CMS

WordPress is a well-known example. Wix and Squarespace are content management systems too, just bundled with hosting and templates in one subscription. What they have in common: you log in, write in something that looks like a text document, and press publish.

What it means for you

A CMS makes you independent of a developer for small changes. New opening hours, a new employee or a summer offer should be something you can post yourself in five minutes.

But a CMS is also software that needs looking after. WordPress with lots of plugins needs regular updates, or the site gets slow or vulnerable. If you change your site twice a year, you may not need a CMS at all. We wrote more about that in a separate post about CMSs.

What you can do today

Think back over the last twelve months and write down how many times you changed something on your website. If the answer is "almost never", a simple, fast site is often a better choice than a heavy CMS. If the answer is "every week", you should have a CMS you actually like using. Also check that you have your own login, and that you do not depend on someone else remembering the password.