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What CMS is best For your business. About us. dotAgency. Full service digital marketing agency London based with International support Service hub of the dotDigital Group Clients include:. dotDigital Group. Over 4,500 clients and agencies Over 180 staff and growing
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What CMS is best For your business
dotAgency • Full service digital marketing agency • London based with International support • Service hub of the dotDigitalGroup • Clients include:
dotDigital Group • Over 4,500 clients and agencies • Over 180 staff and growing • PLC trading on the AIM market • Established over 12 years, profitable since inception
Open Source • Permits users to study, change or improve the software • Developed by the public in a collaborative manner
Benefits Of Open Source • No licencing fee’s • Flexibility • Benefit from a world of wisdom • East to find developers to work on them • Not stuck with staying with 1 vendor
Negatives Of Open Source • No direct support • Security risks • Documentation • Implementation costs
Proprietary • Permits users to study, change or improve the software • Developed by the public in a collaborative manner
Benefits Of Proprietary • Support • Setup
Negatives Of Proprietary • Licencing fee’s • Developer availability • Tied to one vendor
Joomla benefits • Quick and simple setup • Simple and easy management • Limits what can and cannot be edited • Extension library allows flexibility
Joomla negatives • Maybe a little to simple for larger sites • Content editing is old and dated • Although they have extensions what's it’s true capabilities • It’s slow • Architecture is fairly archaic
Drupal benefits • Quick and simple setup • Ideal for blog heavy sites • Amazing SEO capabilities • Great permission flexibility • Good scalability
Drupal negatives • Not suitable for sites that are more than a blog • A lack of themes so a custom design is your only serious option
Wordpress benefits • Quick and simple setup • Ideal for blogs but also basic sites • Great selection of themes to get your site started • Extension library allows flexibility • Great SEO with the correct extensions
Wordpress negatives • It is built as a blogging engine so not yet ideal for larger sites • SSL is not built in so needs to be developed • Multi site management is new and not 100% perfect
Umbraco Benefits • Complete flexibility • Robust • Quick development • Any .Net developer can use it • Admin tailored to your needs not the CMS
Umbraco negatives • .Net hosting can be expensive • It’s the new kid on the block • You need technical knowledge to get it up and running
So, to recap… • Understand your business requirements before picking the CMS • Decide if security of proprietary is more important than flexibility • Try before you buy • Ask the people who are going to be using it daily • Seek for advice if your still unsure
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