Content Management Systems

What is a Content Management System?

A Content Management System (CMS) is software that allows a website owner to update and manage the content and look of their own site through a browser based interface much like a word processor. Content can be added and updated with relative ease, giving businesses, organisations and individuals a cost-effective means to a communication edge.

Website visitors and search engines like and expect fresh content and up-to-date information which, of course, is what the Web is all about.

WordPress Specialists

WordPress now powers around 15% of all sites on the interweb. That's a lot. And it's good news for all WordPress users. Before you've finished asking that question about your WordPress site, Google has already pointed to dozens of answers. With so many users, no matter what your question, your never alone :)

We've been working with WordPress for a number of years and watched its evolution from a humble blogging platform to one of the most popular content managements systems in use today. It's quality Open Source software that has a huge user and developer base. That means it's getting better all the time and has excellent support resources.

We work with WordPress on a daily basis, creating and hosting and maintaining a wide variety of sites. We also optimise and integrate WordPress with social media tools like Facebook and Twitter.

Don't hesitate to get in touch with us for more information.

Self-Hosted or 'Free'?

The first step towards deciding what type of website suits you is having a careful think about your short and long term needs and goals.

The first step is deciding whether to host your own software (self-hosted) or use a free blogging service.

If all you require is a simple blog, you may not need to host your own site, you can use one of the growing number of free blogging services available such as Posterous, LiveJournal, Tumblr, blogger.com or wordpress.com.

Depending on what you are actually wanting to accomplish, an account with facebook, myspace or a youtube channel might be all you need. "The simplest solution is the best solution."

One large consideration is the use of your own domain name - e.g. YourDomain.co.nz - an important factor in identity, branding and search engine optimisation.

If you want outright ownership and control of a site under your own domain name and the added power of a CMS built to your specifications, then a 'self-hosted' CMS may well be the best solution.

If you need more information on content management systems, other types of websites and hosting feel free to contact us here.