Content Management

A Content Management System (CMS) is a web-based tool that allows you to keep your own website up to date via an easy-to-use interface.

This is especially useful in keeping your website's running costs down and keeping your information up-to-the-minute, as making general alterations to your website's text can be carried out quickly and easily by you and your staff, rather than contacting us to schedule an update.

Do I need a CMS?

Not everyone needs a CMS. If you have a website with very basic details, such as an introduction page, a map to your business and a page with your contact details on that will rarely, if ever, change then you can get by just fine without one.

On the other hand though, wouldn't it be handy to be able to add seasonal offers or greetings to your homepage? Or perhaps you have a catalogue of frequently updated products you'd like the be made available on your site?

Your website can be built to do pretty much anything you can imagine (within reason) and a lot of the added extras come at little to no cost to your bank account. With most websites now offering a lot more than a quick "hello", it could pay to spend a little extra engaging your customer and standing out from the crowd.

At Notanotherdotcom, we use two CMS's depending on the nature of the site. Each have their own benefits as detailed below.

MODx is perfect for sites that are mostly static (the content doesn't generally change much over the course of the year) or bespoke systems such as restaurant menus or event guides.

The flexibility of MODx allows clients to update their own pages, altering text, adding or removing images and other basic functions. Siilarly, and bespoke coding we add to the system is done so in a manner that is easy for clients to update.

Using MODx we can integrate your content and layout and configure some really useful tools such as a search form and sitemap (to make your site more easily readable by search engines), as well as interactive location maps so your customers can get directions to your business.

Interspire Website Publisher is more of an article-driven community platform. Out of the box it gives you the ability to post news, articles blogs, videos and more besides!

If you're wanting to create a content-rich site with articles across a variety of subjects, and are looking to update your website on a regular basis, then Interspire Website Publisher may be the solution for you.

Notanotherdotcom is also an Interspire Partner and can get very good discounts on most of their software which we are happy to pass on to our customers.

Manual Updates

Having explained the benefits of CMS's, we're still more than happy to update your static (non-interactive) website for you. However if you are requiring regular updates, this could work out to be the more expensive option in the long run.

If you're unsure of which option might be best for you, please do get in touch and we'll talk you through the possibilities and costs.