Websites have come a long way in the last number of years. Traditionally websites were just static blocks of content and if you needed to update your site, you were required to enter the dreaded coding world and tackle the html yourself – a time consuming process, that required a degree of technical knowledge.
As time progressed, website owners became alienated by this system, the result being that their website content became stale and outdated due to inefficient updating processes in place. Ironic really considering how significant content updates are these days for increasing traffic and the huge impact it has on
SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). The CMS or Content Management System evolved out of the need for website owners, with little or no technical background, to edit and update their website content easily.
What exactly is a CMS?
A CMS is an area of a website where the owner can log in, edit and update the content of their website. All of this data is stored in a central repository or database.
The areas of the site that are available to update is determined by the flexibility of the CMS. Most features within the content area are usually completely updatable. Many CMS will purposely prohibit changes to the main navigation and main appearance of the website in order to maintain site integrity and consistency.
A quick example:
Updating the news column of your website with a CMS could be as simple as logging into your CMS, clicking on Update News – Adding the news content via an editing tool similar to Microsoft Word and pressing submit. Links, Pictures and Videos may also be added in similar fashion if, of course, the CMS supports such media.
What are the advantages of a CMS
There are enormous benefits to having such a system in place, the most significant advantages are:
- The speed and efficiency at which you can edit and update your content
- Non – technical people can finally update their site content with ease
- Archiving helps users manage their older content and provides a record of when data was published
- Greater website consistency and continuity as styles are maintained.
FMG Flow
We have developed a CMS called
FMG Flow which is an easy to use, fully scalable CMS that can plug directly into your existing website. Its extremely flexible and can even allow website owners to tweek page titles and keywords for SEO.
You can view a full list of its features and working demo on our
Content Management System page.
We have a range of other CMS options and add-ons available - whatever your project size. Call us for a chat on +353 (0)21 4834 666 or
contact us online.
Dominick is Fireball's jack of all trades. He's been part of the team since 2007 and has always been focused on great design, usability & SEO.
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