Monday 23 March 2015

Why CMS is Crucial to Web Design

Why are people increasingly using Content Management Systems (CMS) for their websites? The answer is CMSs make it easy to control content on a website. It obliterates the need for hiring a webmaster or a programmer.This article looks at the advantages of using a CMS to design your website:

It Saves Time – Instead of FTP to upload a new page, CMS lets you simply login and post your content. Design changes can also be made in the same way. You can change templates and update all pages.

Huge Community – With a huge developer community, open source plug-ins are being created every day. Joomla, WordPress, and Drupal each have websites that release free plug-ins that you can use to get more traffic and increase sales.


Easy Data Storage And Retrieval - Since the content is stored in a database, saving important details is easy. You just need to export the data if you want additional security.

Scheduled Content Publication – Move away from manual content updates. With CMS, it is possible to trace what is being published, set a schedule for yet-to-be published content, and even automatically remove outdated content.

Easier to Change Design Elements –
CMS lets you change different parts of the site with templates instead of going through tomes of HTML code. You can alter the header, footer, sidebar, and add widgets with ease. There are plug-ins that even allow you to edit the site design elements by scrolling-over and clicking various templates.

Overall, CMS offers numerous benefits to online marketers. Content publishing and web design are so much easier and a strong community adds all the more weight to the CMS argument. There are  plug-ins that also help you monetize your site, allow visitors to communicate, connect with social networks, and much more.

The question now is what CMS to use. Every platform has its own advantages and disadvantages. These platforms also have their own unique features and customization options. So, you need to  make a clear decision to try out different platforms and see which ones fits you best. You can visit forums, read reviews and talk with webmasters to see how they use a particular CMS. Looking at their design elements and talking to developers who have sites similar to what you're going for will definitely help. But the decision finally, has to be yours.

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