April 1, 2006. Written by Pre23 Web Development. Cleveland, Ohio.
To help you answer this question, the following article explains what a pre-written web site application is and how your business might benefit from its advantages.
Background: The Change From Static to Database Driven Web Sites
Gone are the days when web sites where static. A static web site is
one where the web pages and site content are hard coded into the files by the
site developer. To make changes to the content, the site owner must rely upon
the develop to update the pages. The obvious disadvantage with this approach
is that it takes a lot of time and money to keep your business web site's content
updated.
Today, business web sites rely upon database and Content Management Systems (CMS) to manage the web site's content. With this approach, the reliance on the web developer to make content changes is replaced by a secure admin area where the site owner can login to the CMS and do things like create new web pages, change the menu items and more. Now, instead of storing the site content directly written into the web page file the content is stored and managed in a database. With this approach, managing the site content can now easily be done by anyone with access to the site's CMS.
The Pitfalls: Custom Developed Database Driven Web Sites Are Costly
Having a custom developed database driven web site can be a wonderful
thing for a business. The system can be shaped to tailor the business needs
and web site goals. The only problem with custom database driven CMS web sites
is that they are costly to develop and the development time frame can be quite
extended.
Not surprisingly, the bulk of the project expense is consumed with the development of the back-end CMS system because a whole series of features, everything from user management to image processing, must be developed. Developing the front end, the web site design template, is actually much easier than the backend CMS.
Our Solution: Pre-Written Web Site Applications
Our solution to this cost challenge is to combine custom web site template
design with a pre-written Content Management System to control the back-end
web site administration.
A pre-written web site is a web site that is developed before-hand and then further customized to match the client's business identify and needs. The site features which are pre-written are not the design elements but rather the site tools that make up the Content Management System.
With our products, generally the pre-written features include tools to help you manage web page and menu, photo processing, user management, events, photo gallery, articles and general configuration. To develop and test these core site features take hundreds of programming hours over a long time period and this is why for small and medium sized businesses custom web development from scratch is not always a cost feasible product.
Our approach is to combine our stable package of pre-written site tools and then develop a custom designed web template which will make use of the site tools.
In this way, our clients get the best of both!
Explore More:
Please explore our newest product, Pre23 Portfolio
2.0, which is a pre-written web site application with a customize web site
design template. Not only does it have all the advantages mentioned above, but
also Pre23 Portfolio 2.0 comes with specialized
content management tools that guide you towards making effective service descriptions
that can rank very well in search engines.
We're sure you have questions, so we invite you to take the next step by contacting us today.
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