What Are Content Management Systems?
A Content Management System, or CMS, is an application which is installed to a server and acts as a turn-key website. Once the application is installed and configured, a fully operational, dynamic website will be available at the URL. Through this system, a webmaster with limited programming experience can alter the original website through the installation of skins, manipulation of configurable options, and the addition of original content. Even with professional web designers and programmers, CMSs are popular because they reduce the amount of initial work required to make a website operational, and with enough changes to the layout of the website, the user will be unaware that it is based on a CMS rather than an original system.
Several CMSs are targeted at creating specific websites. One of those specific CMSs is the widely popular WordPress, a free, open source application which creates an instant blog. Other CMSs are more general, and they allow you to create a traditional-style website, an e-commerce site, a blog, or all three depending upon the features you select. One consistent factor among matured CMSs is that they have a control panel that the webmaster can access remotely to make changes to the website. A few CMSs, such as WordPress, allow you to directly modify the programming of the CMS through the control panel. Other than that, the features vary widely between different CMSs.
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