What is a CMS? Easily explained
As soon as a website grows, lots of content and several webmasters are added, a CMS is necessary. In this practical tip, we explain what a CMS is and what advantages it offers over a static website.
CMS: Content management system for the administration of websites
CMS comes from English and is the short form of content management system.
- A CMS is therefore a system that you can use to manage content. So you can keep your homepage very dynamic because you can exchange the content at any time.
- There are numerous content management systems, such as WordPress, Joomla or Drupal. These are installed on the servers and form the basis of the website.
- You have to make sure that each CMS has different server requirements. Depending on which CMS you are using, you may need a certain number of databases, for example.
Working with a CMS - how it works
After you have found and installed a CMS, you can easily edit your website.
- You can log into the CMS with a user account and create new pages, texts, images and controls.
- You change the look and structure of the homepage with so-called themes.
- In principle, themes are design templates that you can install and exchange in your CMS. You can then insert your content into these templates.
- You can buy new themes at www.templatemonster.com, for example, but you can also download them for free or program them yourself.
- Another advantage of content management systems is that you can create multiple user accounts so that different people can work on the website.