You are considering in having a web site built for your business. Having found a good web design group, you like the results of their creative efforts. So far so good.

Whether the web site is to be built or already exists, once setup...

the customers start rolling in and you will want to make ongoing changes. These could be very small, such as changing a name, phone number, or adding/editing a news item. Shifts in business direction or product/service changes will necessitate larger updates to the site. Chances are, though, you will still be happy with the design, and it’s just the text that needs to be changed.

While the web design group did a great job, you don’t want to have to go back to them for every change. But you don't have time to learn Dreamweaver or some other web editing product. A hundred small changes in a year will leave you both frustrated, and is not economic for either party. This is where a online administration - content management system (CMS) comes in. Sitting behind the scenes, it gives you the ability to maintain your own site.

No website larger than a few pages should be without a CMS to manage it.