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You want a web site...
But
commissioning the right type of web site for you,
your organisation or business is critical.
And,
often, making this decision, can seem like an impossible
task...
So, let us try
and simplify the options for you by focusing on the
degree of control you want over the management of the
content of your web site.
Important:
It is not
possible to show all the possible different approaches to
web design and management in one table - and we thought this
table was long enough! So, if you have any questions, or
require further information,
please get in touch.
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Web Design
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Site Management |
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A
combination of external/internal management
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Web site designed and built by Itsnoprob according to the client's
specification.
The option of defined areas of the
site being content-managed by the
client using Itsnoprob's online content
management system
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You decide on full external site
management... |
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Itsnoprob accountability
Greater certainty regarding site
maintenance costs
Client enabled to focus on core
business
Possible search engine ranking
advantages if the site is
predominantly made up of 'static'
HTML pages
Guarantee of ongoing consistency of
design and presentation
Site topicality assured
Web site integrity doesn't depend on
ongoing availability of in-house
skills |
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Ongoing web site maintenance costs (but
your time is money!)
Lack of control
Possibly greater speed of
updating available from a
content-managed solution |
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You decide on partial internal
content management... |
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The Itsnoprob content management
system can be used, for example, to
randomly rotate web site content,
giving the site a fresh and topical
appearance with minimum effort
The site will be a combination of
'static' HTML and dynamic web pages,
minimising any adverse effect on
search engine rankings
The learning curve for mastering the
editing of content-managed areas
will be less than for a fully
content-managed web site
Reduced risk of compromising web
site design and presentation
Speed of publishing for
time-critical web site sections |
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-s |
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Development costs associated with
building in defined, custom
content-managed areas of the site
design
Care needed to ensure ongoing
consistency of design and
presentation of content-managed
areas
Database security considerations
A degree of ongoing web site
maintenance costs - scale dependent
on client specification |
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Fully
Internal
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Open Source WordPress software adapted to
support a fully content-managed web site
Option for initial web content to be
published by Itsnoprob
Design catered for by either
off-the-shelf template or
custom design |
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+s |
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Cost - the use of Open Source
software with off the shelf or
custom template design keeps
development costs to a minimum
Established software
Total in-house control
Add-ons/plug-ins available to expand
the functionality of WordPress web
sites |
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-s |
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ALL content management
systems have a learning curve
Possible search engine ranking
disadvantages given 'dynamically'
generated web pages
Database security considerations
Software upgrade considerations
Great care needed to ensure ongoing
consistency of design and
presentation |
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Fully
Internal
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Open Source WordPress blogging software
Design catered for by either
off-the-shelf
template or
custom design |
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Cost - the use of Open Source
software with off the shelf or
custom template design keeps
development costs to a minimum
Established software
Total in-house control
Add-ons/plug-ins available to expand
the functionality of WordPress blogs |
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-s |
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ALL content management
systems have a learning curve
Possible search engine ranking
disadvantages given 'dynamically'
generated web pages
Database security considerations
Software upgrade considerations
Great care needed to ensure ongoing
consistency of design and
presentation |
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Fully
Internal |
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Joomla Open Source content management
software
Design catered for by template or custom
design |
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Cost - the use of Open Source
software with off the shelf or
custom template design keeps
development costs to a minimum
Established software built to
support specifically membership
sites
Total in-house control
Wide range of add-ons available to
greatly expand the functionality of
the 'core' Joomla software |
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ALL content management
systems have a learning curve -
and, it really needs to be stressed,
the learning curve with Joomla is
significantly greater than that
associated with, say, WordPress.
Joomla really is a content
management sledgehammer! Do you
really need to crack anything more
than a nut!
Possible search engine ranking
disadvantages given 'dynamically'
generated web pages
Database security considerations
Software upgrade considerations
Great care needed to ensure ongoing
consistency of design and
presentation |
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