Blog as CMS
CMS means Content Management System.
This originally referred to ways to edit and organize websites. But now it has morphed. It still manages websites, but now the content has made the manager morph into a new media management system.
Video Blog? Still a content management system.
Image Gallery? Still managing content.
So when you are looking for the best content management system, it is not a question of which cms is best. Instead, it is a question of which cms is best for your needs.
- Do you need eCommerce?
- Do you want to easily embed video?
- Do you need to integrate with Amazon S3?
- Do you want a small business blog or a five page website?
- Who will be developing and supporting your cms?
- Are there free plug-ins?
- What other features may you need? Threaded message boards? Calendar with event registration? Surveys?
- Does it have RSS?
- Is it search engine optimized automatically?
- How does it manage users? Does it allow for different user levels for advanced blogging and content management?
- What language is it written in? PHP or .Net?
- How often does it get backed up?
- Is it a hosted blog or cms – or do you need to host it on your own server?
- Are there a lot of people that could customize it for you?
- Are there free themes available? Are they easy to modify to make them your own?
These are just some questions to get you started as you think about what CMS is the best option for you.