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Drupal Joomla WordPress logosCMS stands for Content Management System. CMSs are usually implement as a software product, technology or platform that allows a large number of people to collaborate between themselves and on a collection of files and documents.

There are dozens of CMSs available today, with quite a few being web based like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Mambo, Symphony, Sharepoint, DotNetNuke and more.

This guide provides an overview of how to use a CMS within a business, takes a look at what makes a good CMS, compares different CMSs together, and presents some general tips and tricks for developing and using your own CMS.

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Choosing the Best CMS for Your Website

If you're planning a new website or an upgrade to an existing one, you will probably be interested in adding a content management system for easy publishing of webpages. There are...

Top 10 Content Management Systems: A Quick Examination of Platform Structures

A content management system is your personal assistant for making online text structuring easy. However, a lot of ground works need to be done, before you choose the right CMS that...

Using the Views Module in Drupal

A content management system is a database. As such its power lies in the processing of data, in this case the content of the web site. Drupal provides the Views module to query the...

Creating, Using, and Managing Joomla! Sections

Tutorial on using the Section container with Joomla! 1.5 to organize and manage your website, as well as boost its traffic....

Most Popular Articles on CMS
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    Choosing the Best CMS for Your Website

    If you're planning a new website or an upgrade to an existing one, you will probably be interested in adding a content management system for easy publishing of webpages. There are many alternatives...

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    Developing a Custom Content Management (CMS) for Your Company

    Two of the products I have used in past are Kentico CMS and SiteFinity CMS. Both of these cost over $2,000 once you figure out which version you need. But what about when you need to develop a Content...

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    Installing Joomla! in a Test Environment

    Learn how to install Joomla! on your own PC to avoid making mistakes with a Live website. Installing in a test environment lets you see what your Joomla! powered website will look and feel like...

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    Pros and Cons of Joomla Sites

    If you've decided to make your own website you may have thought about Joomla. But what do you really know about it? What are the costs of running Joomla? Do you give up anything in exchange...

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    Looking for a Joomla Calendar Module?

    Some websites and blogs include calendars to provide an easy way to access prior entries and upcoming events. If you've ever needed one for a Joomla website, you'll be happy to know that there...

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How to Install PostNuke Themes

Do you want to change your PostNuke Theme, but don’t know how? In this tutorial, I will show you how to install PostNuke Themes and activate them....

What is Plone?

Plone is a content management system that can be used to run a variety of different applications, mainly, web and internet apps. Plone differs from most other CMS's in that it is...