What is a CMS.

[Steveburner]

A combination management and publication application for handling creation, modification, and removal of information resources .

[thersey]

Can anyone help me with a few recommendations on CMS.

[janestewart]

CMS stands for Content Management System.

A content management system is frequently a web application used for managing websites and web content, though in many cases, content management systems require special client software for editing and constructing articles.

[JosephZ]

Can anyone help me with a few recommendations on CMS.

The most popular CMS currently (IMHO) is Joomla. It is PHP-based and has a very strong following.

Personally I am a Microsoft guy, so although I've used about five different ones, I tend to favor DotNetNuke. Again, being a MS guy, it's easier for me to manipulate the front-end code and back-end code.

I actually use CMS platforms for small company websites as well as large business portals. I can't remember the last time I deployed a non-CMS website just because once you get the hang of it, it takes a fraction of the time to launch a website vs. raw coding or using html editor.

One thing you want to do is figure out what you need the website to do first, then look at the CMS platforms to see if they have what you need.

[Safia Kim]

A software program that allows non-technical users to edit, update, maintain, and create a website using built-in templates. Some are very expensive and can manage large amounts of data while others are rather cheap and inexpensive. There are many good Open source or “free to use” content management systems available.

[fantastvik]

there are sveral CMS available in the net today out of the the ones that stand out a re Joomla, Drupal and this latest i found called zimplit