Content Management Systems (CMS)
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A content managment system is an online tool for setting up and managing your website, and is sometimes referred to as aa "data-driven web site" as oppsoed to a "static site".
Individual pages and other content on the site are stored in a database and presented to the visitor as normal web pages.
Pros
- Easy to update once you have basic structure
- Accessibility is built in (to the best ones)
- Focus on content, not technology
- Many people in organisation can update
Cons
- More expensive to build initially
- Most pages will be same format.
- To make major changes, you'll need to find some
- Hosting will be a little more expensive.
- May incur licence costs if the system isn't "open source"
SCIP uses a variety of content management systems, especially
