A Content Management System (CMS) website helps manage (add, delete, edit) a web site's contents conveniently through a password protected admin panel. The key here is that the content of individual web pages can be edited without any knowledge of HTML or web site designing. Apart from managing web content, a CMS based website easily allows the administrator to add links to external files and sites, upload content files (multimedia, images or text) via internet and change the text on a web page as and when they want.

At another level, a website CMS design may also allow for addition of new web pages on the website. In such a case, an auto menu and site-map generation takes place so that the site reflects the new addition and existing pages link to the new page.

So essentially, the content management system allows a non-technical person to create, modify, publish a website's contents online and store information without dealing with technicalities of web site programming and designing. Sometimes, also termed as dynamic web sites, in common parlance, the CMS based websites are user- friendly, interactive and database driven.

CMS is most useful in managing content on large content-driven websites like:

• Job Portals
• Blog Websites
• Information based Websites
• E-commerce Websites
• Social Networking Websites

However, CMS website design is also extremely beneficial if your standard corporate website needs frequent updation of content on certain pages. The benefit lies in saving on time as well as recurring maintenance charges as page updations can be handled easily at your end through an easy to use admin control panel. Its as simple as using MS-Word to write or edit content!

The Content Management System on websites may allow managing everything from text documents, pdf uploads to image uploads, and from managing audio files to videos conveniently.

• manage individual website pages which may include creating, editing, publishing content and then destroying it.
• allow only the authorized user to upload or download any secure document or file.
• store information including accounts, bills, emails, customer information and over dues conveniently and safely.
• create and manage any listings and manage various images, audio or video files.
• easily apply or change templates according to your choice and present a new layout for your website.
• easily create and manage blogs.
• automatically update navigation when pages are added or deleted or renamed.
• add various interactive features in your website, such as, posts, discussion, comments etc.
• provide fresh information to your site visitors, anytime, all the time!