Modern content management systems allow overcoming the many shortcomings of manually writing webpages in HTML. Instead of having to recode every line of a document, content management systems allow the easy adaptation of a new format for a whole web portal within a few seconds. As a content management system allows webpages to become dynamic, it serves in many cases as the ideal backbone of most news portals, especially since the content on these sites is updated regularly. Without the dynamic features of such software, most of the bigger websites nowadays would be very difficult to administer.
A nice side effect of the content management system is that the editor of a webpage does not need to be a programmer anymore. Once the page is set up, all programming work is done. In such a way, a website can also be easily and safely administered by a whole group of people without notable computer skills. Those people only need to know how to add, delete, and change content on the website. The rest is cared for by the software.
The design of a webpage using a content management system as backbone is given by a so-called template. This template is then used for the illustration of every piece of content that is added to the webpage. In this way, the content of the web page is completely decoupled from its design. Thus, either of them can easily be changed without affecting the other. In addition, content can be imported from various sources once two compatible content management systems are put into place. Information sharing and individualization by different users becomes very easy and safe. It is no surprise that more and more online portals, weblogs, online encyclopedia, etc... start using this kind of system as backbone for their internet site.
