Design-Oriented Content Management Systems

A typical example of a website owner is an entrepreneur who doesn’t have the time (or possibly money) to chase web designers to make minor site adjustments, or the technical know-how to make the necessary changes themselves. Up to date and regularly refreshed content is now a must to ensure visitor loyalty – no-one will read the same articles or news items every day. The solution? A Content Management System.

With content management becoming more and more affordable, the more in demand it will become, hence any web design companies who cannot offer this service may find themselves missing out on potential clients. Of course there will always be the need for web designers, but the introduction of the content management system actually decreases the amount of work required per project, allowing increased time spent on generating further business.

Design-oriented content management systems are built around the design of the site. While the web site is being designed, the developer will develop a consistent style for the content and navigation pages within your web site and the content management system will then use simple forms to plug the information/content you enter into the page. This typically does not provide you with an editor-like interface as with the site-wide content management, so you lose some flexibility, but with a properly and professionally designed web site you shouldn't run into any of these problems. The interface for a design-oriented content management system will typically include simple forms with a number of textboxes, list boxes, or other form elements and a submit button. Once you hit the submit button the information is logged in the database and the page is written to the server. This keeps the design and layout of the site consistent as you are only entering the information and the content management system will place the information within your web site as intended by the designer. Because of the simple interface for these systems, the system will style all content internally, leaving no chance for inconsistency errors.