There are so many considerations and so many CMS software vendors willing to help you part with your money, it's hard to know where to begin. A good place to start is writing a must have list. This will help you decide what your priorities are and what you don't need.

Things you should look for include an intuitive interface. All too often the people making the technical decision around a CMS platform forget that once a site is up and running, they're typcially not the ones maintaing the site's content. Having a user-friendly interface for managing content should be a key consideration. It's going to mean fewer calls to tech support and a higher buy-in rate from staff. That's worth quite a few points in our book.

Some key things to look for in a content management system: easy-to-use user interface for managing content; controls that preserve the design integrity of your site; versioning or a history feature that lets you track edits; publishing controls that isolate the editing and publishing actions to enable fact-checking and approvals to happen before changes are made live; a modular architecture that enables you to implement new functionality without having to rebuild the entire site as your needs change over time.

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