The future of CMS is, like seemingly everything in the forever evolving digital world, as of yet unwritten, so don’t limit yourself by sticking to what you know – or as is the case for most of us, what we think we know – and take note of the latest content management system trends in 2014.
Device neutral CMSs
This really is one of the biggest and most important CMS trends to take note of as handheld device usage continues to rise at a rapid rate and will, as many have predicted, supersede PCs and laptops as the most prominent means of accessing web-based information, perhaps as early as next year, 2015.
Apple is by far the most notable example of a company that has developed world-leading software that melds seamlessly between platforms which is something that CMS vendors have surprisingly taken so long to take an interest in.
However, we are starting to see some CMS vendors finally deciding to play catch-up and that’s a trend – both developing multiple-platform CMSs and playing catch-up with Apple – which we can expect to see more of as time goes by.
The CMS landscape is changing
‘Duh’, you might say, ‘of course it is’, but what’s really of note here is that whilst the CMS landscape is changing it isn’t necessarily changing for the better – depending on which CMS you currently use or how willing you are to swap it for another.
w3techs, a renowned and respected World Wide Web technologies surveyor, has highlighted some interesting – and worrisome for some – trends regarding the CMSs it tracks and that is:
·
24
percent of CMSs are growing
·
28
percent are stagnating
·
48
percent are actually shrinking
What this essentially means is that over ¾ (76 percent) of
all the CMSs on the market are on the way out, i.e. they’re going under and the
businesses that rely upon them are going to suffer a similar fate to sailors
who stand by their captain and go down with a sinking ship.
This means that website owners will have fewer options to
select from as stagnating and shrinking CMSs go down the drain and the CMSs
that are growing rise to prominence – there’s a lot to be said for making plans
to keep one’s head above water well before the bow or stern of the ship starts
to tilt downward.
The transition from CMS to WEM
Tailoring online experiences for particular target
audiences has been a growing trend for some time now and one that we can expect
to see more of as website owners continue to pay greater attention to WEM (Web Experience Management).
A prominent example of WEM is the customization of imagery
and text on website landing pages according to the search terms the user
enters.
However, as amazing as this dynamic content trend seems at
first, it’s actually just the beginning as dynamic content is increasingly
being displayed by multiple criteria, such as the location of the user and even
the time of day, making web experience management something to keep an eye out
for with regard to the constant evolution of content management systems.
The latest content management trends can be seen as
exciting or worrisome depending on where in the digital landscape website
owners find themselves – expect ground-breaking upheavals in the not so distant
future.
Author Bio
Alice Harrison is a techie geek
who loves to write about latest technology and gadgets. She now works as a
freelance writer for Matrix CMS, a leading provider in the UK, the US, and in
Australasia of project data management software and other management systems.
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