In reading further upon the topic of Content Management Systems, I came across an article that specifically talks about why you should use a content management system for your website.
The article is by Karo Kilfeather (2018, April 5) who is from Poland and is a content manager for Percussion software. Additionally she writes about content management, content marketing, SEO, social media and web design and how to make it less complicated.
What I envision is reading about Content Management Systems is the need for more digital content to be accessible to learners anywhere and anytime, regardless is the data is on an open content system or closed system (think Army Milsuite, or any organizations data base).
Keep in mind that before web content management software, users and authors had to rely on pages loaded directly to their servers in order to be published. Even though some organizations continue to update websites in this fashion, it will have serious limitations on their ability to scale and improve their web presence (Kilfeather, 2018).
Here are some reasons why you should be using a content management system.
1. If you need to give access to multiple people, then a content management system is the best way to provided access and permission to those limited personnel needing access. Of course, these limited people provide the updates and monitor the content.
2. Content Management Systems have build in templates and reuse as many pages as you want with the same functionality on each page. Keeps a consistent look for your website.
3. They have a governance feature which allow you to create content and publish to include customize and implement an editorial process or workflow process. This ensures content is reviewed at all levels and approved before going live.
4. They are content focused, meaning the content management system separates your content and your design in order to allow you produce more website driven traffic rather than just content.
5. Makes it easier for you to change any information for other customers not in your traditional language- picture your from U.S. A. and have a meeting in China to present your content management system- you can change it from anywhere you have connection and access without changing to content itself.
6. Its coding free and makes the management and upkeep of your website faster to include opening content from larger groups of contributors.
7. Secured with firewalls and a decoupled content management system ensure it can't be easily exploited by those that mean harm.
8. Provides analytics and collects data for content performance and effectiveness. This is critical to for tracking performance and integrating third party tools to help you.
Kilfeathers Article- click here
