An update on the CMS
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Back in May we gave everyone a sneak peek at our brand new, fancy pants CMS. Now that a few of our clients have had the pleasure of being our guinea pigs, (and seem to be enjoying it) we thought we’d let you into some more juicy details.
Looking good
The biggest change over our old CMS is the look. It’s simple and clear and built completely with the end user in mind. We’ve also constrcuted it so all the client branding is kept separate from the main design, making it ideal for rolling out as a white label solution.
Pick ‘n’ mix
Knowing that every project is different we’ve built the entire system with customisation in mind. For example, the system behind an online shop will be very different from that of a restaurant. For that reason each component of the CMS is modular. When we start work on a website we choose what is needed and disable anything that isn’t. This makes sure that there are no unnecessary sections that you’ll never use.
Control your minions
For larger companies we’ve implemented user levels. Using these you can restrict access certain areas of your website. This is perfect for giving employees access to content relevant to their department but keeping them out of high end management functions.
Suggestion based searching
To make your life easier, which is the goal of course, we have used a suggestion based search system. Anyone who runs a shop will know that a lot of products can make it very difficult to keep on top of everything, with this system you will never loose track of a product even if you’ve forgotten it’s name. Failing all that cleverness, there is also a simple category search option.
Keeping it simple
All too often, Content Management Systems are simply too complicated. It’s easy to try and throw in everything and kitchen sink – resulting in an end product which is unintuitive, bloated and complex. At every stage of the development we’ve sat back and given everything a good once over, trimming back any excess fat, tweaking those all important small details and refining everything so that every section does exactly what it needs to do, and no more. How refreshing!
Seamless integration
Some content management systems make themselves quite obvious with familiar colours, styles and layouts. If you’ve used any of the big electronics shops you’ll know what I mean. Because our CMS is so flexible you’ll never have that problem. We can fit the CMS around your website rather than the other way round.
The next stage…
We’ll be getting a demo site up as soon as possible so you can go and have a play yourselves, but in the meantime if your interested, get in touch and we’ll be glad to see how we can help.
