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SWD International vows to convert all clients to Dynamic Content Management (CMS) Systems – an end to the era of static website administration & html

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SWD International vows to convert all clients to Dynamic Content Management (CMS) Systems – an end to the era of static website administration & html Over the past few years, Internet and web development has improved exponentially. With the advent of dynamic, database-driven websites & content management systems (CMS), any website owner can have complete control over their own website development—including content, marketing & management. What may surprise some people is that creating a website based on a CMS system is more efficient, easier & less expensive than the traditional and static, or html, site. With html websites, clients must pay either an in-house web developer or an external firm to update their site, putting them at the mercy of web developers and their schedules. Since a CMS system allows businesses, organizations & individual website owners to update their own sites, this means that one has complete control over website administration and Internet development. Through the use of advanced coding techniques, a professional website developer can create various templates to integrate with a user administrative content management system (CMS), also called the ‘backend’ for a site. These ‘backend’ systems allow a website owner to login and add, update & delete pages, menus & media throughout the site with a simple, efficient & user-friendly administrative panel. “If you can use a word processor, send an email and upload attachments, then you can use a CMS [content management] system,” says SWD International’s founder & CEO, Joshua Soros. When CMS systems were first developed, they were time-consuming & difficult to implement and manage. But now any competent web developer can integrate a dynamic CMS system in a matter of days. With this said, there are many companies who have a great interest in convincing their clients that CMS & WEB 2.0 systems are costly and difficult to implement so that they may continue developing their clients static (.html) websites. In fact, static websites not only force businesses, organizations & website owners to pay unnecessary hourly update charges, they also prevent these websites from achieving their full Internet development potential. With advanced systems & coding processes, it is possible for any competent web developing firm to integrate a solid CMS system in a matter of days, allowing the client complete control over website development at little added cost. Additionally, this ‘added cost’ actually reduces costs in the long run, since, as described above, a CMS system allows a website owner to update a site internally (which usually costs less than paying a website developer’s hourly rate). It is our goal at SWD to make sure that our clients have the most efficient and effective websites possible. We vow to convert all current and transfer clients to CMS systems at special conversion rates so that no website owner is left behind. Additionally, thanks to SWD’s non-profit affiliate, Project WWAID™, all non-profit clients and community-based non-profit websites will receive subsidization of up to 75% (needs-based). For more information about Project WWAID™ or CMS systems, please see the ‘related links’ below. Related Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_building http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdWords http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSense note: a CMS site can be updated by almost anyone and includes search engine optimization (SEO) fields that could previously be updated only with advanced coding skills, so this means that with a CMS system, once can choose whether to update a site personally, through an administrative assistant, a marketing agency, a full-service web development firm, or any external firm. PHP coding and MySQL databases these panels are similar to the page one would use to send an email online, or the update pages for sites like myspace, facebook & orkut note: as of September 1st, 2007, SWD will no longer offer any basic website administration. Please contact Project WWAID™ at http://www.project-wwaid.org for more details.