Many web developers offer content management systems, so how do you know if it's a good one? Here is a list of the most important criteria to consider when choosing a CMS for your website.

	Help system: Does the CMS have a context senstive help system so that when you're stuck, you can select "help" and it refers to the page you are on?
	Tutorials: Does the CMS have written tutorials on a wide range of subject, e.g. how to add an image, change the image size, edit a page, add a menu item, etc?
	User Documentation: Does the CMS have reference guides that explain the features of the system, e.g. how to make your website search engine friendly?
	Forum: Does the CMS community have an active forum where users post questions and find answers?
	Extensions Library: Does the CMS have a large library of extra website "extension" that you can download and add to your website? How extensive is the library? Is it centralised? For example, if you want to add a shopping cart to sell products, can you go to the central repository and view different shopping carts and their features? And does it have something simple like a paypal extension?
	Templates: Does the CMS community offer a wide range of template styles to suit every need? Do they different looks for corporate templates, artistic templates, community templates and so forth?
	Security: Do the CMS developers take security seriously? Do they periodically publish security patches and updates?