11 November 2011
Updating website content via a Content Management System (CMS) can save time and money.

The benefits of using a content management system (CMS)

Using a CMS is extremely flexible, allowing for custom modules to be added or removed to suit.

Content management systems are used to manage:

Corporate websites

Corporate intranets and extranets

E-Commerce websites

Product websites

Online reservations

Brochure websites and micro sites

Non-profit and organisational websites

You control the content on your website with easy-to-use tools. Within minutes you’ll discover how easy it is to edit text, add images, create news or events items, and so much more.

Users can be easily administered and profiles updated from the ‘Users’ module within the ‘Dashboard’ layout. In addition, the system can handle multiple ‘modules’ to manage specific roles within the website.

For example the ‘Members module’ will handle all of your membership requirements. While a ‘News’ module styles and handles news items and images and comes complete with its own automated archiving system. Embargo dates can also be set on News Items.

The ‘Page Manager’ itself is simple to use. Structure your navigation via the ‘tree style’ menu layout with an easy ‘drag and drop’ facility.

Use an Image Manager, Document Manager and or Media Manager to upload, categorise and insert media of your choice, updating websites is really that simple. Add additional new website pages quickly

Within content management systems, just click and ‘create new page’ and you choose where your web page should go. Good content management systems automatically build out your sitemap and navigation menus as you add your new web pages.

Once you new web page has been created, you can add and edit your content there and then within your pages when you’re logged into the CMS system. Content controls overlay on your web pages, making it incredibly fast and easy to manage your website content. Highlight areas within the page and amend your copy... it’s that simple.

If you can send an email, you can manage content on your website with our what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editors . For the basic user, the editor offers simple controls over text, images and files, edit pages using the WYSIWYG editor and publish documents instantaneously. For the more advanced end user some content manage systems allows full HTML access allowing you to edit the generated code.

Content systems have come a long way from the earlier versions, so updating websites doesn't need to be time consuming, complicated or costly.