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Posts tagged cms
New CMS Website Launch For Welsh Lifting Products Company
Mar 28th
We’re pleased to announce the launch of the new website for Rope And Sling, a Welsh company specialising in the supply of lifting products to the construction and engineering industries.
The site is a nice clean and simple design with a focus on information and, although the website is quite large in terms of pages and content; the usability of the site has been put together with ease of use at the forefront.
Having so much content is always a potential usability issue but by working closely with the client we have been able to provide a clean, crisp and effective site More >
New CMS Upgrade Launch For ADL Tattoo Lasers
Feb 11th
A big congratulations to all at ADL Tattoo Lasers for whom we today launched an upgraded CMS system. ADL first came on board taking advantage of the GrassRoots package and have enjoyed the easy upgrade path that package provides.
A fully featured system, the site is utilising various flexible features including a comprehensive events calendar and built in forums / blogs to liven the site up.
Oh, it’s also a wicked design!
Congrats all!
CMS or See A Mess?
Oct 19th
Here’s one for all you web designers out there; how many of your clients actually use their CMS system on a daily, weekly or monthly basis?
We have an array of different types of clients with a shiny new web design; Barnsley shops and retail outlets, accountants, manufacturing companies, tattoo removal companies and so on. One thing these guys all have in common is this:
We “need” a website that we can update ourselves
That’s fair enough, no one wants to be at the mercy of a busy web design company when all they want to do is add a new image. After all, More >
mojoPortal vs DotNetNuke vs Umbraco
Mar 25th
I’ve just been doing some research on the various CMS products out there for .Net developers. This is something I do frequently just to keep upto date wth the developments out there.
I just came across a brilliant little few paragraphs by Ramto who takes a very high level yet informative look at mojoPortal vs DotNetNuke vs Umbraco.
Check it out, it’s a brilliant read and provides some useful insight into which .Net CMS is the best for a small website.
mojoPortal Skins Get Friendly New Admin Menu
Feb 8th
Having designed a few mojoPortal skins for clients, it’s always been a tough call when deciding what to do with the admin links.
Previously you had two choices out of the box:
- Text links
- Icon links
Both of these methods work great functionally but present different issues; icons are fantastic for squeezing into mojoPortal skins, they’re unobtrusive and look clear and precise. However, to a less tech oriented user they can be a little unclear and you have to hover for a tooltip to see the link description.
The text link option on the other hand provides a quick and clear look at exactly what each More >
The Best CMS Tool – choosing the best website CMS for your clients.
Jan 2nd
Howdy! Looking for the best cms tool? Read on and see what you think…
We’ve spent alot of time over the last few years putting together content management systems for clients. And when I say “putting together” I mean various things; skinning existing open source CMSs, building “mini” CMS systems for clients wanting a little bit of bespoke functionality, themeing blogs, integrating forums and much more.
And so far we haven’t found the best CMS tool. Why? Because there’s that much variation in what customers want.
It’s very easy to say things like “Actually, I think that XYZ is the best CMS tool More >
