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by duskwuff 4948 days ago
I think you have that absolutely backwards. The difference between Bootstrap and a CMS is that a CMS is an application. Bootstrap is purely a sort of standard UI toolkit for the web.
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biscarch 4948 days ago
A pre-requisite for being a CMS is managing content (Content Management System). Bootstrap has no content-managing facilities; It is purely a presentational (CSS, some JS) library with some well thought out defaults.

ie: you could still use Bootstrap to style a WordPress site.

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brebory 4948 days ago
Right, a CMS lets you implement an architecture for HTML and CSS, e.g. Bootstrap. I don't understand how what I said was "absolutely backwards".
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lowboy 4948 days ago
I think "backwards" is the wrong word. I'd say "uninformed" would be closer to the point.

CMSs manage your content usually through a database, and most of them provide a way to display that content in a structured format. See Wordpress and Drupal. WYSIWYG is not a necessary part of a CMS.

Bootstrap is a (mostly) css library to help provide a better front end development experience for a web site/app. It can be used with the front-facing portion of a CMS or any other kind of site.

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subsection1h 4948 days ago 

    Right, a CMS lets you implement an architecture for HTML and CSS, e.g. Bootstrap.
Huh?
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