What is a CMS?

According to wikipedia:

A content management system (abbreviated CMS) is a program that allows you to create a support structure (framework) for creating and managing content, mainly in web pages, by the administrators, editors, participants and other roles.

Consists in an interface that controls one or several databases which hosts the website content. The system can independently manage the content and design. Thus, it is possible to manage the content at any time and give a different design to the website without having to format the new content, and allows easy and controlled publishing the site to several publishers. A classic example is to load the content publishers and other system level (moderator or administrator) that allows this content to be visible to the public (it pass).

What advantages does the CMS website?

With CMS just take care of the information you want to publish, and that the system will manage all other technical and administrative details.

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rganization of the website: The CMS is prepared to efficiently organize the contents of your site into sections and categories, making it easy for users navigability and to create a solid structure, clean and easy for administrators. Since the CMS administrator panel you can create, edit and delete the sections and categories on your site in the way that suits you.

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ontent Publishing: With CMS can create unlimited pages and edit them from a simple editor that allows text formatting with styles and images desired. The contents are fully editable and modifiable.

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calability and implementation of new functionalities: el CMS ofrece la posibilidad de instalar, desinstalar y administrar componentes y módulos, que agregarán servicios de valor a los visitantes de su sitio web, por ejemplo: galerías de imágenes, foros, newsletters, clasificados, etc.

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ser Management: CMS allows to save the data of registered users and also the ability to send mass e-mails to all users. User management is hierarchical, and the different user groups have different levels of authority / permissions within management and site administration.

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esign and aesthetic aspect of the site: It is possible change the entire look of the website with just a few clicks, thanks to the templates used by the CMS.

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avigation and menu: Fully editable from the admin panel of the CMS.

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mage Manager: CMS has a utility to upload images to the server and use them throughout the site.

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olls: CMS has a voting system and dynamic polls with results in percentage bars.

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eed news The system has a built CMS news syndication via RSS / XMS automatic generation.

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ublicity: It is possible to advertise on the site using the Banner Manager