In this segment you will learn to build Websites easily with CMS (Content Management System) which is a easy to use user friendly webbuilding platform.
WHAT IS CMS?
A content management system (or website building platform) is a user-friendly platform for building websites and managing your own online content, instead of using a bunch of HTML Codes.
It helps users who doesn't have basic knowledge about programming to build s website by themselves very easily, it is as easy as working on a word processing tool.
Using CMS maintaining the site and modifying and doing changes in the design of the website is too simple.
There are many CMS available but WORDPRESS, JOOMLA & DRUPAL are widely used, in this 3 the most easy to use and very popular CMS is WORDPRESS.
MOST POPULAR CMS
As you can see from the image above, nearly half of the websites on the Internet are running on WordPress platform.
div>ADVANTAGES OF WORDPRESSVery User firendly If you know how to use Microsoft Word or any word processor, you already know how add your own content. WordPress can be expanded with free plugins to handle just about any site you can imagine,from amazing small business pages to social networking sites. With plugins you'll be able to add contact forms, subscription forms, image galleries and so on for your website.
It's Completely Free WordPress doesn't cost you anything to download or install it is absolutely free, and there's a huge community who have designed beautiful themes and templates, making it easy to build any website very easily.
Websites will be Responsive The website you build will instantly be responsive, looking great on every mobile device, smartphone and tablet. No need to fiddle around with codes to make it responsive .
Large Support Community With so many people using the platform, it is easy to find QUICK help when you need it. In addition, WordPress has lots of free resources both available on Youtube and in various support forum.
Advantage of drupal
1. Includes a lot of functionality
Drupal includes lot of functionalities like: advanced menu management, polls management, graphics modification tool, users management and much more. These functions make it possible to create simple or advanced websites, blogs, discussion boards, social networking pages, etc.
2. Variety of content types
Drupal is famous for allowing to create and manage many content types, like: videos, polls, user management, text, blogs, podcasts, statistics, and others.
3. Advanced users management
An administrator can create new user accounts and establish their permission rights. Users can be divided into groups and can be given assignments. They can be given permissions to manage parts of your website.
4. Graphics management
The script includes capabilities of design elements editing. Available templates and themes make for a good start. Predefined page functions configurations make it easy to create both a simple as well as more complicated page configurations.
5. Page content management
Drupal allows you to categorize your content through URL addresses, paths, making your own lists. This structure makes for easy management, search and reuse of the content.
6. Plugins
The script has several thousands of plugins available on its website. Since Drupal is an Open Source, you can use as well as create your own plugins.
7. Support
On the Drupal homepage, there's a documentation, well developed discussion board, chat, mailing list, etc. You can find there plenty of information and help concerning management and modification of the script.
Also Read : how to create Website with WordPress
Advantages of joomla
WordPress does not require PHP nor HTML knowledge unlinke Drupal, Joomla or Typo3. A preinstalled plugin and template function allows them to be installed very easily. All you need to do is to choose a plugin or a template and click on it to install.
It's good choice for beginners.
1. Community
To have a useful support, there must be a large community of users, who will be a part of e.g. a discussion board.
2. Plugins
The script has over dozen thousand of plugins available on its website. They are the reason WordPress is considered a CMS, not only a blogging script. Strong majority of the plugins is available for free.
3. Templates
On the scritp's homepage you can view thousands of graphics templates, that can change your website's look. You can find there both free and paid templates. The paid ones are often more advanced as well as more interesting.
4. Menu management
WordPress menu management has extended functionalities, that can be modified to include categories, pages, etc.
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