Tools for managing your website's content

Web masters use different tools in order to maintain a quality website. Some of the tools they've been utilizing is the Content Management Tools.

CMS tools are software systems that allow companies to take control of their Web pages through managing the content as distinct from the web design. These tools keep track of every piece of content on a site, just like a local public library keeps track of books and stores them. A major advantage of using a CMS tool is that it requires almost no technical skill or knowledge to manage. The days of writing HTML for large Web sites are losing its number as content management tools takes in.


Content Management Tools:

Joomla
a free, open source content management system.

Joomla is designed to publish content on the world wide web and intranets.
It allows web designers to construct sites by combining modules, and requires no knowledge of programming to use.

The system includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, website searching, and language internationalization.

It is used by MTV, Harvard University and IHOP to manage websites.


WordPress
Is used to build and maintain a website or blog. It was originally intended as an easy way to set up a blog.

a software application powered by PHP and MySQL.

WordPress is suitable for just about anybody - from the absolute novice to the advanced programmer.

This tool has a rich text editor with advanced multimedia support.

WordPress's community distributes a large number of modules for almost any popular website feature

It is free and open source CMS tool.

MediaWiki
A content management system tool that allows users and webmasters to easily add or edit content.

The most popular wiki platform, the software that runs Wikipedia and thousands of other websites.
is a free application, registered under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Plone
An open-source content management system that allows content experts to publish web pages without using HTML or relying on a technical expert.

This tool can be used for in principle any kind of website, including blogs, internet sites, webshops and internal websites.

It can be used as a document publishing system and groupware collaboration tool.

Plone has flexible and adaptable workflow, very good security, extensibility, high usability and flexibility.



LightNEasy
A lightweight CMS aimed at the normal user, not requiring any programming skills.

It includes a built in gallery and a versatile news module. Templates can be made from any HTML/CSS design.

This tool is not only a CMS, it actually creates plain, pure web pages for your whole website, making it SEO friendly and fast loading.

The system uses a modular structure and allows plug-ins for adding features.