CMS Web Design

CMS Web Design

A content management system (CMS) offers the website owner the ability to not only dynamically add new content to their website but also functionality through the use of plugins and modules. While there is a learning curve that is unique to each platform, once a basic understanding of the platform's architecture is gained, daily tasks become increasingly easy to accomplish. In addition, the look of the website can be changed on-the-fly by installing templates. There are many free as well as professional templates to choose from.

Regardless of which CMS platform you go with you will need a comprehensive search engine marketing strategy to position your site competitively in the search results. Utilizing SEO best practices we can maximize your website's marketing potential. And then, through the development of a robust SEM campaign boost your website's authority and position in the search engines. Using a CMS platform coupled with a solid SEM strategy can produce powerful results that will help to grow your business.

WordPress

WordPress is an extremely popular and highly extensible CMS platform that many businesses have chosen to build their website on. With a catalog of thousands of plugins, widgets and themes and a large network of developers, WordPress gives you the freedom to create a truly engaging experience for your customers.

WordPress Key Features

• Fully Standards Compliant - This helps to insure that your visitors will have the same experience regardless of what browser they are using to view your website. In addition it also aids in introducing new web technologies to your site.
• No Licensing Fees - Because WordPress is an open source project you don't have to pay licensing fees and are free to adapt the code in any way you would like.
• Plugins - With thousands of plugins available to choose from you can add on-the-fly functionality by simply installing a plugin.
• Commenting System - A built-in feature that allows your visitors to interact with your site by leaving publicly viewable comments.
• SPAM Filter - WordPress has native SPAM detection tools to help keep your website free from unwanted comments.
• User Registration - Provides the functionality to build a community of users around your website.
• Assign User Roles - Through the registration system you can grant users specific levels of control and access to your site.
  
  

For more information on WordPress website development please contact us.

Joomla

Joomla is a highly popular and award-winning open source CMS platform. With a community of over 200,000 users and contributors as well as thousands of plug-ins and modules that add additional functionality, Joomla is a solid choice for your CMS based website.

Joomla Key Features

• User Management - The registration system offers an impressive level of user groups that can be assigned as well as supporting multiple authentication protocols like OpenID, and Gmail.
• Media Manager - Offers the ability to easily manage images, audio and video files. Media assets can be called directly from the article editor.
• Advertising - With a built in banner manager you can monetize your website and track the success of your advertisements.
• Polls - Integrated component that allows you to engage with users through the creation of polls.
• Menu Management - Easily create menus and menu items that can be structured in a hierarchy that is independent of your content structure.
• Link Manager - Links can be sorted into categories and also display the number of clicks.
  
  

To request more information about using the Joomla CMS platform please contact us.

Drupal

Drupal is a mature, flexible and robust content management system that is used to power thousands of websites worldwide. There are over 7,000 modules available to further extend the functionality of your Drupal website.

Drupal Key Features

• Multi-site configuration - Create multiple unique websites from one installation. You can also predefine variables that can be deployed on multiple sites saving you time.
• Management Interface - Easily manage many different types of content such as images, video, audio, podcasts and polls. Real-time statistics and revision control are also included.
• User Management - User accounts can be assigned multiple roles with granular permissions.
• Content Control - There are many tools included with the core installation that help to categorize, find, associate and control content use throughout your website.
• Social Media Integration - Create content through offsite RSS feed integration, add continuity to your Internet presence with Facebook and Twitter modules and share video, audio and images from third party sites.
  
  

If you would like to discuss whether Drupal is a good fit for you project please contact us.