In the world of Web 2.0 and dynamic websites, every person who has a website is able to add and edit text and images.
It was only a few years ago when web agencies were building web pages with spacer gifs and tables. The web design community has come a long way site then. Today, web sites are built, designed, and developed with w3c standards in mind. Websites are now made to work the same in different browsers, for the blind, and together with other web technologies.
What is a Content Management System?
Simply put, a CMS is a platform for a website. It has a frontend and backend. The frontend is what the visitors see, and the backend allows you to create pages, add copy, pictures, and more.
There are many CMS systems out there to use. A lot of them are open source and free to use. I have been using Joomla for more than a year now and have created dozens of sites with it. I like it because the online community is huge, the site www.joomla.org has over 1 million posts in its forum and hundreds of developers writing third party components.
There are many other great CMS out there. Drupal, Wordpress, and Joomla are just a few.
Review more CMS systems to find out which one is right for you at:
http://www.cmsreview.com/
http://www.opensourcecms.com/
And a detailed article about what to look for in a CMS.
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