Park Beach Systems highly recommends using a Content Management System (CMS) to build a solid framework for the website. A CMS allows website owners to update content without knowing HTML code or having to deal with uploading web pages to a web host.
What is a Content Management System or CMS?
A web content management (WCM) system is a CMS designed to simplify the publication of Web content to Web sites, in particular allowing content creators to submit content without requiring technical knowledge of HTML or the uploading of files.
Here are the top 10 benefits of a content management system:
1. HTML knowledge not required
A CMS site allows non-technical people to add content. They just need to login with a user name and password then use the web editor that’s built into the CMS to add their content.
2. Separate design and content.
The design of the site template is separate from the content. This allows you to change the design any time without affecting the content stored on the site.
3. A CMS web site is database driven.
This allows you to create and store hundreds or thousands of pages in the database without the need to update each one of them.
4. Multiple authors
If you have different authors that wish to contribute to your CMS web site you can set up multiple user access in the administration panel. They can just login and begin adding their content.
5. Access from anywhere
Authors and editors can access the site from any computer with an internet connection. This means users can update the site at the same time from any location in the world.
6. Schedule content updates
Publishing content can be controlled by creating a draft first then publishing it later. This is handy if you need to coordinate content from multiple authors.
7. Saves time.
If you were using a static site to add content from multiple authors, each author would have to download the pages from the server to their computer first, update them, then upload them back to the server. This would be very time consuming and could generate a lot of errors.
8. Create search engine friendly pages
The separation of content from design allows you to easily include keywords in the URL of each page. If the title of your article was “Content Management System Benefits” your URL would be written as:
http://www.domainname.com/content-management-system-benefits
Some CMS sites automatically generate the correct meta tags for each web page which would help them to spidered by the search engines.
9. Attracts visitors
A CMS site attracts visitors because it can be constantly and rapidly updated. It not only generates pages that are search engine friendly but can produce lots of links from the new content that is added and syndicated.
10. Create automatic RSS Feeds.
RSS or really simple syndication is integrated automatically into many CMS sites. Every time you create a post or make a comment it creates a feed for it. This allows visitors with RSS Feeders to read the post at their own leisure.
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