Website development using content management system (CMS)
Developing web pages using a content management system, what such systems are for and how to choose the best one
If you are reading this text, then you are thinking about how to make your own website or improve the one you already have.
This article will help you understand what a content management system is, what it is for and how to choose the right one.
1.What is CMS
How easy is it to create your own website?
CMS (Content Management System) or Content Management System is a software that allows you to easily create, manage and maintain a website without having to write any code. This software is usually installed in your domain folder on your web hosting service. It can be managed through any browser you are used to.
2. How to choose
What parameters are important when choosing an CMS?
- Usability. Modern CMSs allow you to simply drag and drop, quickly add, delete, replace and modify elements of your website
- Customized design. All CMSs offer ready-made templates, that is, ready-to-use website design. You don’t need to be a professional web designer to create a pretty decent, modern web design.
- Expansion and Integration. The requirements for a good website are individualized and related to what you chose to aim for when you created the site. An off-the-shelf solution, no matter how complete the CMS is, is hard to find. This is where extensions and integrations can help. These are special add-ons to the site that add necessary features and conveniences for users
- Scalability. The bigger your business, the more website features you will need. A company website should provide many more services than, for example, a website – business card. You need to use a content management system that handles large volumes of traffic, transactions, subscriptions, etc.
- Support. Quick support, answers to questions, documentation and an online FAQ database are VERY helpful when you are working with a CMS. This is especially true if you are a newbie using a CMS for the first time.
- Price. Many CMSs are completely free, while others are available on a subscription basis. Even if you choose freeware, you may need to pay for the domain name, hosting, extensions and themes you want to use to make your website exactly the way you want it. These are usually small investments (sometimes free), but they can take your online presence to the next level (saving you a lot of time!). (How much does a website cost article)
3. Choosing a specific CMS
Which CMS are the most popular?
Ratings of such systems are compiled regularly and vary from researcher to researcher. Here are 5 of the most popular, in descending order:
– WordPress
– Shopify
– Wix
– Joomla
– Drupal
We are not going to make comparisons between these systems, especially since each of them has its own fans. It is only worth mentioning that WordPress, Joomla and Drupal are similar in many ways because they were created as sites for bloggers, Shopify is a system focused on online stores (eCommerce), and Wix allows you to quickly create entry-level websites.
Perhaps we should also mention PrestaShop, which is not a full-fledged CMS, but allows you to quickly create good online stores.
4. Our choice
Which CMS and why did we choose?
Since we give our clients the best websites and modern web design, our choice was WordPress. This content management system optimally meets all the requirements.
It provides quite simple site management, customized web design, convenient web administration, provides adaptive websites whose design changes depending on the screen resolution.
In addition, WordPress provides quite a lot of features for free, which allows you to reduce the cost of website development.
5. What is UGI.cz for?
How UGI Studio can help you.
Creating a website on WordPress is not as simple a process as, for example, creating a website on WIX. It takes some skills and experience to get a modern website on WordPress. But WordPress is a more flexible and expandable system, for which there are many paid and free add-ons (plugins), templates, design options (themes). UGI.cz knows how to work with this, so we offer you our services in creating a website on WordPress.
Then you will need to optimize the site, allowing it to rank high in search results. We will help with the purchase of hosting and domain name, host your site and hand over the management of the site to you.
