How to Choose a Content Management System

OK, so you know you need a content management system for your website.   Now the question is: What CMS is right for your business?  There are a variety of options available from free to expensive and simple to complex.  Accella can help you choose the right content management system.

Even better than that, we can help with content migration, a website redesign, and help you plan the workflow of your website.  Contact us today for a free quote.

Don’t turn your IT decisions into a guessing game. Work with a company that has experience integrating content managment systems into websites large and small.  Work with Accella.

Here’s a short list of systems we can integrate for you:

Drupal is an open source CMS useful for complex and data driven websites with multiple content types.  It’s vast module library and highly versatile architecture lend well to large community based websites.

Though Wordpress is often thought of as a blogging tool, it also has the ability to power full blown websites.  It has a simple admin interface and a short integration cycle that is usually kind to your budget.

We find Joomla most useful for very simple websites that are typically content driven with limited content types.

DotNetNuke is an open source CMS built on the .NET framework.  Its one downside is that you have to pay for modules, but it is a well tested application that is an obvious fit into a Microsoft software architecture.

While we’ve seen other applications in this list used for large websites, Alfresco is specifically billed as an enterprise level content management system.  It allows for a variety of custom content types.

ExpressionEngine is a CMS with the flexibility to be used as either a blogging application or a website CMS.  Its theming is easy to use, even for beginners, and offers a variety of add-ons for increased functionality.

SharePoint is another Microsoft product that also offers process management modules, search modules and a document-management platform.  While not as straightforward in terms of integration, it’s a robust application suite that gets the job done.

Tags: .NET, Alfresco, CMS, Content Management System, DotNetNuke, drupal, ExpressionEngine, joomla, Open Source, Open Source Integration, PHP, SharePoint, web design, web development, WordPress