Content Management Systems

A CMS is the essential foundation for a well organised, managable website. The alternative is what we call a 'hand-crafted' website which, by comparison, is difficult to maintain, change and transport (to another server). A CMS is the 'management software' that keeps track of every attribute of the site and stores this in a database.

Even a simple website will have numerous internal dependencies. Menus depend on content and vice-versa, pages depend on other pages, format and layout depend on programming code in the pages. The list goes on and the dependencies rise parabolically with the number of 'pages' on the site. Keeping track of these dependencies for a simple website is extremely difficult. For anything more than the simplest site a CMS is essential.

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