Websites’ CMS: what are the best ones and how to choose them
Websites’ CMS: what are the best ones and how to choose them
Content Management Systems (CMSs) are fundamental tools for creating and managing websites, used by about 70 percent of sites worldwide (while 30 percent use different solutions or build their own management system) because they make it possible to manage and organize website content easily and efficiently, without the need for specialized programming language skills or web design techniques. So here is a guide to this software that allows virtually anyone to create, edit and publish content online for any type of site, and let’s try to examine the meaning of CMS, the main systems available on the market and how to choose the best one according to our needs.
What are CMSs and what the acronym means
CMS stands for Content Management System, which in Italian we can translate as content management system: in a nutshell, it is a software platform that allows you to create, edit, organize and publish digital content, especially websites, in a simple and intuitive way, without requiring in-depth knowledge of programming or graphic design on the web.
Usually based on an intuitive and easy-to-use interface that simplifies the creation and updating of web pages, CMSs allow the management of text, images, videos, documents, other media, and various types of resources, making the creation and maintenance of a website accessible to anyone, including the management of layout and design aspects.
What they are used for and why they are useful
Website content is a periphrasis that refers to