by James T Maxwell
Over the last few years, Wordpress has completely dominated the Content Management System (CMS) market and has become the industry leader. There are many reasons why people enjoy using Wordpress. Wordpress allows people to edit their sites more easily, save time and work more efficiently in general. Read on to learn more about Wordpress as a content management system.
Wordpress - Not Just for Blogging!
Many people associate Wordpress as a blogging platform. However, Wordpress has the ability to be used for more than just blogging.
In fact, the popularity of Wordpress as a Content Management System for static websites is overwhelming. Its ease of use as well as its speed results in Wordpress being chosen even by those who need updates done less than once a month.
Why do I Need a Content Management System?
There are many reasons why you might want to use a CMS. Here are some of the most common reasons:
- If you have multiple people are working on a particular project, with some who aren’t familiar with HTML editing. Wordpress allows them to complete their work without worrying about codes they aren’t familiar with…
- A CMS system makes the handling of large content amounts easier. For example, if your linking structure through 100 pages needs to be changed, it could easily take hours. With Wordpress, those changes can be made in minutes.
- No more tweaking layouts and codes. Wordpress has done all the hard work for you, so editing is a faster and easier way to accomplish things.
This list could on and on. In short, the use of a CMS system is less of a hassle, easier, and faster than coding a website in HTML.
Free Themes Speed Up Design
One key reason Wordpress has become so popular is because of your ability to import free themes into Wordpress.
A theme is a design or “look” of a website. Instead of having to hire a designer to design a website for you from scratch, you can just download a free theme and put it on your site.
In minutes you can find yourself with a very professional looking website up and ready to go. You will have amazing looking content automatically plugged into your theme.
With literally hundreds of free Wordpress themes to choose from online, just about any kind of website will have a Wordpress theme appropriate for the task.
Wordpress versus Other CMS Systems
Unless and until you get into high end services, Wordpress is, as a rule considered the best CMS available.
Wordpress is simply easier to use and learn than other CMS systems. For example, Joomla, another free CMS system, just takes far too long to learn. Over time users have stopped using other free CMS systems and stuck with just Wordpress.
Wordpress may not have the capacity to run the thousands of pages needed for multi-million dollar companies, and therefore may not fulfill your needs in this respect. For those with small to medium sized businesses, Wordpress is more than sufficient for your CMS needs.