What is a content management system, and why?
A static website is built in HTML code and can only be updated by a trained web developer. In contrast, a website that uses a content management system (or CMS) can be edited, expanded and updated by regular users and administrators. There are 2 main benefits of using a CMS for your site:
- Content can be easily maintained which will help you achieve a fresher, content-rich site that ultimately delivers better results.
- Your website can be maintained by your existing staff which reduces the ongoing maintenance costs.
Most good content management systems work by organizing the text, images and files for your site within a database. Changes to your site can be made through a special database interface. Each page of your web site is then programmed to link to the CMS to retrieve the appropriate content for the page. Every time a page is visited it checks the database for its content, so any updates that are made to the CMS are immediately visible on your site. No special software is required for visitors to view a content managed web site because when the web server sends your web pages to the visitor they are sent as plain HTML, so it looks and works just like a static site.
What is a good Content Management System?
A good CMS should not require you to install any special software on your computer and you should not need to learn HTML or other coding languages. Your CMS should allow you to use HTML (if you want to), to change fonts or layouts. Finally, but importantly, a good CMS will be fast, secure, simple and easy-to-use.
Content Management
We arepassionate about content management and for several years the provision of Content Management Systems (CMS) has been a cornerstone of our services. Our content management systems empower our clients to perform a range of tasks for which they previously needed to hire professional developers (like us).We believe that when a company can update the content (text, images, files or other data) of their own website then the site tends to:
- be more accurate and up-to-date
- have more content, structured more appropriately for visitors
- be more popular and successful
- be better value for money over its lifetime
However, the main reason that we are so committed to content management is that our clients love to be able to update their own content. Our commitment to making CMS affordable and successful for our clients has led us to develop content management systems that end up being cheaper than static sites.
Our Content Management Products
Exweb
Exweb is our entry-level content management system. We have built this system from scratch with the goal of creating a content management system that could do everything that small businesses need yet cost as little as a static website. Exweb is more than a content management system. It is the website product that small businesses need to obtain a professional online presence, where they're in control.
Trueweb
Where Exweb is the reliable and affordable content management product, Trueweb is the premium CMS which is Robust, powerful and a dream to use. With its user-friendly in-line editing approach to content editing and it's extensible modular infrastructure, Trueweb can handle any website design and scale up to very large websites. If you're after any of the features below, then Trueweb is for you:
- Content Authoring Workflow
- Full control of page layouts
- Content staging
- Content versioning
- Shopping cart
- Ecommerce
- Order Management
- Forums / Discussion boards
- Polls
- Surveys
- And much more...
Purpose-Built Content Management Systems
Custom-built content management systems are often required for larger and more complex projects. With several years experience in CMS design and development we are uniquely capable in understanding, documenting and delivering the precise requirements for your project. Although web development companies have a reputation for losing direction with this type of project, leading to budget and timeline blow-outs, we have a refined and proven project methodology that will ensure that your project runs smoothly.
