One of our core skills is the creation of web sites which allow their owners the ability to update key content themselves without any specialist technical knowledge or design skills.
Unlike a basic 'static' web page where content is fixed (rather like a traditional printed page) a site incorporating content management requires the development 'dynamic' pages.
A 'dynamic' page is created in such a way that some or all of the content can be changed in real time whilst the web site is live.
A good example of a simplistic content management system in action would be a 'latest news' section. A typical news item might be made up of a title, the news story itself, and an accompanying photograph.
Without a content management system in place, each time the site owner wished to add or amend a news item they would need to provide their web designers with the copy for the news item, wait for their designers to make and upload the changes, check the new story, and finally pay their designers for this exercise.
However, a simple content management system could operate thus. We would develop a 'dynamic' news page and an associated console to control news items. The site owner would log-in to their private console via the web and be presented with four simple options; view current news stories, 'edit' a current story, 'add' a new story, or 'delete' a story. Within seconds a new story could be added and instantly appears on the main website.
Such a system saves time and money, and puts ultimate control of the site in the hands of the owner rather than the web designer. Less business for us but often a better solution for you.