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August 27, 2020
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What is a CMS?

What is a CMS?

One of the first questions that a person who wants to launch his site faces is: what is a control system or engine for a site. Briefly about what CMS is for, is it possible to do without it, and why spend money on paid development if you can download a free program? CMS Management System Translated from English (Content Management System) is a content management system for a site. It is also called a site content management system, just a content management system, or an engine for a site. All these names, in essence, are - CMS. This software product is installed on hosting sites and performs 2 roles:
  • The formation of the site pages according to pre-prepared templates from the information stored in the database.
  • Managing a site for people without any technical skills. So, anybody can easily workaround the content of the site.
At the same time, it is a tool for the effective and efficient implementation of many daily routine tasks on the site. . Each site has content: articles, news, product catalogs, and contact information, which periodically changes. To be able to easily make changes yourself, you need a site content management system. If the company changes the phone or needs to supplement the resource with other information, you will have to resort to the work of a technical specialist. These are the financial costs that the company will have to bear. Starting work on the creation of any site, forum, or online store, you have to decide: do you do it in cms or not? Briefly explain what the engine is important for the site, and what resources you can do without it. CMS will help you
  • independently create and delete sections of the site, and edit information without involving a third-party specialist - this is an important advantage;
  • make the site as functional as possible: the work uses the most effective tool for solving a specific task because depending on the specific site and the requirements for its functionality, they select the optimal CMS;
  • get the opportunity to speed up and reduce the cost of website development, as the time spent on the creation of many elements is reduced. Every time, the programmer does not need to develop the administrative part, do authorization and registration, configure access rights on the forum, or moderate and check the site, but you can focus on the information and visual components of the future site.
Who does not need CMS?
  • Business card sites - they can be made without using a management system, on a designer like Wix or Tilda.
  • Large-scale unique projects. If a very complex portal project is made like Trivago.ru, then the standard management system may not work: you need to write programs individually, from scratch, since standard cms already have a specific architecture that you can’t just change, there is a part of the program code, which programmers have no right to touch at all. We emphasize: such costs are justified only in rare projects.
If the company immediately understands that the information will be infrequently updated on the site, and makes a very simple site, then you can really do without a website management system. If you know that the created landing does not last long, this is a temporary advertising company, in this case, you can not spend money on corporate cms. Still, I repeat: in order to save money, do not forget that a resource without cms loses the ability on the part of the customer to independently manage it: it simply does not have such an opportunity. All data of such sites is stored either in separate files or in a database, which only the administrator has access to. Each time the customer will have to resort to the work of this specialist. In fact, this may come at times more expensive, because the services will need to be paid extra. Which engine is better for the site If you look at the analytical portal of the web development market and open the cms system tab, you can see how many engines you can use for your needs. And this is neither more nor less - about 850 known control systems. They can be divided into the following types: Studio CMS Content management systems for the site, written inside the web studio and used inside it to develop their own and client sites. They may not even have their own names. Most often they contain only the functionality that is needed in a particular project, without loading the hosting server with unnecessary add-ons. Recorded or studio ones are CMS that individual studios or programmers made literally for themselves. The advantages are that they are created for the needs of a specific project, but have several disadvantages: lack of documentation, an opaque security system, then other webmasters then do not always understand how to change the program code if necessary. It is impossible for the client to guarantee that the site will not be hacked tomorrow. In the absence of documentation and information on such a program, not any other developer will undertake to make changes to it - the fact is that the specialist is familiar with the contents of the replicated control system, but the recorder still needs to be understood, it often takes a lot of time.   Edition CMS CMS developed by specialized companies or web studios for subsequent mass sale to users or other web studios that for some reason do not have their own studio CMS. Most often, each individual license is paid for each site created. Circular CMSs contain comprehensive documentation for developers. This type of CMS is usually more reliable than self-written. Firstly, they are carefully checked for safety. Secondly, there is very good documentation on them and there is always technical support, there are specialists who can ask all the problematic questions. These systems are also constantly updated. For me personally, as a programmer-technologist, the most important moment when creating a site is how much time it will take to complete the tasks so that the content (articles, news, products) is edited through the admin panel and this would be done as convenient as possible for the client. In this regard, working with Netcat for me takes 2 times less time compared to other systems due to its flexibility and thoughtfulness, plus there is the possibility of implementing complex technical tasks. In the end, what does the client get? Reducing labor costs, and therefore reducing the cost of work. Choose safe systems! When choosing a platform for a site, special attention should be paid to its protection. You don’t want your site to be hacked and, for example, stole a customer database or insert unnecessary links? For example, Netcat’s security loop includes a wide range of tools and modules designed to protect your site from hacks and intrusions: from a flexible system for distributing rights and authorization using USB tokens to proactive protection against injections and monitoring of dangerous content. In the summer of 2017, Netcat successfully passed a security audit according to the OWASP Top-10 methodology. Open Source CMS (free) Management systems developed by communities of programmers are supported by them and are open source. Any programmer can take a free CMS and modify it at their own discretion. Since many programmers are developing, problems often arise with documentation, which raises the threshold for a programmer to enter the work with CMS data. The disadvantage of such CMS is their mass character and, as a result, the common knowledge of all security holes, which often leads to infection of sites on Open Source CMS with viruses, which can threaten a long-term drop in the site’s position in search engine results. Lack of payment, of course, captivates. Moreover, these systems also have documentation, for them, there are widgets, and modules that developers make for free. But believe me, security issues are a real threat. In addition, systems are often not so convenient and flexible, mainly highly specialized, and not suitable for any product. I can tell you an interesting example of a security issue that occurred with the client of the studio in which I used to work. The customer - a company that was engaged in advertising wedding agencies, and wanted to save money, decided on a site with a free admin panel. But they decided to allocate a budget for contextual advertising. And what do you think? The site was hacked, and a casino advertisement was placed in the header. Can you imagine what this meant for the bridal business? When visitors visited the site, they were periodically thrown to the site of sex services. So, based on the foregoing, the conclusion suggests itself: any normal commercial project needs high-quality CMS, with a well-thought-out security system and technical support. Better to pay once than then think about how to get out of an unpleasant situation. Save on something else. If you are planning a website promotion, it's advertising, then you need a reliable engine.
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