Development of websites using traditional technologies involve large amount of coding and huge efforts in small tasks. Moreover, to store data the designers need to use and maintain a database and connect the website through JDBC and ODBC for database transactions and verifications. Such development and management of websites is a difficult task and consumes large human resources and investments. Even for regular updation of websites, the professionals need to be hired. A content management system (CMS) is a system used to manage the contents of a web site. It is a collection of (manual or computer-based) procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. The procedures are designed to allow for a large number of people to contribute to and share stored data; control access to data, based on user roles; aid in easy storage and retrieval of data; reduce repetitive duplicate input; improve the ease of report writing; and improve communication between users. In a CMS, data can be defined as nearly anything, i.e., documents, movies, pictures, phone numbers, scientific data, etc. The features of a CMS system vary but most include web-based publishing, format management, revision control, and indexing, search, and retrieval. A CMS can be easily embedded into a live website so as to help the owner update its content at its own having bare minimum knowledge about coding of the websites. It keeps websites well organised and comprehensive, increases the data security, and reduces the site maintenance costs. In this paper we present a review of some of the popular content management system packages.
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