Many moons ago, a shrewd person once said that "if a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well". Wise words indeed, and a philosophy that extends well into the virtual sphere of website building, development and management.
Having a web presence is considered standard for any brand or business. And getting to the top of the search engines, and achieving a notable online web presence is an art form in itself. There are a whole host of SEO disciplines and advertising methods that can be employed to help accomplish this - but ultimately, it all comes down to having a quality, informative, unique and relevant website in the first place.
Wordpress Is Good, But Only Up To A Point
A popular quick-fix solution to getting a website published and picked up by the search engines is to make use of the blogging software Wordpress. For a simple information site, news source, and of course, a blog, this is fine. Go for it. Wordpress is an undeniably powerful and adaptable system with an impressive array of widgets that can be developed and exploited for this purpose.
But unless your site is very simple, or you're prepared to spend hours chipping away at code to try and carve out a system that is almost (but not quite) everything you need, with Wordpress, there's always going to be a point where the back-end rigidity won't fit your front-end needs. Wordpress is, for all intents and purposes, a blogging platform and not a customisable, completely bespoke content management system that completely manages complex structures and unique fields, or effectively integrates third party interfaces, APIs and API mashups. Quite simply, Wordpress has its limits.
So why settle for limited, when you could have everything you want and need?
Starting From Scratch
Let's go back to our old adage, "if a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well". A functional, user-friendly website relies on intelligent content management, which in turn relies on a customisable, innovative content management system. Bearing this in mind, it makes sense to start from scratch with something that you can craft to suit your individual needs. Something with room for future growth as you or your business changes, adapts, evolves and develops. Content that you can control right now, or at any point in the future.
Welcome to our world - simple but effective, future-proof solutions!
Here at Armcom, we build customisable and scalable websites, from the foundations up. We do this with Umbraco, a powerful and flexible open source content management system which enables each and every one of our clients to structure a back-end management system that effectively services their front-end website requirements.
Here's an example of what an Umbraco content management system is capable of:
- Rapid content updates direct from your desktop
- Version control management
- Schedules content management
- Notification and reminder setup for content updates
- Multi-Lingual Pages
In a nutshell, Umbraco is a super-sleek, smart content management system that makes managing pages of data a breeze. Want to know more? Want to see how Umbraco could transform the way you build, maintain and develop your website? Then don't hesitate to give us a call, or drop us an email and we'll be happy to enlighten you!
