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FAST CMS

CMS Sites offer MANY advantages over conventional "static" sites

Go Here for our paper "A Fast Description of CMS Site Advantages"

Low Cost CMS

We have done entire CMS Sites for what some CMS Developers change for 1 Month of CMS Hosting

At DIS we use off the shelf Public Domain Dot Net Nuke software, inexpensive commercial grade Skins and Modules and award winning Hosting to build our customers' CMS Sites; providing all the benefits of CMS at a fraction of conventional CMS costs.

Don't Settle

Don't settle for a "Conventional" Site when you really need a CMS Site! CMS advantages including EDITING CONTENT WITHOUT WEB DEVELOPERS OR SOFTWARE are within most businesses reach

Now days many Companies are settling for "Component Based" sites (that is a site which uses "components" like say "Google Documents" to simulate a feature which CMS systems have (in this case the capability to have Site-based documents availible for users to edit)) when they can have a CMS site from DIS faster and at lower cost than they think

Great Article

Here is a great if somewhat old article on CMS implementation which makes excellent points on control of the CMS Project, and implementing only the CMS Features (Modules) that the Company needs

Almost all "Enterprise Level" Corporate Web Sites are implemented with some type of Content Management System. Why?

The Company Updates it's Own Site - A CMS Site allows individual Corporate users to maintain their section (and only their section) of the Corporate Site themselves, WITHOUT paying for expensive and regular updates from either internal Web Site Developers or outside help.
The Site's appearance can be changed quickly - How many times have you said I wish I could give my Company's Site a "face lift" without having to pay for a complete Site re-write? Unlike a "Static Site" most CMS systems provide capability for a few hours change-over of the Site's appearance; and at DIS where we use "Dot Net Nuke" (the single most installed public domain application of .Net Technology on earth) that ALSO means that literally thousands of inexpensive off the shelf "appearance packages" (Skins) are availible to our Customers, and in the DNN "Skin World", the Custom Skin Designers we work with typically change like $300 for Custom Skins (for Companies who need to match an existing site, but give it all the other CMS advantages).
New Site Capabilities are just hours, not weeks away - A CMS Site allows for "bolt-on" upgrading of the site; with DNN this capability is called a "Module", and adding a Module is a simple task whereas in a "Static Site" adding functionality like say a User Feedback Forum or User Review capability could take weeks to put in place.

Content Management Systems have taken the Business World by Storm; shouldn't you get on board?

Which CMS is right for you?

There are a lot of CMS's out there; many firms implement sites using their own System; while many others use "Off the Shelf" and Public Domain Systems. Which is better?

Of course, this question does not have a simple answer; we know one outstanding Development Company who uses their own CMS Engine, and their customers are very happy with what they get; and we also know many companies (like us) who use widely installed "stock" CMS systems, and they/we also have happy customers. In general, before choosing a CMS Product, probably the most important point every potential CMS Customer should consider is what will the future hold for that particular CMS Product. CMS Software is very big and complex, and it takes significant time and resources to keep it going. So, obviously this leads to the conclusion that if you choose an "off the shelf" product, MAKE SURE that it is backed by a BIG user community so that many people/companies have a stake in it's being supported "down the road" (and that goes for private AND public products; how many time have we seen products "whacked" from a huge technology company's line because they did not have enough market share?). The same issue should be considered before signing up with a company who has their own CMS "Engine"; make sure that the Company has enough of a customer base that if (or should we say when?) the Company is sold to another Tech Company, the development and support of the CMS Product is continued.