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Nowadays many bloggers and online business owners are depending on CMS for building their website and organizing its content because of the flexibility and low cost management of CMS.

CMS is an abbreviation which stands for content management system is like a script or software system where administrators need to operate and manage content just like the way you operate an OS for management of files.

CMS is easy to install and anyone can do it by following some simple steps. For management of website using CMS, a company doesn’t have to hire a geek or IT professional to maintain their website. Any users without programming or HTML knowledge can operate CMS easily.

There are both paid CMS and Free Open Source CMS.

The advantages of using CMS for your website are listed below:

• No programming knowledge required
• Low initial cost
• Less management cost
• Less number of people required to maintain a CMS website
• CMS can be operated from any places
• Publishing content is easy, you don’t have to touch the code
• Easy backup option
• Publishing content is fast

There are different types of CMS and you have to choose carefully what CMS to choose. If you are planning to make a website which will sell products or an online store then e-commerce CMS like volusion, magneto, zen cart are suited. You cannot use WordPress or Blogger platform to run an online store.

On the other hand websites focusing on delivering content or article based on a specific niche to users every day or on a regular basis then WordPress CMS, Drupal, Joomla are the appropriate choice.

Think of the following question when choosing the right CMS?

• Is it SEO friendly?
• Is it easy to operate and manage
• Easy customization without any programmers
• Can I backup and restore my website easily?
• How helpful and active is the support department/community ?
• Is it fast loading or speed optimized ?

Deciding between Static website and CMS?

If you are building a website which requires no content update and have no blog in it then having a static site is the best option. Static website is not common in today’s age but if you are looking to build a website which will act as a profile for your business then a static website is the appropriate choice in terms of cost. You will only have to spend initially that is the developing cost and other cost will include only the hosting and domain cost per year.

If the answers to all the questions above is NO then you need a CMS for your website.

Now comes the web hosting part.

After you have settled your mind in choosing the appropriate CMS you have to choose a proper website hosting service which will always keep your business online and running.

E-commerce software or shopping cart provider like volusion, magneto etc provides storage space and bandwidth in their plans so you don’t have to worry about buying a hosting from another company.

If you are a blogger or not not conducting an online business then you have to buy a hosting server to host your CMS. Shared hosting is okay at the beginning but after a year or more your site may receive high traffic and as a result your shared hosting may not have the ability to handle large traffic spike. When your shared hosting is not capable of managing large incoming visitors then you have to move to dedicated servers. The hosting provider will notify you about incoming traffic spike and when to change your hosting plan or move to dedicated servers.