The ultimate symbol of a large organization’s approach to website management is the committee. A committee is often formed to tackle the website because internal politics demand that everyone have a say and that all considerations be taken into account. To say that all committees are a bad idea is naive, and to suggest that a large corporate website could be developed without consultation is fanciful. But when it comes to design, committees are often the kiss of death.
Design is subjective. The way we respond to a design is influenced by culture, gender, age, childhood experience and even physical conditions (such as color blindness). What one person considers great design could be hated by another. This is why it is so important that design decisions be informed by user testing rather than personal experience. Unfortunately, this approach is rarely taken when a committee is making the decisions. Instead, designing by committee becomes about compromise. Because committee members have different opinions about the design, they look for common ground.
One person hates the blue color scheme, while another loves it. This leads to designing on the
fly, with the committee instructing the designer to “try a different blue” in the hopes of finding middle ground. Unfortunately, this leads only to bland design that neither appeals to nor excites anyone.
Many of the clients we work with have amazingly unrealistic expectations of content management systems (CMS). Those without one think it will solve all of their content woes, and those who have one moan because it hasn’t !
It is certainly true that a CMS can bring a lot of benefits. These include:
• Reducing the technical barriers of adding content.
• Allowing more people to add and edit content.
• Facilitating faster updates.
• And allowing greater control.
But many CMS’ are less flexible than their owners would like. They fail to meet the changing demands of the websites they are a platform for. Website managers also complain that their CMS is hard to use. In many cases, this is because the ones using it have not been adequately trained or are not using it regularly enough.
Finally, a CMS may allow content to be easily updated, but it does not ensure that content will be updated or even that the quality of content will be acceptable. Many CMS-based websites still have out of-date content or poorly written copy. This is because internal processes have not been put in place to support the content contributors. If you look to a CMS to solve your website maintenance issues, you will be disappointed.
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In recent past years, web design agencies or website owners would have to go through to all the pages to make the required change into their website. But now you can get rid of this problem and you can save a lots of money by using our own custom content management system (CMS). We have made it easier for owners of the website who can use it with very limited knowledge and skills that too without putting too much efforts.
Managing content and routine work of website becomes easier now with our unique content management system. Our “Content Management Tool” will allows you to edit/add/remove content, add/remove pages, add/remove photos, add/remove links, similar to high end, expensive sites you’ve seen on the web.
By using our “Content Management Tool”, you can save you hundreds, even thousands of dollars in fees charged by other web design companies. You can add UNLIMITED pages to your site. You should not consider any company that does not offer a built in tool like this. Many web design companies say they have a “content management tool”, but it either involves adding software to your computer, very limited in what it can do, can’t add pages, can’t change the menu tab bar, or involves you sending your changes to them and waiting 2-3 weeks to have it done! Those are not TRUE Content Management Tools.
Our content management tool includes WYSIWYG editor tools which will allow a non-technical individuals to create and edit content.
You take advantage of our content management system today. We will provide you 6 months of free technical support for our content management system.
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