Content Management System, often referred to as CMS, is a software that helps users to manage content such as landing pages, blog posts, image galleries, forms etc. Well architect CMS helps users with minimum technical knowledge to manage their website without technical knowledge or help of designer or developer.
Investing in a Content Management System (CMS) could be one of the best investments for your business as it can help your website and brand grow over time.
Whether you are familiar with CMS or not, CMS’s main function is to help you update and manage content such as pages, posts, galleries, form etc with ease.
Most of the CMS have inbuilt functionalities that are helpful for SEO such as page title, description, content architecture to name a few.
CMS comes with in-built security features. Open source CMS like WordPress updates security features and UI/UX features regularly to keep updated with latest security features.
CMS supports modular development. So in case if there is a requirement to add new features and functionalities in future, it can be done easily both in terms of cost and budget.
CMS helps you share resources with your colleagues or clients and collaborate to make any updates. This can be really helpful if you are working as a team to finalise something.
CMS makes it easy to manage user’s roles and permissions so that you can create users based on their roles and responsibilities in your business.
WordPress is a versatile platform. Whether you are running a blog, lead generation, or ecommerce website, WordPress can be an ideal CMS for your business.
One of the main advantages WordPress has over its competitors is it is optimsied for SEO. Features like web architecture, silo, internal link building etc can be done easily with WordPress.
With WordPress as your CMS, managing content such as pages, posts, forms, users etc is super easy. For example, most of the websites I built are maintained by owners without much of my help.
WordPress being an open source CMS, costs zero dollars. Even better is websites I build come up with several plugins free of cost. Unless your website is too complex, you wont need to add any new plugins.
The beauty of using WordPress as your CMS is there is a big team looking after and maintaining security updates and features. Security features are tested and fixes if needed are released faster.
Scaling a WordPress website is easy. Either you can build a custom plugin on top of an existing site or pick one of the best plugins that suits your needs.
WordPress and the community is growing quite fast. With a growing community, WordPress has been growing too, helping add features and functionalities.
Below are some of the frequently asked questions about WordPress.
WordPress is a free, open source CMS that helps you create and manage your website and content.
WordPress powers more than 30% of websites. Some of the big brands using WordPress include Sony, Spotify, Toyota (Brasil) to name a few.
Price of a WordPress website varies depending on the complexity of your website. For example, on an average website I build starts at 2,500 AUD.
As with cost, turnaround time also depends on the complexity of your website. On average my turnaround time for websites is 4-5 weeks.
Along with helping you with CMS, i can help with most of the things to get website live such as domain names, website hosting.
If you are thinking a CMS and website, please get in touch and I will get back to you in 2 business days.