When selecting a content management system you first need to know what it is you want to do and what CMS is able to do. If you have never used a CMS website before then you really need to give it a go and find one you are comfortable with. You also need to take into account what type of server you are running as not all content management systems can be run on each server. If you are running Windows Server then select the window as Umbraco CMS and if you are using a Linux-based server you need CMS like Drupal.

Windows servers running ASP.NET supreme while Linux servers running PHP websites best. Also, some of the content management system will be able to cross from one server to another, but some of these features may not work as the server will not allow this. I mainly use Linux based servers and CMS so I will mainly be closer to them rather than CMS I’ve never used. All content management systems have a very similar way to call code of base HTML page. Where they differ is how they are built, you should find what you are comfortable with and how the support code runs if you’re looking to develop for CMS. The more you are able to play around with the support code, the more you will be able to make CMS do, either that or you will run on other nations modules and plugins that can do what you’re look for, but not 100%.

WordPress

WordPress was started as a personal blog, content management system, which has really taken off and become more of a CMS tool as well as a powerful blogging tool. I would say that WordPress is one of the most popular CMS online now. It is used by millions and has a wide range of plug and is also easy to develop for, and cast a quick and easy website. It is a good CMS if you want to throw up a quick and easy website with blogs and some websites.

Drupal

Drupal can be a very powerful CMS if you know how to use it. As WordPress it has a lot of people to develop for it and there are a variety of free modules that you can use to help quickly improve website. I would say it’s more in depth CMS and can handle things like ecommerce better than WordPress you can change it is shown on the page with more ease.

Joomla

Similar Drupal here but not so many free modules / plugins, I personally do not find it as easy to use as a content management system 2 above, but it is very widely used by a lot of web design companies.

Magento

Magento is Ecommerce CMS. It is built to handle ecommerce and it does it very well. If you are looking for a large ecommerce website that you need to be able to work how each site will function and what type of installation each page can have them, the CMS for you. It’s great for ecommerce web design

Umbraco -. The ASP CMS

This has a similar kind of power Drupal and Joomla, it can be very versatile and used for a wide range of websites and web design. It will of course run best on Windows Server.

I hope this list of CMS give you an advantage in the quest to own one. What I would suggest is to find one that you really like and stick to it. It is better to be very good with one and know everything it can do rather than to light the knowledge of many. I would say that if you do not choose WordPress and the main CMS it is valuable to have a light dusting of knowledge in the CMS so you know how the basics work and how it is built where there is a fare chance that you will come across one of these websites at some point.