The difference
HTML is a web programming “languages” that can be used to write code and create a website. Coding can be written and edited in virtually any type of text editor. However, there are coding-specific text-editing programs available that highlight syntax in order to make a web developer’s job easier (such as Sublime Text and PSPad).
CMS (Content Management System), on the other hand, is mostly free, open-source software that you can download, upload to your server, set-up, and use with little or no coding knowledge necessary. You can create a full website with an administration system you and your team can use to write posts, create pages, upload files, edit design components, and carry out a variety of other web development tasks.
Most Content Management Systems, like WordPress, is extremely intuitive, easy-to-use tools that are great for running a blog or website and even for allowing user registrations and comments.
Traditional or Static HTML
Advantages:
The website pages aren’t connected to a database (so it doesn’t have to retrieve information from the DB) and so this can mean that the website can load quicker than if it were connected to a database.
Disadvantages:
If you have to change something on the website’s “back end,” you’ll most likely need specific software like source code editors as well as an FTP client (your development environment) to make the changes.
Considerable technical coding knowledge is required (knowledge of HTML/CSS and perhaps even Javascript is a must).
Dynamic CMS
Advantages:
- You can change content frequently without having to worry about learning to code or contacting your developer.
- The learning curve is minimal.
- No technical coding knowledge is required. It’s almost like you are working on Microsoft Word. All the tools to add text, images, or videos, as well as to create new pages and sub-pages, are provided within the platform itself.
- Most platforms come with integrated security.
- As long as you have an Internet connection, you can manage your content from any computer at any location.
- No FTP (File Transfer Protocol) software is necessary to upload the content online. The content is already online.
- Search engines love CMS websites. For one thing, they usually have fresher content (and in greater quantity) than HTML sites. For another, they are clean and easy for Google and other search engines to read and index.
- Blogs are already built-in and ready to go.
Disadvantages:
- CMS requires more memory, CPU power, and software maintenance than its HTML competitors. Small setting’s changes on the server can cause the entire site to fail.
- Some templates are badly coded. Using a Content Management System means learning how to tell the difference and avoid the bad eggs.
- Generally, CMS hosting costs a little more than regular web hosting.
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