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Benefits of Using a CMS

A Content Management System is really useful in some many ways, it will do so much for you, any business in today's business world should have one integrated to its website.

• A CMS website is driven by a database - This allows you to create and store an unlimited number of pages, which are stored in the database without the need to update each one of them.
• Separate design and content - The design of the site template is separate from the content. This allows you to change the design any time without affecting the content stored on the site.
• Use cascading style sheet (CSS) to control site appearance - Altering one CSS file will allow you to change the design and/or color of your CMS site. The consistency of the design can be preserved.
• Multiple authors - If you have different authors that wish to contribute to your CMS web site you can set up multiple user access in the administration panel. They can just login and begin adding their content.
• Access from anywhere - Authors and editors can access the site from any computer with an internet connection. This means users can update the site at the same time from any location in the world.
• Web site management panel - The backend administration panel not only provides the ability to add content but also to add modules such as polls, banners, forums, shopping applications, news management and menus. Authors can be given limited permissions to prevent them from editing content which they are not authorized to change.
• Schedule content updates - Publishing content can be controlled by creating a draft first then publishing it later. This is handy if you need to coordinate content from multiple authors.
• HTML knowledge not required - A CMS site allows non-technical people to add content. They just need to login with a user name and password then use the web editor that’s built into the CMS to add their content.
• Saves time - If you were using a static site to add content from multiple authors, each author would have to download the pages from the server to their computer first, update them, then upload them back to the server. This would be very time consuming and could generate a lot of errors.
• Create search engine friendly pages - The separation of content from design allows you to easily include keywords in the URL of each page. If the title of your article was “Content Management System Benefits” your URL would be written as: http://www.yourdomain.co.nz/content-management-system-benefits Some CMS sites automatically generate the correct meta tags for each web page which would help them to spidered by the search engines.
• Attracts visitors - A CMS site attracts visitors because it can be constantly and rapidly updated. It not only generates pages that are search engine friendly but can produce lots of links from the new content that is added and syndicated.
• Create automatic RSS Feeds - RSS or really simple syndication is integrated automatically into many CMS sites. Every time you create a post or make a comment it creates a feed for it. This allows visitors with RSS Feeders to read the post at their own leisure.
• Conclusion - A content management system is a powerful tool for businesses that want to present lots of content from multiple authors and gain lots of visitors. It also has the capability to expand as your business grows.

If you have any further points or questions you'd like to clarify, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us.

The Silverstripe CMS Features

The SilverStripe CMS has seen eight years of development, and was “opened up” recently when Silverstripe removed their proprietary licensing model in favour of an open source license. This open sourcing of our software has led to support from Google and Sun/MySQL, public global software awards, and a vibrant developer community that is quickly growing in size and skillset. Their experience building the tool and the community becomes your business benefit.

Silverstripe's software has no license fees, and doesn't rely on software with license fees. This allows on-going cost-effectiveness and removes vendor lock-in. However, with their documentation and code repositories being public, and with developers around the world familiar with the software, overall support for prior versions of SilverStripe 2.x look likely to continue for a very long time... Click here to Read More on Silverstripe CMS

• A CMS for the people who need one - Silverstripe is offering an open-source CMS for web designers to easily integrate your requirements for your website. They built a CMS for the people who edit website content, and built a separate set of tools for the people who actually make the websites. The result: a more intuitive CMS. See for yourself.
• The CMS is tailored to suit your requirements - The Silverstripe team has designed the CMS to be tailored: We, the web designers can easily create exactly the content fields that fit with your requirements. You can build on the framework that we created for you easily, while still maintaining design integrity.
• Make more out of your site with SilverStripe extensions - Add new features with modules, give your site a new look with one of the themes, or add more power to your sidebar with widgets.
• Control your own HTML - The Silverstripe template language doesn't dictate the way the HTML is output. We know how to make great looking websites and this won't stand in our way to do so. The Silverstripe template language simply lets you get your database content integrated into the CSS/HTML that we, the web designers design.
• Make your code shine - The CMS ties in seamlessly with the Sapphire framework. We can develop customisations to your SilverStripe more quickly, and end up with more maintainable code.

Please have a look at the video below, covering some of Silverstripe's easy-to-use administrative tools.

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