Content Management System (CMS)
A content management system (CMS) is a program used to create a framework for the content of a Web site. With most CMSes, the framework can be  customized with a “skin” that defines the look & feel. This approach is opposite to defining the look & feel first then coding the functionality second.;Whereas the majority of cost of a website is in the functionality, the CMS approach is often significantly more cost effective As used in this article, Content   Management means Web Content Management. Other related forms of content management are listed below:
Drupal

Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Tens of thousands of people and organizations are to power scores of different web sites, including

  • Community web portals
  • Discussion sites
  • Corporate web sites
  • Intranet applications
  • Personal web sites or blogs
  • Aficionado sites
  • E-commerce applications
  • Resource directories
  • Social Networking sites

Drupal is ready to go from the moment you download it. It even has an easy-to-use web installer! The , combined with dozens of freely available add-on  modules, will enable features such as:

  • Content Management Systems
  • Blogs
  • Collaborative authoring environments
  • Forums
  • Peer-to-peer networking
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasting
  • Picture galleries
  • File uploads and downloads

and much more.

Drupal isopen-source software distributed under the GPL ("GNU General Public License") and is maintained and developed by acommunity of thousands of users and developers.



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