Posted by seotech on March 17, 2010 under web design, web development | 
It is important that websites are keep up to date with current web design and development trends. When a user visits a website they pass judgment very quickly about the company based on the quality of the design and development of the site.
Current Web Development Trends
Some trends that are currently very popular in websites include:
- CMS (Content Management Systems)-This enables you easily edit the content within your website yourself without the need for any coding knowledge. This is very important to ensure the users continue to visit your site. If you do not regularly update the content of you site then visitors will visit once, see what is on your site and then never come back. You need to provide something that is interesting and different to give them a good reason to continue to visit your site. There is now a large number of CMS systems available to ensure that you get exactly the right type of system to best suit your companies needs.
- E-commerce-Gone are the days when people drive down to the shops to purchase items. The market is shifting very quickly and most people now much prefer to purchase items on the internet, in the comfort and convince of their own home. If you company sell any products it is important that you incorporate an e-commence/shopping cart functionality into your website to enable you to sell goods and services on the internet. The main problem the users find with e-commerce sites is that they are reluctant to trust the unknown security of using their credit card online. It is important that you use a system that is secure and well trusted to ensure that the user feels safe purchasing your product.
SEO Technologies
It is important to find a good web design development company who you trust to keep your site up to date with current web trends. SEO Technologies is successful and well trusted multimedia, web development and seo company that has been meeting peoples online needs for over 13 years. They specialize in a wide variety of multimedia and online marketing which makes them your one-stop-shop for all your digital marketing needs.
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Posted by seotech on December 29, 2009 under web development |
Web Content Management
Web content management systems (CMS) are applications used to create websites and maintain them. It allows web content to be published in an organised manner, with all versions stored for later retrieval. These software applications can handle a variety of media- from text (reports, documents), to PDF files, photos and images. CMS can be used to both publish content on the web, as well as publish documents (annual reports, budgets, newsletters) internally.
The benefits of using CMS, is that although an experienced coder is needed to set up the system, thereafter it is easy for anyone with basic computer skills to use. The What-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editor has functionality similar to word processing software, and users can manipulate a variety of HTML and XML templates that can be easily applied to text content from one central place. Content management systems are also flexible, with a variety of plug-ins that can stretch its functionality and provide enhanced features as needed.
Finally, CMS creates and controls parallel and sequential tasks that creates a process of approval before content can be published. This is done by allowing access to users to only those areas for which they are responsible for. It also allows multiple users to log in and work simultaneously, streamlining workflow.
CMS
Web content management systems became developed as commercial software products in the mid 1990s. Today there are a huge range of CMS, from commercial software to freeware and open source programs. They also differ in terms of their programming languages, including Java, PHP, .NET, ASP.NET, and Perl.
There are three main types of WCMS: offline processing, online processing and hybrid systems. Online processing applies templates on-demand, so HTL may be generated when a user visits the page or pulled from a cache. Offline processing means that all content is produced in advance of publishing. Hybrid CMS combine online and offline capabilities. These systems can both generate executable codes in JSP, PHP and Perl outputs, as well as create static HTML pages.
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CMS Capabilities
Web Content Management Systems (WCMS) allow for a dynamic control over various web material, facilitating auditing, editing and timeline management. A typical CMS will create standard output templates that can be automatically applied to new and existing content. This allows all content to be changed from one central place. These systems will also separate content from the visual aspect of the site, making it easier to change and manipulate.
Content management systems can also allow for workflow management by creating cycles of sequential and parallel tasks controlled by the CMS. So one person can create content but not publish it until another has revised it and approved it. The system can be set to provide limited access to various users, delegating the responsibility for content management. CMS software can also provide content visualisation so that each user can work within a virtual copty of the entire site, so changes to multiple interdependent resources can be viewed in-context prior to being uploaded.
Web CMS
SEO Technologies’ PowerPage content management system saves web site owners time and money by providing a simple system for updating your web content. Rather than training personnel in FTP protocols, programming and markup languages, PowerPage allows anyone with basic experience in using a word processor to create, edit and update web content.
The Microsoft Word style interface features many of the same functions as Word, including Bold, Italic, Underline, Spell Checking, Hyperlink Creation, Table Editor and Font Size. Existing text and images can be copied and pasted from Microsoft Office documents or existing web pages. It also allows for the easy public posting of pdf files, documents, photos and other materials – without using an FTP client software package.
Furthermore, PowerPage CMS has a multi-level security system that is both flexible and effective. It not only has a password allocation for users responsible for editing your stie, but also a system that restricts access to only the content they are responsible for, thereby protecting the integrity of your web content.
