Content Management System (CMS)

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$220 per year provides;

• direct access to your web content (text and images) from any location
• an extremely simple system, mastered in 20 minutes
• a web based interface - no software required
• a means of greatly diminishing ongoing web designer fees

You need only do the math to see how much value this system can add to your website and how much money you will save. Web design rates can vary between $60 and $110 per hour (depending on the designer), so even at base rate, you could only expect 3 hours of design time for the same amount of money that will provide you unlimited access over the same 12 month period!

Apart from the design portfolio being shown (right), please read on for three CMS case studies outlining inventive ways to maximise the return for your investment...

	Case Study 1 - The Vanguard NiO has just recently finished a second phase of development for The Vanguard which is a venue/restaurant in Newtown. The Vanguard uses the CMS to not only update feature events on the home page (including dynamic content such as audio players for specific shows), but also menu information.
	Case Study 2 - Wave FM Another fantastic example is the new WaveFM website - these guys have really pushed the boundaries of what this system can provide. All of the animated features on the home page, plus a majority of the following pages (text and images) are controlled directly by the staff - now that the structure is in place along with the CMS, they rarely have need of any assistance and therefore have all but eliminated their web design budget. No more waiting for the web designer to make time - this is a business that has immediate access to their online identity.
	Case Study 3 - Articles Fine Art Gallery Now here's another inventive solution - Articles Fine Art Gallery in Stanwell Park has not only used the CMS to update information about upcoming exhibitions on the home page, but also use it to great effect on all gallery pages. Paintings are uploaded into the various catalogue pages along with information about each piece, and marked as "sold" as they leave the gallery. The staff used to be frustrated by delays when trying to update the website, not to mention lost time when repsonding to clients about paintings that were no longer available - now they are able to add and remove images as they please, with direct control of this facet of his business and no more web design costs!