Overview of Web Content Management Systems
What are Content Management Systems (CMS) / Backend Systems?
Although Content Management Systems may vary slightly among
industry definitions, a common usage for a Content Management
System is to add new content (information, articles, photos,
music) to a website. Dependent upon the complexity of the
System, a CMS may additionally offer web page content removal
and modification functionality. The true benefit of using such
technology for a small to medium sized business owner is reduced
maintenance time (as a well designed system should make adding
content extremely easy) and the elimination of a web designer
for basic site maintenance. Due to the empowerment offered by
Content Management Systems to average computer users, the
popularity of these systems are beginning to grow. Some
industries in which Content Management Systems can prove to be
very helpful are the Automotive, Information, Real Estate, and
Retail industries. Of the industries mentioned, the experiences
with my company Simplesoft Solutions, has lead me to work
closely with both Automotive and Real Estate businesses in
providing CMS-based value added web solutions. Looking first at
the automotive industry, a CMS can prove to be very helpful in
inventory maintenance. Using a CMS, a car dealer may access a
web based form to add, modify and delete inventory. When
designed properly, the complexity of the system, in this
particular case, the computer languages, HTML, Javascript,
VBScript and SQL are all offloaded from the responsibility of
the user to the system