…..and Better !
In the quest for better and better websites, many programers around the world have gotten together to design a way forward for the less technically minded of us. This has lead to wysiwyg (What You See Is What You Get) programming that allows the user to drag and drop, Word doc text formating, and much more. By designing software that is more user friendly, we are now able to create more complicated websites in a fraction of the time.
What Makes This a Better Approach?
The old theory behind websites was to code each page from scratch using expensive proprietary software packages. These software packages were (and are) extremely expensive and required a serious level of programing knowledge. The pitfalls of these programs is that it re-invented the proverbial wheel. A lot of code is re-used in different sections of a site and would have to be recreated each time it was needed.
With the advent of the Open Source age, some designers got together and helped to create a Programing System that would package the basic code necessary to allow for a more user friendly website creation tool….Thus, Content Management Systems were born.
What is a CMS System?
In Brief, a CMS (Content Management System) is a program that is designed to organise your website content into a particular style and layout. It separates the Databse (Engine of the Website) from the different Content (Pages, Posts, Links, Categories, etc). This allows you the user to make lots of different simple changes to your content without having to worry about affecting critical functions of the site.
Some of the Great CMS Systems:
Wordpress, Joomla, Droopal,