CMS Application used in Websites Development.

1. -Hayyuna Ansari
Rizvi College of
Engineering

2. CMS stands for Content Management System. It is a
application software which allows editing, publishing and
modifying content as well as website maintenance from a
central page.
CMS provides collections of methods and procedures which
are used to manage workflow in a collaborative environment.
These methods can be manual or in-build.
Using CMS, content can easily be managed, which include
audio and video files, computer files, and electronic documents.
Content Management System is dynamic ,manages dynamic
contents such as shopping carts etc.
Content Management System

3. CMS or Content Management Systems are becoming more and
more popular with web design organizations. They have come to
realize that CMS is the future of website development and may be
left behind in the industry if they do not begin offering CMS services.
CMS certainly saves the company’s time it spends on web design
and allows them to put more efforts into marketing.
CMS gives the company the freedom it needs by providing them with
an ability to update the site when needed, not when convenient.
CMS also saves the company’s costs by not having to run to the web
designer every time an update is needed.
Web Design and CMS

4. Any typical CMS consists of the following
features:
o Provides an interface to Add/remove/edit pages.
o Provides easy interface to update content of each page.
o Capability to add or remove images where needed.
o Interface to update contact information.
o Display updated listings .
o Facilitates addition of news on the industry every day.

5. Some most popular CMS for Website
Development are:
o Wordpress
o Opencart
o Joomla
o Drupal

6. Wordpress
o Wordpress is an open source CMS, which is a well known blogging
platform which allows the users to publish, manage and organize, the
content of the website.
o Wordpress web design is fully SEO friendly.
o It not only supports the web blog application but also has a rich suite of
useful widgets,attractive themes and plug-in.
o It also facilitates users to customize the URLs means choosing of your
custom domain name instead of sub-domain name thereby helping them
pick up the most relevant keywords.

7. Opencart
o OpenCart is an ‘out of the box’, open source online ‘shopping cart’ system.
o Clients need to simply install, select their desired template, add products,
and they are ready to start accepting orders.
o Order management, and multiple payment gateways are also a built in
feature.
o OpenCart is a low-cost eCommerce solution, is search-engine friendly, and
has an admin interface, giving the client complete control over their online
store.
o OpenCart has thousands of high-end eCommerce themes available for all
eCommerce website design and creation needs.

8. Joomla
o Joomla, a freely available open source CMS, which enables number of
users to work, publish, manage and organize the content of the website.
o Using Joomla you can very easily add some good features to your
website.
o It is widely used through out the globe to develop everything from simple,
personal homepages to complex corporate web applications.
o It also enables users to build online applications and makes uploading of
content easy, fast and effective.

9. Drupal
o Drupal supports thousands of people, organizations and customizable
layouts to power an endless variety of sites.
o Drupal runs on every computing platform.
o Drupal has an extensible code base and a powerful theme
management system.
o There is no need of special programming skills to install Drupal.

10. Advantages
o Ease of use:
Creating a website without a CMS, no matter
how trivial requires some technical
knowledge, which is hard to find and
expensive to buy.
o Low cost:
Free is my favorite price! There are free
versions of all CMS application.
o Collaborative :
CMS also incorporate a work flow engine
and facilitate the collaborative efforts of your
staff in creating, editing, and approving
content before it gets published.
o Security:
Many CMS store your information in a
database system where access control
mechanisms can more easily restrict access
to your content.
o Consistent appearance :
Many CMS provide templates that can be
used to format new and/or existing

11. Conclusion
CMS simplified the process of web development and maintenance.
CMS offer in-built functions and by using them website can be
designed and developed using clients custom needs and
requirements.
Being an open source CMS, there is no need to pay any kinds of
license fee. Thus, it also provides cost effective solutions to the
clients according to their financial budget.