What is a CMS (Content Management System)
A content management system (CMS) is a system used to manage the content of a Web site. The content managed includes computer files, image media, audio files, electronic documents and web content. This content is often present on the website in an organized way that allows visitors to the site to navigate the site efficiently to find what they are looking for. It’s other advantage is that it provides an easy to use back end administrative panel that allows the website’s owner or manager to enter new data and organize the look and feel of the site (often with very limited technical knowledge).
Several of the leading (Free) CMSs for simple blogs and websites are:
I recently came across an interesting new CMS for creating e-commerce sites. Like the others, the program is open source which means that you can download and install it for free. It’s called Magento. I’m really excited to try it out.