A Content Management System (CMS) is a piece of software that runs on a server. Typically a database application, a CMS makes it easy to publish and administrate content.

A CMS improves the lifecycle of your website for years to come. It is easy to produce content without any programming skills. If you can use a computer, you can manage the content for your website. Using a graphical user interface (GUI), authors can simply create text, insert images and multimedia files, and much more to build and maintain a dynamic website.

Advantages of a CMS include:

• Decentralized maintenance.
• Based on a common web browser. Edit anywhere, anytime. Bottlenecks removed.
• Designed with non-technical content editors in mind.
• People with average knowledge of word processing can create the content easily. No HTML skills required.
• Configurable access restrictions.
• Consistency of design is preserved.
• Because content is stored separate from design, the content from all authors is presented with the same, consistent design.
• Content is stored in a database.
• Dynamic content.
• Daily updates.
• You do not need to involve web designers or programmers for every little modification - you are in control of your website.