How to become an expert in content management systems (CMS) – Part 2
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The best part about becoming an expert in Content Management Systems (CMS) is that the process is relatively easy and fast, even for someone without any coding skills. I started with Wordpress, for example, and with a little help from some friends knew how to do most everything with it within a week. CMS is ideal for people who want to create and manage websites independently without needing technical help, a computer specialist or even a knowledge of how to code. If you introduce CMS into an office setting, you can get everyone on-board and able to access, manage and change content with speed and ease. In this guide I will take you through the process of learning Wordpress. Wordpress is one of the most commonly used CMS interfaces and it is free. Once you have learned Wordpress you can go on to learn other CMS interfaces quite easily.
That being said, the best place to start is with a free CMS software package like Wordpress. Though Wordpress is technically oriented to bloggers, it is (1) a good place to learn CMS protocols and (2) highly adaptable to other kinds of web content. Wordpress.com lets you download everything in one simple bundle. All you have to do is FTP (upload) it to a given page on your website and it basically unZIPs automatically and becomes a ready-to-go page with a CMS interface. From there, you can look for free Wordpress templates (these are page layouts/designs) which you can upload to the template folder on your page. There are literally thousands of free templates to choose from, so you can probably find what you need for free – though if you want a customized or unique one you will have to buy that (from $50 and up per template, depending upon its features).
Once you have your Wordpress (or other CMS package) installed you should log into the control interface. In Wordpress, this is done by going to: www.mywebpagename.com/wp-admin . Once you are signed in you should familiarize yourself with the menus along the top of the page. These will let you change templates, add new posts or pages, and so on. It is worth taking some time trying out these various functions and reloading your page to see the results. You really can’t do any great harm to your new page, so the worst case scenario is that you end up having to delete it and upload the Wordpress package again.
After you have familiarized yourself with the basic layout and operation of your interface in non-technical terms, you can begin to explore some basic code changes
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