CMS (content management system)
A content management system, or CMS, is software that lets people create and edit website content without writing code. It separates content from design, so a team can update pages, posts and images while the layout and templates stay consistent.
In practice
What it means when you are the one making the decision.
Choosing a CMS is mostly a question of who edits the site and how often. A marketing team publishing weekly needs a comfortable editor, roles and previews. A site that changes twice a year may be better served by content kept in files and updated by a developer, which is faster and simpler to secure.
Questions to ask: who owns the content and the accounts, how are backups handled, how fast do pages load, and what happens when the system needs updating? A CMS that nobody maintains becomes a risk, so the plan for upkeep matters as much as the first build.
Example
A clinic with weekly health tips chooses an editor where staff can publish posts themselves. A consultancy with ten stable pages keeps content in the codebase and asks the studio to update it.
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