"I am looking for an able CMS for my site. Wow! A content management system! But do you know how to go about choosing one? Well, no."
If you are also unaware of the prerequisites which you must weigh before selecting the right content management system for your web venture, here are some clues. Have a look at some of the pre-requisites you must be mindful about before choosing a CMS.
Mobile Compatibility: The entire world is going mobile, so why not you? You have two options- either have a mobile specific website or have a CMS which responds to the mobile platform. So while choosing a content management system, make sure it is mobile-ready. In today's fast-paced world where most users are accessing the internet via their mobile devices, an ordinary website will not suffice.
Flexible Design: The design of your website should be independent of the CMS you choose. It should not be driven by technology. So examine your CMS for any barriers which might hinder the design of your portals. Some things you must make a note of are: inability to include modern design features like embedded code for videos, social media icons, JavaScript for motion graphics or click to call phone numbers outdated coding scripts which are not compatible with mobile devices using image rotation which is not supported by mobile devices
Equipped Page Editors: Editors are the most actively used feature in a content management system. Each page on your site is created using the page editor which is built-in within the CMS. As you opt for a new CMS, thoroughly inspect its page editor. The page editor must be easy to use and include all essential layouts, and enticing styling and editing functions. Additionally, if you are choosing a good CMS, you will also get a handful of short codes which will give that extra edge to the style and content layout of your web page. If the page editor renders a painstaking experience, users will never return to work on your site. In fact, you yourself will stop turning towards it.
Intuitive Back-end Experience: How user-friendly and intuitive is the back-end or the administrator panel of the CMS? This question should govern your selection of a content management system. Is the admin area easy to use for people who are not very tech-savvy? Or you have to refer to the manual every time you work on the back-end? If you reckon with the later, immediately change your CMS. A difficult to handle admin panel will ruin your website experience, make it difficult for you to manage your site and ultimately you will have to take aid of a web development firm. So be very cautious about checking out the page editor when finalizing a CMS.
Checking for the aforementioned pointers will make sure that the CMS you choose is apt for your business website and helps you in amplifying your reach over the World Wide Web.
Jason Roiz has experience in web design and development. He is currently working for OSSMedia Ltd, that offers wide range of open source development services. Visit http://www.ossmedia.com for more details.
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