What is a Content Management System

A CMS or Content Management System is a piece of software that makes it possible to manage the content of your website in an easy way. What else exactly can you do with it? And what kinds of Content Management Systems are there? We cover this in this blog post.

With a Content Management System you make it possible for yourself to quickly create a website page or separate post in an easy way. Depending on the Content Management System, it is a matter of writing the content in a visual way. As you may have done in Microsoft Word before, you can create a post and edit it online. And then put it live with a single click of a button. This gives you the chance to focus on continuing to develop the content of your website. And not to focus on developing the website by coding. Coding for many users takes more time and a steep learning curve without many great benefits.

So how do you create a website?

Creating a website is a piece of cake with a Content Management System. Indeed, it is still advisable to understand some of the underlying principles. But you too can create a website with ease. Many Content Management Systems allow you to work easily and especially visually. Just like your operating system for your computer you have a graphical environment where you can configure all actions. This is mainly easy with setting up, for example, an additional plugin that allows you to add an extra feature. Or just install a theme that changes the complete look of your website.

With the famous Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Umbraco and so on, there is also a lot of information available not only with us in our knowledge base. But also on other sources online. For example, you can follow video courses on sites like YouTube. Find answers on various forums and Stackoverflow and so on. It's clever work if your problem has never arisen before. After all, with tens of thousands of users, almost every problem has occurred at some point. You are not alone.

How does the installation of a CMS work?

Creating a website with a Content Management System starts with the installation of a Content Management System. This can be done at MijnHostingPartner.nl in a simple way via our Web App gallery in the control panel. Enter a number of values and click install. That is all that is needed to install a Content Management System. Virtually every popular Content Management System can be found in our Web App Gallery for easy installation. After the installation, you'll end up in your own website, where all further work can be applied. Like how your website is going to look, where exactly you want your logo. Etc.

Things like setting up the Database for storing the data of the website, and the necessary user accounts are automatically created. This is of course very easy when you are just starting out with your first website.

Writing and publishing a post or page

Writing and publishing a post or page in a Content Management System is easy and fast. Just type in the content you want to publish, style it with H1 and H tags and add a table. That's how it works in the Content Management System. Then it's just a matter of publishing the post with a button to have the page or post live. A good content management system also has the necessary background information to be able to be found by search engines like Google, Bing or DuckDuckGo. Furthermore, it is up to you to create a logical layout for both the pages and posts. Do this by using categories and subpages that are put together in a logical way. Also make sure that URLs do not become too long or unclear. This is not only important for search engines. But also for the user-friendliness of your website visitors.

For any website, blog, portfolio or company website

With WordPress, Umbraco and other Content Management Systems you can create a beautiful result for any website. There are also Content Management Systems where it is possible to focus on, for example, a webshop. A CMS like NopCommerce is made specifically for this. WooCommerce is also a popular option to turn your WordPress website into a webshop.

A portfolio or company website is probably the fastest to put together with a Content Management System. This is all about showcasing your work, whether it's a service like Photography or the service your company offers. Contact information with a form, and perhaps a blog where you share the latest news about your services and related information. Furthermore, it gives you the opportunity to set up a website with minimal investment. With an SSD hosting package you can cover all your services related to hosting a website for a competitive annual price.

If you are going for an Umbraco website then a .NET Core hosting package is the way to go, and do you want a WordPress website but not the maintenance that comes with it? Then also take a look at our Managed WordPress hosting packages. Here we take care of the technical issues such as maintenance for you.

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