Things to Consider When Choosing the Perfect CMS

Selecting a content management system can be a problematic task for

some people who doesn’t know the actual requirements for their

project and often seduced by the fancy functionalities that they will

never use.

As every tool has some pros or cons, you need to choose a system that

reflect your company’s goals, objectives and needs. What features you

should look for in a CMS? How then do you establish your list of

requirements?

In this article we will present ten things you need to consider first when

choosing the perfect CMS.

1. Core Functionality

When you think of CMS, you only think of creating, editing, deleting

and organizing pages. But this is not necessary that all content

management systems do this. So choose carefully keeping in mind the

basic functionality you need and always test the system for usability.

2. The Editor

The editor is one of the most important and used features within the

system. It is the interface through which you can add or modify the

content. WYSIWYG editor is the traditional editor but you need the

editor which can be able to handle external assets, including images

and downloadable files.

3. Managing Assets

Managing files and images can be a challenge in CMS. Poorly designed

systems are low in accessibility and usability. Ensure that the system

provide a <alt> attributes to images and basic image editing tools.

Carefully deals with uploading and attaching PDFs.

4. Search

Search is an important element of any website .Your search

functionality must possess these things: freshness, thoroughness,

speed, scope, ranking and customization.

5. Customization

You need a tool that DFSDF allows flexibility in the way to add content,

retrieved and presented.

6. User Interaction

If you want to get some feedback for your user. You CMS must provide

that functionality such as chat, forums, comments and ratings. Look for

tools which can help us for communicating with customers

7. Versioning

The system is able to roll back to a previous version of a page if

something went wrong.

8. Multiple Web Site Support

Now a days you need a different version of your website for mobile

users, so it’s a must have feature for me. Choose a system that allows

you to run multiple websites from the same installation.

Conclusion

Considering these features in mind you can select a CMS that is worth

for buying or will able to meet your website development needs. Also

consider these issue such as licensing, support, accessibility, security,

training and much more. Don’t spend on a content management

system that no longer meets your needs.

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