What is a Content Management System (CMS)?

    Have you heard of the term content management system but are not familiar that what is a CMS? So in this Blogspot, we will be teaching you in-depth about it.

More than 1 Billion websites exist and this number is increasing daily more of the websites are on CMS such as WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, and many others. 43.6% of websites are based on custom-made CMS. Many individual bloggers, small businesses use CMS to make their online presence easy and fast. But many of the big giants or companies use custom-written websites because in some cases companies come with new ideas and designs and need a fast user experience so they prefer their custom-written websites. 

 

What is a CMS?

A content Management System (CMS) is a prewritten dashboard to create, customize and control the behavior of your website easily and It is very easy to manage the content of your website. They support a drag and drop interface, multi-plugins for multi-task, and many other functionalities.

There are many advantages of using a CMS but also some limitations are cons.

Pros of using a CMS:

• It is easy to create, customize and control.
• Anyone can use it to create a website.
• It doesn't require coding skills.
• It is much faster to create a website than a handmade website.
• It is cheaper.

Cons of using a CMS:

• Lots of useless code are present which makes the website slow.
• They are not much more scalable than a custom website.
• It is hard to rank higher than a custom website.

Examples of  Content Management System

    Today we have many systems for managing our content online. such as WordPress, Drupal, Magento, and others. Each of them has its different uses based on the content type.

We have listed some examples of CMS based on their popularity.

1. WordPress

   WordPress is the most popular and preferred content management system. It is used by many individuals and businesses for managing their content and customers. It can be used for multiple purposes, such as Ecommerce, Blogging, Real Estate, and other small startups worldwide. It was built using PHP language (by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little in 2003) and it uses MYSQL as a primary database.

Companies using WordPress:

• Etsy Journal
• TechCrunch
• BBC America
• Microsft News

 

If you want to create your portfolio or any other type of website where you don't handle high traffic you can choose a custom CMS but in the case of the best user experience and a highly scalable website, you need to make a custom website.

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