Comments on: Why every small website needs a CMS

By: Ash

Ash — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:19:03 +0000

The only disadvantage of a CMS is the price. Most small businesses find it hard to fork out the initial start up costs of a CMS.

Also, @sudhir, its worth having a look around because not all developers use templates. The company i work for does both – templates from $700 (but still are compeltely customisable with colours, logos, etc- just the layout is slightly generic) and entirely unique websites designed specifically for the company from about $2000- $3000.

@Mark, CMS is pretty much a software that integrates all the other html, flash, etc. Like the name suggests, its a way of managing the content, as opposed to being the content (if that makes any sense!)
So you can still integrate flash, etc. no worries. This is something you just need to speak to your web developer about.

Hope that gives you an idea of what to look for.

By: sangeetha

sangeetha — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:07:48 +0000

gud content

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:37:22 +0000

Thanks.
I’m wondering how can you organize the look of your website which has a CMS, how is CMS combined with html, flash or other..

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:47:30 +0000

@Sudhir – the only disadvantage is that CMS-based systems are normally built on page templates. That means you probably won’t have pages that are significantly different in design on your website. This is as opposed to hand-coded sites where each page can look totally different.
I’ve just developed a CMS for use by churches, local community groups and small businesses, basically anyone that needs to implement content management on a small website. (I found this article whilst researching the competition)
It’s a blatent plug, but there is a live demonstration of the CMS available at http://www.divinewebsites.com.au if you’d like to see how one works.

By: Sudhir

Sudhir — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:36:26 +0000

Hi James,
Good article, is there any disadvanatges of using a CMS ?

By: webpappu

webpappu — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:56:39 +0000

That was a partial article. James said that its easy to maintain website with cms. And for a small website it could cost five times bigger than a non cms website. Although chances are low that a less skill person can manage a cms. So client have to depend again on web provider. Risks could also be high on cms. In any scripting problem it could take long time to solve or even could be more complex situation client might imagine. To avoid these types of complexity client have to give maintenance to provider and these will also charge more. So if one have a big organization big budget and rich content then go for a cms. Otherwise it may kill your valuable time

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:15:54 +0000

Hi, I’m just starting out with web designing. How do I go about organising a CMS website? Do I need special software? I’ve looked on the internet for information but it all seems a bit confusing. I feel like I need one of those books “CMS for Dummies”.

By: James Robertson

James Robertson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:26:36 +0000

Hi Janet, that sounds like a bad deal! I would shop around, as there are plenty of organisations that can provide you with a website and supporting CMS. (It clearly pays to read the fine print!)

By: Janet Aitken

Janet Aitken — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:08:48 +0000

This is very informative. Thank you. I have a question. I am about to have a web site built which will also be hosted by the web designer company. They have told me the CMS belongs to them and I will only be able to take the design and content if I choose another host in 12mths. What does that mean to me? Do I start over again in 12 mths (or whenever I choose to move)

By: Sathish

Sathish — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:40:13 +0000

Thanks for article, Good information keep it up!!!