Web design Sunshine Coast
When 12website.com.au meets with a customer to discuss their website design requirements, one of the questions is: How do you want to handle updates to your website? Would you prefer to update your website using a CMS - Content Management System or would you like us to handle the updates or you? All of our web shops, online newsletters and real estate websites have a CMS as these are constantly being updated by the owners.
In the case of the our brochure / business information / accommodation websites, the majority of these owners or managers choose to contract 12website to maintain their websites. One of the distinct advantages of this is their web design remains professional. We are based on the Sunshine Coast however we manage websites all over the world. More on global web design.
Web Design CMS
For our customers who want to update their own web design we provide our content management systems and training in these. These also allow non-technical individuals to manipulate the contents by using WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors that are fairly simple to use.
Once it has been set up and is fully functioning, all that’s left to do is for the content editors to upload the necessary documents and that’s basically it.
Making use of a CMS also saves you turnaround time and allows you to display current content on your website. Apart from allowing people to easily organise the files and images in a website, content management systems are also used for streamlining business processes and enabling safe and secure file sharing within a company.
Features of content management systems in web design
A CMS makes content organisation and publishing very simple thanks to several features. With a CMS, you can easily schedule when your content will be published online, set permissions for each file in order to control access, and allow you to edit web-pages using rich text editors even if you don’t have any knowledge of web design or what makes websites work.
An important feature of a content management system is usability and how you can quickly integrate it in your system to work well with your existing website and its layout. Most content management systems have plug-ins that you can install in order to improve your site’s functionality. More on web design function.
You will also find that some available systems can already create an editable template for your website and others also go as far as allowing you to build your site structure and layout.
The interface also tends to be simple and user-friendly with a lot of simple tools that make it easy for everyone to work with website content.
Before choosing the right content management system, think about why you need one and what kind of website you intend to set up. More to the point we'd suggest you look at your customer, their demographics and their specific need. More on web design for customers.
How to choose a web design friendly CMS
Do you plan to set it up for your business?
Is it for a webzine or an online magazine that would require you to publish articles regularly?
Maybe you want to set up an online store or a forum, or perhaps you’re simply setting up a website as a hobby.
Whatever kind of website you need, we will advise you on the CMS that will be capable of handling your needs. You also need to determine if your server supports databases such as MySQL or Oracle, which are needed for your CMS to function and other hosting requirements. We also supply world class web hosting and are able to host your website on our servers. Another requirement is having the ability to track visitors to your website. More on web design statistics from April 2005.
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