Content management system (CMS) is not new. Yet, not many business owners are aware of how the technnology can help to bring their business to the next level.

If you are a website owner and still relying on your web designers to manage the website, its time consuming and costly. Here, we introduce various CMS solutions that may be suitable for you:

1) Joomla - One of the most popular and commonly used CMS today, the software is released under GNU General public license, so anybody can use the software and make modifications to cater for their own use.

2) Drupal - Often compared with Joomla/Mambo, Drupal is a solid, high quality platform that are claimed to be user friendly and well liked by web developers. Only 1 installation is needed for multi sites.

3) CMS made simple - A much simpler solution that is fast to learn, easy to use. We find that this software is very good for small websites with few pages. Business owners that are new to the online world will find this software suitable.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get started:

1) Register a domain name and subscribe a hosting plan.

I recommend: Domain name registration - eDLink web hosting information page to understand various hosting packages.

2a) Once your hosing account is activated, download and install a CMS software at the server. Your server vendor will be able to provide some support on software installation and database setup.

I recommend: www.joomla.org | www.drupal.org | www.cmsmadesimple.org

2b) Alternatively, you may look for a professional web development company to do the installation and customization of the software.

More details can be found at eDLink Joomla CMS page.

3) Once your design and development work are all done, you may submit your website to web directories. Search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and Msn will pick up listings from these directories.

I recommend: www.business.com | www.webguide.sg