In the previous posts I talked about getting content for
your website or blog. Now today I will talk about how to a good content
management system. For those who are new to CMS, maybe I can explain what they
are. These are just websites which have already been designed where one can
just edit and customize them to suit their needs. They are mostly made
available for free and are open source. Open source means that one is free to
edit and redistribute. Examples include Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal among
many others. Now each of these CMS is designed favoring a certain activity
frequently done on the web. For example Wordpress is designed to best suit
people who want to get to blogging. Joomla, Drupal, pixie and cushy CMs are
good for websites though they still have powerful blogging tools. There are
other Content management systems made for special sites like video sites and
music sites as well as social networks, online lists etc.
When choosing a CMS it is important therefore to consider
the type of content you wish to share. Again it is important to consider the
number of developers who use such a system. There is a difference between visitors,
users and developers. If there many developers using CMS then it means they
will deliver more plugins and widgets to the users. Wordpress for example has
so many developers and so you can be able to see some powerful features in some
of the sites created with Wordpress like magic mesh, yahoo Wordpress
itself among may others. Joomla on the other hand boasts of a great number of
developers and reading from their showcase site on joomla.org you realize that
they have great features on their listings.
It is also important to consider the cost and support. Some
CMS are very expensive to acquire and other are not even supported by any
hosting service provider. This makes them inappropriate for business bloggers.
One should therefore consider a CMS which has value for money. I will recommend
Joomla or Wordpress. So why don’t you try one today and see how it works?
