Your Current Content Management System is a Joke (and You’re Not Laughing)

Look at the calendar. It’s April Fools’ Day.

Today is all about jokes and hoaxes, pranks and puns. Know what’s not funny? Your current content management system (CMS). It’s slower than a turtle in molasses. It crashes more often than an RC drone piloted by a toddler. It’s more complex to figure out than IKEA furniture without the instructions.

In other words, your CMS is a joke. And it’s not a funny one. Here’s why:

1. It’s Slow

Try this: The next time you hit “Save” or “Publish” on your CMS, start reciting the alphabet. If you get past the letter ‘J’, your CMS is way too slow.

2. It’s Retro…But Not the Cool Kind of Retro

If your CMS looks like it was built in 1999, then it probably was (and hasn’t been updated since). Modern UI isn’t just appealing to look at. It also makes it easy to navigate and use.

3. You Need a Developer for Every. Single. Task.

Change a hyperlink? Submit a ticket. Update an image? Submit a ticket. Edit content? Submit a ticket. At this point, your developer would rather see a traffic ticket than another support ticket.

4. Getting Lost in the Search Function

Using the search function either ends in an unintelligible mess of results to sift through, or nothing. Your CMS search shouldn’t be a rigged game of hide-and-seek which you can’t win. Ever.

5. Downtime at the Worst Time

Ready to update your homepage for an important campaign? Yeah, too bad for you, buddy. Your CMS decided to crash for no reason whatsoever. Good luck with that.

6. It’s as Secure as Swiss Cheese

If you hate your CMS, there’s a possibility that hackers love it. They could waltz right in and grab sensitive information before you even realize it.

7. Plugins Break More Than They Fix

You’ve installed a plugin. And now your website is throwing up more errors than the Texas Rangers in a playoff game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

8. You Work For Your CMS Because It Doesn’t Work For You

Want flexibility? A custom workflow? That’s too bad. Your CMS forces you to follow its strict, outdated workflow. Think you’re in charge of your CMS? Think again.

9. You’re Dreaming of Switching

If your CMS did its job, you wouldn’t be reading this. But it’s as outdated as the radio hat from the 1940s, as trustworthy as the window-mounted baby cage (yes, that was a thing), and as effective as the useless box.

Seriously…You Need a Reliable, Secure, Easy-to-Use CMS

All kidding aside, your content management system is the nerve center for your digital properties. Slow updates, inefficient workflows, lax security, and poor usability can result in lost business, unhappy customers, and even frustrated employees.

It’s a serious problem that requires a serious solution.

Enter Agility CMS. It’s the headless CMS that makes content management a snap for content teams and website building a breeze for developers. Benefits include:

• Separation of content and presentation, so editors and writers can make changes without having to submit a ticket. Every. Single. Time.
• Powerful security that protects against threats and theft.
• Multisite deployments that let you publish content once across all your channels.
• Customizable approval-based workflows to ensure smooth content governance.

And that’s no joke.

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