Designed with non-technical content authors in mind. People with average knowledge of word processing can create the content directly. No coding or HTML knowledge needed. It's as easy as writing an e-mail.

Ease of content management. Content can be simple text, photos, music, video, documents, or just about anything you can think of. A content management system is software that keeps track of every piece of content on your Web site, much like your local public library keeps track of books and stores them. A major advantage of using a CMS is that it requires almost no technical skill or knowledge to manage. Since the CMS manages all your content, you don't have to.

Access from anywhere. Authors and editors can access the site from any computer with an internet connection. This means users can update the site at the same time from any location in the world.

Saves time. If you were using a static site to add content from multiple authors, each author would have to download the pages from the server to their computer first, update them, then upload them back to the server. This is  time consuming and more prone to generating errors.

Search Engine Optimization simplified.  The separation of content from design allows you to easily include keywords in the URL of each page. If the title of your article was “Content Management System Benefits” your URL would be written as: http://www.domainname.com/content-management-system-benefits. Some CMS sites automatically generate the correct meta tags for each web page which would help them to spidered by the search engines.

Attracts visitors. A CMS site attracts visitors because it can be constantly and rapidly updated. It not only generates pages that are search engine friendly but can produce lots of links from the new content that is added and syndicated.

Decentralized maintenance. Based on a common web browser. Editing anywhere, anytime removes bottlenecks.

Consistency of design is preserved.  Because content is stored separate from design, the content from all authors is presented with the same, consistent design.

Navigation is automatically generated and adjusted. Menus are typically generated automatically based on the database content and links will not point to non-existing pages.

Content is stored in a database. Central storage means that content can be reused in many places on the website and formatted for any device (web browser, mobile phone/WAP, PDA, print).

Dynamic content. Extensions like forums, polls, shopping applications, searching, news management are typically plug-configure-a-bit-and-play modules.

Configurable access restrictions. Users are assigned roles and permissions that prevent them from editing content which they are not authorized to change.  

Cooperation. Encourages faster updates, generates accountability for authored content (logs) and cooperation between authors.

Content scheduling. Content publication can often be time-controlled, hidden for later use or require user login with password.

Create automatic RSS Feeds. RSS or really simple syndication is integrated automatically into many CMS sites. Every time you create a post or make a comment it creates a feed for it. This allows visitors with RSS Feeders to read the post at their own leisure.

Ease of  look-and-feel customization. Over the last several years CMS world-wide community has created thousands of free and inexpensive ($20-60) templates for you to choose from. Installation of new look-and-feel happens at a click of a mouse.