves time and reduces the risk of mistakes. And as websites have got ever bigger and more complex, it’s become unrealistic to…

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