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Why do I need a Content Management System?

Use your Content

At the end of the day, it’s your content.  You know your organisation, your services and products, your suppliers, your customers.  You have the experts who will know the content better than anyone else, you need to harness this knowledge and bring it to your site.

With vast amounts of content there is often a problem bringing it all together to make it available on the Internet. 

  • Whilst experts in their own fields, do they have the technical knowledge to understand how the Internet works? 

  • Can you rely on your web agency, or in-house web team to update your site and the content in a timely manner? 

  • Is there content that you’d like to appear on your sites, but it’s in the wrong format, and the time and the effort required to convert it to HTML means that it’s never published on your site?

You need a Content Management System.

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See Also

Amaxus - XML Content Management System - Overview
Amaxus, Box UK's XML Content Management System (CMS), facilitates high-level management of documents, web resources and digital assets.

Glossary

HTML
HyperText Markup Language
CMS
Content Management System

About This Page

Published: 1st Jul 2003
Level: Basic
Type: Guides