What is CMS and is it of benefit to my business.?

Content Management Systems were initially developed internally at organizations which were doing a lot of content publishing, almost automating the process of uploading and changing web content.

CMS assists in automating various aspects of web publishing from blogs, to business ideas, to newsletters, and even more advanced publishing.

Globally there are many and varied types of Content Management Systems, ranging from basic to the more advanced versions, with several key companies offering differing options and solutions, most needing some type of coding knowledge.

We here at Media IT Solutions work with a well known and regarded system called Joomla, it not only caters for the beginner as well as the more advanced user, it also has different components and modules released on a continuous basis for the global public to access and use within their own Joomla applications, making it extremely cost effective.

Joomla CMS is also a highly advanced system with key core programmers evolving the whole software program to one of today’s most secure and widely recognised systems around.

Below is a breakdown of what CMS includes and how it can help your business with it’s content, but more importantly how it grows with your business.

CMS  features:
• Completely database driven site engines
• News, products, goods or services sections fully editable and manageable
• Topics sections can be added to by contributing authors
• Fully customisable layouts including left, center and right menu boxes
• Browser upload of images to your own library for use anywhere in the site
• Dynamic Forum / Poll / Voting booth for on-the-spot results
• Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX server, Solaris and AIX

Extensive Administration:
• Change order of objects including news, FAQs, articles etc.
• Random Newsflash generator
• Remote author submission module for News, Articles, FAQs and Links
• Object hierarchy - as many sections, departments, divisions and pages as you want
• Image library - store all your PNGs, PDFs, DOCs, XLSs, GIFs and JPEGs online for easy use
• Automatic Path-Finder. Place a picture and let the CMS fix the link
• News feed manager. Choose from over 360 news feeds from around the world
• Archive manager. Put your old articles into cold storage rather than throw them out
• Email-a-friend and Print-format for every story and article
• In-line Text editor similar to Word Pad
• User editable look and feel
• Polls / Surveys - Now put a different one on each page
• Custom Page Modules. Download custom page modules to spice up your site
• Template Manager. Download templates and implement them in seconds
• Layout preview. See how it looks before going live
• Banner manager. Make money out of your site
• So many other easily editable and manageable options no matter whether you are a novice with little to no coding experience or you’re an advanced user, our CMS caters to all levels of experience.

So what it breaks down to is simply this, if you run or wish to run a website, if you have content that you wish to easily manage and change, update, upgrade or simply get your message out there in a clear and defined format, then YES you most likely need a CMS for your business.

Most companies these days be it small operators to larger business structures realise the importance of having a fully accessible system that even the most basic of users can access and upgrade, that's where MIS Australia can help you and your business, not only to get your company out there to the masses, but also work in partnership to help you grow.

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