Content Management System Development Maine

Content Management Systems

Keeping your web content fresh is essential to generating a loyal audience. For those of you who want control over some or all of the content on your website, a CMS from Hall can be a great solution. We will work with you to discover the best solution for your needs and will help you choose the correct CMS package. Once your new CMS is delivered, we will continue to provide our expertise so that you have professional support as you continue to add and maintain content on your website.

What You Can Expect from Us

We will take the time to get to know you, learn your needs, and find out how content management will help you achieve your web goals. After determining what sort of content you need to manage and what resources you have to manage that content we will help find the CMS option that works best for you. We will develop and customize the appropriate system for managing your content and provide training to your staff on how to use your new CMS. View the CMS options that Hall offers below:

Wordpress CMS

A blog is a great tool to feed fresh content into your website. If you are looking to engage with customers we will implement a Wordpress blog with a custom template on the hosting service of your choosing. SEO, social sharing, and feed-promotion plugins are included with each blog as well as web-based training on blogging best practices.

Best Uses: A small, blog based website; as an addition to a site where you provide your expertise and would add blog posts often.

Pros:

Simple to learn and use
Easy to maintain content - just add a new post any time you would like!
Posts are listed sequentially and there is an archive for your blog posts
Categorize blog posts
A blog can be implemented into a larger website while maintaining the same look

Cons:

Not easily scalable, customizations will require an upgrade to another CMS
Not practical for adding multiple pages in addition to your blog posts

Partial CMS System

With a partial CMS you can edit specific sections of your website, such as a news feed, events management or just a single page. The other sections of the site will be static search-optimized pages. For many, the partial CMS offers the best solution for easy updates while maintaining SEO.

Best Uses: To update a news or press release feed; manage events and webinars.

Pros:

Quickly and easily change things that change often without the risk of ever breaking your website
There is no need to update SEO when changes are made

Cons:

You do not have access to edit all pages on your site
Content on static pages can become stale if you do not have your maintenance team update them

Full CMS

A full CMS puts you in complete control of the content on your website. Through the administration area you can manage all content (text, images, documents and more) that appears on each page. With full control you also have full responsibility over SEO elements and navigation items.

Best Uses: A site where you add new products, services or other pages often; you have a dedicated marketing or IT staff that can manage the website.

Pros:

Update and add content as often as you want
Instantly update your site anywhere you have internet access
Reduce maintenance costs
Ability to have multiple administrator author accounts
Feed sections can be set up to automatically pull the latest news article, event, or other item into a list appearing throughout the site

Cons:

You are responsible for making sure all content added is meaningful and appropriate
You are in complete control of the SEO elements and content optimization. It is recommended that you work with an internet marketing team to make sure each page is properly optimized.
There is often a learning curve involved with learning how to use a CMS

Enterprise Level CMS

For a business solution that is unique, we offer a custom CMS solution. This is the perfect option if you are interested in having us build you an application or will be having a high traffic site that is updated often.

Best Uses: A high traffic website that has unique functionality.

Pros:

All of the benefits of a full CMS
You will be in full control of a high performance website
Have an application built to your specifications

Cons:

Can be overwhelming to learn
More time and money is typically involved

We Are Here to Help!

We will not let you off into the wild once your CMS is implemented. Our ongoing service package includes the following benefits:

If there are security updates, patches, or product updates we will proactively install them for you
We will analyze CMS generated site content when it is added to ensure that it is optimized and properly validates

Guiding Your Way to Success

Taking control of your content is a big move that we are ready to help you with! If you'd like to learn a little bit more about content management and what goes into it, see CMS-related entries on our blog, sign up for an upcoming webinar, or view one of our archived webinars:

What Is a CMS and Do I Need One? - A pre-recorded webinar detailing what a CMS is, the different levels available, and the pros and cons of using one.