A content management system (CMS) is a software package specifically designed to manage a website. It is installed by the us but made to be mainly updated by you.
In the past several years, we've seen a dramatic increase in the demand for high quality, easy-to-use content management systems (CMS) as part of the websites of corporations, governments, associations, and other entities. More and more of eHosted.com web development engagements have either been principally focused on content management systems (CMS), or have had content management systems (CMS) as a key element.
It provides you with a simple, non-technical way of updating your content. Once you log in, you use a web-based interface that works much like MS Word. Type in the new words, and hit save. Your site is instantly updated. Equally easy is adding new pages or editing existing ones.
The CMS also applies the same page layout and appearance across the site. Menus and other navigation are also automatically produced from page to page.
Background of HTML
In the beginning days of the Web, website development meant creating HTML pages. All that mattered was that content could be rendered in a web browser.
Today, a great deal of website development is still done using flat HTML files. In some cases, editing tools such as Dreamweaver are employed, and sometimes cascading style sheets (CSS) are part of the website, but the results is still a set of flat files.
As more and more owners and website managers are realizing, there is a nearly continuous need to update the content of websites. In order to reduce the number of people that have to be involved in each update, methods have evolved to do "content management." Thus, company staff may update their website pages directly with an online editor instead of relying on a web developer for each change.
Moreover, search engine optimization (SEO) has become an essential task in website management. CMS makes SEO efficient.
What are some of the other reasons (CMS) are so important?
Since design is separated from content with databases and templates, design and feature changes can be deployed instantly across a website. Searching, maintaining and updating content becomes easy and intuitive. It lets multiple content creators, editors and publishers work together with workflow and versioning controls. A scalable and robust architecture increases site performance while graphical editing tools create the simplest yet most powerful content environment.
We organize content into sections and categories so that it flows naturally into website navigation.
The first question you will need to answer is simple: do you need a CMS? Unless you have only a few pages on your site that do not change often, a CMS is almost certainly going to help you be more efficient and productive. Besides providing an administrative area where you can create, edit and organize your content, this ultimately saves you a lot of time.
Cost
Surprisingly, eHosted.com offers the basic cost of deploying a CMS starting at or near $300, in-line with a basic standard static web site. Costs may adjust depending on how much customized work that is requested but we offer these customizations staying in-line with our main concept at a reasonable price.
At the end of the day, eHosted.com is about web development along side with quality web and email hosting. People come to us to get the job done.
Please contact us if you or your customer is interested in learning more or utilizing your own CMS.
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