What is a CMS?
A content management system (CMS) is critical to the success of almost every website and intranet, and yet many organizations are not familiar with this technology.

The business problem
You have a website, or intranet. It has grown organically over time, and while it is very useful, it is far from perfect. Much of the content is out-of-date or inaccurate, it's hard to find things, updating the site is complex, and the appearance is becoming dated. Worse yet, you've lost track of all the pages on the site, and by having all the changes made by your skilled webmaster, the updates are piling up in their in-tray.

What was on the site last week, or last year? You couldn't say. In the back of your mind, you know that this could leave you in a difficult position if a customer sues, but there is little that you can do. If this sounds grim, you are not alone. In fact, it's the natural by-product of maintaining a site using manual tools such as Dream weaver or FrontPage. Thankfully, these problems are what a content management system is specifically designed to solve.

CMS: A working definition
A content management system (CMS) supports the creation, management, distribution, publishing, and discovery of corporate information.

It covers the complete lifecycle of the pages on your site, from providing simple tools to create the content, through to publishing, and finally to archiving. It also provides the ability to manage the structure of the site, the appearance of the published pages, and the navigation provided to the users.

We can build your entire website to be content managed or build certain areas to be updated by you.

To find out more about our CMS options, please contact us today.