CMS (Content Management System) and Types of it

CMS stands for Content Management System. As it’s obvious by its name is a system that helps you manage the content of your website. When you have a website that you need to publish daily posts on it or add simple content to it every now and then, you’ll probably need something to help you do this stuff the easiest way. The best Content Management System is the one that is easy to set up and has a good UI to work with.

A CMS helps you edit, manage, and create your website content without having lots of experience or any special knowledge that is too hard to learn. Some people think Content management systems as a theme. However, a theme can also be a part of a Content Management System and not all of it. When you use a Content Management System, you don’t need to create and code your website from scratch. It just gives you some pre-coded basics and you can either add others by coding or just simply use one of its many themes to make life much easier.

Types of CMS

One way to categorize Content management systems(CMS) is to say that we have two types of them:

1. Proprietary
2. Open-Source

Proprietary CMS

The developers keep the codes closed to the public and it’s maintained by one company/person/team. The creators of that CMS hand it to their users with a license and it is not editable by the public.

Open-Sourced CMS

Just like any other open-sourced software, it is editable by the public. The most famous content management systems are Joomla, WordPress, and Drupal. These CMSs can be used without a license and freely by users. Users can also edit and personalize it however they want.

Benefits of using an open-sourced CMS:

1. It’s free or low-cost.
2. License-free.
3. Anyone can use it.
4. There are tons of free themes and plugins for it.
5. It’s easy to optimize.

WordPress

Perfect for beginners and small businesses. (Not that you can’t use it for any types of websites) It has a very simple UI and is very easy to work with.

Joomla

It’s a bit harder than WordPress to work with and needs more skills. However, we can say that it’s more powerful than the other two. Joomla works perfectly for a weblog.

Drupal

Lots of big companies like McDonald’s, AT&T, and Standford University are using this CMS. Drupal can be tough for people who have just started programming.

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