Selecting a Content Management System

Written by Ric Shreves


There's recently been a lot of discussion and considerable interest in content management systems. Buyers are starting to ask for these solutions from vendors with greater regularity andrepparttar buyers are clearly better informed than inrepparttar 118515 past. Stillrepparttar 118516 issue that comes up again and again is, how do you know which content management system (CMS) is right for you?

Begin with a needs analysis. Define your business goals, prioritise them, and then assess what features or tools are needed to help you reach those goals. At a later point, once pricing research is under way, you can then assessrepparttar 118517 price of features relative torepparttar 118518 priorities ofrepparttar 118519 goals and come up withrepparttar 118520 basis of an intelligible cost-benefit analysis.

Start by examiningrepparttar 118521 nature of your site. Is it a portal? A marketing exercise? An e-commerce site? These questions will setrepparttar 118522 outer boundaries for definingrepparttar 118523 type of system you need. A marketing site will demand far less from a system than a portal. Moreover, security, support, and data integrity issues will be dominant concerns for any firm involved in e-commerce.

Consider not only your short term needs but also your long term goals. Many ofrepparttar 118524 systems that are inrepparttar 118525 market today are modular. This allows yourepparttar 118526 flexibility to start with onlyrepparttar 118527 features you need to meet your short term goals, then to expandrepparttar 118528 system as justification (or necessity) develops.

Accordingly, look atrepparttar 118529 modules offered byrepparttar 118530 vendor and make an assessment of whetherrepparttar 118531 system will suit your planned future expansion. It is foolish to try to build it all at once asrepparttar 118532 cost will be high andrepparttar 118533 time line extended. It is better to start conservatively with a modular system that you can grow into.

When shopping for systems, it is best to approachrepparttar 118534 vendor with a shopping list of features that you require/desire. Mature systems will offer more modules, but make sure you demorepparttar 118535 modules you are interested in, as implementations of similar functionalities tend to vary more than you might expect.

While many systems support basic modules, like membership tracking or online polls and surveys, there are other features which are harder to find and which may narrow your choices significantly if required. Key features you should be aware of include: multi-lingual support, archiving and roll back, and syndication. If your site requires one or more of these more advanced functions, you will findrepparttar 118536 number of choices left for your review has dwindled (and prices have crept up, too).

Use feng shui techniques to design a harmonic website for your business

Written by Jakob Jelling


By following feng shui guidelines and techniques, you can build and design a business website that is not only visually attractive but also attractive to wealth and prosperity. The elements that are part of a business website are somehow equivalent torepparttar objects distributed through a working space sincerepparttar 118514 website isrepparttar 118515 electronic version ofrepparttar 118516 actual business' offices. Therefore,repparttar 118517 website design andrepparttar 118518 elements that will be in it should follow feng shui guidelines in order to be properly balanced.

The colors used to design your website are very important and you should choose it carefully. If you want a website which feels lively and active, it should contain yang elements, while if you wish it to be quiet or passive, it should have yin prevalence. Yang colors are allrepparttar 118519 bright and cheerful ones, while ying colors are allrepparttar 118520 dark shades. Therefore, a website with predominance of a light and bright color would be more yang than a dark or off colored one where yin would have prevalence.

It is important that you keep

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