Content management systems

A Content Management System (CMS) is a piece of software that enables you to create dynamic websites. This can be useful if you want to create a community or be able to update your site easily. There are many different CMS systems available; we've chosen three which you can use for setting up a dynamic websites; SPIP, Joomla, Wordpress and Drupal.

If you want to know more take a look at the a guide from TechSoup Knowing When You Need a CMS which attempts to answer the following questions;What can a CMS do? What do we need from a CMS? How do I make sense of all the CMS solutions available?

You can also read Choosing a CMS from Idealware, this articles guides you through what you need to think about when selecting a system for your website.