Content Management System (CMS)

A content management system (CMS) is a web platform designed to help users create, manage, and distribute content via multiple digital channels, including email, social media, website, and more. One major advantage of using a CMS is that it allows non-technical people to make changes to their website without relying on front-end developers.

The following are common features of a CMS:

• Content creation, allows users to easily create and format content
• Content storage, stores content in one place, in a consistent fashion
• Workflows, assigns permissions for managing content based on roles such as authors, editors and admins
• Publishing, organizes and pushes content live

CMS examples. While there are hundreds of CMS platforms, some of the more popular cms providers are listed below:

• Drupal
• Joomla
• Magento
• Squarespace
• Wix
• Squarespace
• WordPress