Content Management System

Dynamism.  A word that has changed the way of making Internet sites on the last few years. The concept of dynamic web site would be “a site that was designed with new information, either in layout or content.” The site is not “static” because quite often allows a rapid change of its content, allowing greater interaction with the user.

Precisely for this task CMS (Content Management System) has appeared. These complex tools once installed on the Web server, allow dynamic real time or programmed updates by the user without needing a webmaster with HTML knowledge. This allows the website owner to update text, images, news, and in some cases even the placement of certain content on its site.

WordPress as CMS

Many are the content managers on the market, WordPress, Joomla and Drupal are at the end the most used and most complete. The big difference between the first two is its architecture and therefore how the designer will use the program to develop a Web site.

One big difference is that WordPress does not come with ready to use modules as Joomla does. At a first glance WordPress may seem a harder platform to do what you want, but with an intermediate to advanced knowledge you can turn it in a much more flexible tool, that can adapt to virtually any situation.

An example would be the use of both packages by a user without any knowledge of Internet development. A person who only has knowledge of office software could create a small website with Joomla in a few hours of work. With WordPress the same person would, on the best case, create a little blog.

Hacking WordPress really requires more knowledge and skills, but once done the flexibility and the ease content manage by the client really worth the effort.

ADVANTAGES OF USE WORDPRESS AS CMS

The list can be great. I will mention here some not very technical but very relevant topics. This will help to illustrate why I use WordPress to develop dynamic sites.

• WordPress can be installed and hosted on a Linux environment / Apache / MySQL / PHP. Another big plus is that installation does not require much skills by the user.
• Is open source
• The core is PHP.
• It is free, the client don’t pay for the platform.
• It’s secure and robust.
• Ease of creating and administering user accounts.
• A considerable amount of documentation is continuously produced giving the administrator a lot of security in order to get help for any problem.
• The core contains by default, without the need for plug-ins, a huge collection of tools for the production of a medium sized site.
• Intuitive control panel. Great for customers looking for an easy way to update his sites.
• Core system done in web standards, which makes the WordPress Google friendly. Ideal for those looking for a good SEO positioning.
• Flexible structure allows the use of codes outside of the core system.
• In the third week of October 2010 approximately 1500 discussions were created in the WordPress official forum. The participation of developers around the world still growing up.

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