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How To Choose Content Management (CMS). Which CMS do you go for?

Do you know which content management system (cms), is right for you and your business? Should you use WordPress? Business owners are busy people, they don’t have the time to spend hours learning to use a content management system to change the text, images etc on their websites. Even if they know what to do, can they do it quickly? When deciding on content management, there are two choices - off the shelf cms or bespoke cms. Both have their pros and cons.

Problems with some bespoke built, content management:

  • It can be hard to use
  • Has no room for future growth, enhancements or additions
  • Can be slow
  • Could be open to attack from hackers

Want A CMS To Match Your Business/Budget?

Next Big Leap Web Design will help you choose the right content management.

Tell us what you want our website to do and which areas you want to be able to change yourself, and will will recommend a CMS that will match your business and budget.

Next Big Leap use ‘off the shelf’ content management.

Expression Engine and Wordpress are our preferred choices of content management.

Which Content Management System is best for my business?

The content management system that you choose be a balance between how much you want to spend and what you want it to do.

Why Choose Wordpress?

Good if you have a small budget and want to be able to keep on top of search engine optimisation (SEO) by yourself.  However, it is not the easiest, most intuitive content management system. It will take a bit of getting used to and plug-ins will need to be found to be able to adapt the content management to suit you and your business.

Why Expression Engine?

An Expression Engine content management is very easy to use, but you will have to buy a licence to use it and plug-ins may need to be bought to suit your business needs.

  • Extremely easy to use and intuitive.
  • Ability to edit all content across the site.
  • Ability to add/edit/delete pre-defined pages and section. Giving the added benefit of not only being able to edit existing pages but also creating new sections and pages.
  • Have the ability to upload images, attachments etc.
  • Makes use of a commercial, off the shelf, widely used and supported CMS. Expression Engine is being used on some of the biggest websites around.
  • and much more…

Easy to use CMS:

An Expression Engine driven website hides intimidating tech talk and will let you edit your website right from a web browser, anywhere in the world.

Do Once, Forever:

When we set up a section e.g. an events system, you’ll likely collect date, time, location, URL, description, and other information. The first time an event is entered, and the 10th time its entered, the process is the same. You will know where it will appear on the website. This kind of certainty is reassuring. Easy to use CMS allows you editorial control over all pages[/caption]

Future proof CMS:

Having used Expression Engine for a while, we know how flexible and extensible it is. Thinking ahead, you can be reassured to know that Expression Engine Content Management can meet all your future needs as well as present needs. Expression Engine Content Management is supported by a large developer network. Note that this is not the case with home-brew CMS solutions.

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