CMS

A Content Management System (CMS) is recommended for any web site that people have to actively maintain.  Drupal, MediaWiki, and WordPress are all examples of CMS systems with different emphasis on the type of content they manage.  Typically CMS systems will having a subset of the following features:

  • user access control
  • ability to rapidly edit while online
  • ability to change presentation, without changing content
  • plugins to extend functionality
  • a good deal of “nice” functionality built into the CMS

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