The online documentation for the Hunter WebCMS has moved. You can now find all of our tutorials and frequently asked questions at:

http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/hunter-webcms

The answer to this particular question is available here:

http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/hunter-webcms/faqs/what-is-a-cms-what-is-the-hunter-webcms

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A content management system (CMS) is a system used to manage the content of a Web site. This Web-based publishing tool allows individuals to use a template or a set of templates, as well as other tools, to create or modify Web content.

Thus, the Hunter WebCMS allows a user, who may not know Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), to manage the creation, modification, and removal of content from a Web site without needing the expertise of a Webmaster!

The benefits of using a CMS (content management system):

• Designed to make it easy for users to:
• Create a website
• Add content to their website
• Edit their website
• Manage their website
• Publish their content (make it live)
• Enables users to create, manage, edit, and publish their website in a consistent and organized fashion.
• No need for development tools like Dreamweaver or FrontPage and no need for a knowledge of HTML!