Net2Vic: How to Choose a Content Management System for Your New Website
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Your website says everything about your organization. It establishes credibility, explains what you do and may even be a tool for income generation. But how much time can you devote to tweaking, updating and fixing? Choosing the right content management system for your website can save you tons of time and effort - and can give your organization a fantastic spring clean. In this session, we'll review some of the top website platforms to consider when picking a new content management system for your organization. In particular, we'll review WordPress, Square, and Wix. We'll cover what each platform offers, their strengths and their weaknesses. At the end of the session, you'll have a understanding of the key questions you should ask your organization before making a final decision.
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Net2Vic: How to Choose a Content Management System for Your New Website
- 1. HOW TO CHOOSE A CMS FOR YOUR NEXT WEBSITE April 16, 2015 NetSquaredVictoria ScottTowne
- 2. SUMMARY 1. Cliff Notes & Recommendations (How to decide in 1 minute) 2. What is a content management system? 3. What are the top choices to consider? 4. How to choose a CMS?
- 4. • Who are we expecting to visit our site? • What do I want my site to do now? • What might I want my site to do in the future? • How design-minded are we? • How technically-minded are we? BEFOREYOU CHOOSE A CMS
- 5. • Choose one that you like to use • Choose one that matches your time and budget • Choose one that has the looks & usability your audience and organization relates with • Choose one that has the features you need or will need in the future HOWTO CHOOSE A CMS?
- 6. • If you have zero budget - Weebly • If you have minimal budget, but time - Squarespace • If you have lots of time and technical interest - WordPress • If you have several feature requirements - WordPress or Squarespace (depending what the features are) • If you don’t know what features you’ll need in the future and you have budget - WordPress • Not worth it for paid or free - Wix RECOMMENDATIONS
- 7. WHAT IS A CMS? Section 1
- 8. –wikipedia “A content management system (CMS) is a computer application that allows publishing, editing and modifying content, organizing, deleting as well as maintenance from a central interface.”
- 9. WHY WOULDYOU WANT A CMS? • Costs are typically lower than a fully custom site • Allow you to manage your site (a little DIY) • Add new content to your site when you want • The site is adaptable as your organization changes
- 10. COMMON PHRASES • Framework or Platform: the CMS itself • Theme or Template: gives the site a specific style and look • Plug-in or App: adds functionality beyond the framework
- 13. WHAT IS IT?
- 14. THREE FLAVOURS
- 15. –WPMUDEV “WordPress.org is open source blogging/CMS software that powers 22 per cent of the web.The software is a community-driven project and WordPress.org is where you can download the WordPress installation files, and search for and download free themes and plugins.”
- 16. –WPMUDEV “WordPress.com is a commercial website where you can host a free site with some limitations or pay a yearly fee to remove the restrictions.”
- 17. WordPress VIP is enterprise level hosting version of WordPress.com for publishing massive amounts of content.
- 21. PRICING?
- 23. WORDPRESS.COM - NO ADS
- 24. WORDPRESSVIP
- 25. LEARNING CURVE?
- 30. RESPONSIVETHEME
- 33. OTHER BENEFITS?
- 34. Content Organization - the best around
- 35. Community - WordCamps and Meet-Ups
- 36. Drag & Drop -Themes/plugins are available
- 37. Ethos - ‘Democratizing publishing on the Internet’.
- 38. OTHER DRAWBACKS?
- 39. Malicious - Popular with malicious code writers
- 40. Crashes- Requires updates & you can break it!
- 41. Official Support - none, but many active forums
- 42. OVERALL?
- 43. Powerful open-source software that can do anything and grow for any size, but you need some technical support to unleash that power.WordPress.com is good for blogging or testing out WordPress, but not fully featured enough for serious sites.
- 44. WHAT IS IT?
- 45. –wikipedia “Wix.com is a cloud-based web development platform that allows users to create HTML5 websites and mobile sites, through the use of their online drag and drop tools.” ”
- 46. LEARNING CURVE?
- 49. 500+ THEMES
- 50. • Zero responsive themes - a mobile editor instead • Once you pick a theme, you cannot change
- 51. 250+ APPS
- 52. PRICING?
- 53. GET RID OF ADS
- 54. OTHER BENEFITS?
- 55. Placeholder content - makes it easier to edit and visualize
- 56. OTHER DRAWBACKS?
- 57. Two separate websites - the experience and branding can feel inconsistent
- 58. Locked-In - exporting content not supported
- 59. OVERALL?
- 60. What you gain in the Wix editor and apps you lose in mobile responsiveness, lack of theme changes requires and you cannot export or your content.
- 61. WHAT IS IT?
- 62. –wikipedia “Weebly is a web-hosting service that allows the user to "drag-and-drop" while using their website builder.” ”
- 63. LEARNING CURVE?
- 66. 125+ THEMES
- 67. • Themes are not responsive, but 20 different mobile layouts that correspond to the themes
- 68. PRICING?
- 69. NO HAPPY HOUR
- 70. OTHER BENEFITS?
- 71. IPAD DRAG & DROP APP
- 72. OTHER DRAWBACKS?
- 73. Two separate websites- the experience and branding can feel inconsistent
- 74. RSS feeds - Only way to import or export content
- 75. OVERALL?
- 76. Weebly just kind of works, but you’ll want to be careful about making your site and mobile versions as close as possible. Editing your site on an iPad should be fun (sometimes)!The big warning is that exporting will be a pain if you want to change your CMS later.
- 77. WHAT IS IT?
- 78. –wikipedia “Squarespace is a software as a service based content management system (CMS) which is composed of a website builder, blogging platform and hosting service.” ”
- 79. LEARNING CURVE?
- 82. 32 THEMES
- 83. PRICING?
- 84. BESTVALUE
- 85. OTHER BENEFITS?
- 86. MOBILE APPS
- 88. DONATION SYSTEM
- 90. OTHER DRAWBACKS?
- 93. OVERALL?
- 94. Squarespace has amazing designs, is easy to use and a robust set of tools for supporting you organization at a great price point.
- 95. HOWTO CHOOSE A CMS? Section 3
- 96. • Who are we expecting to visit our site? • What do I want my site to do now? • What might I want my site to do in the future? • How design-minded are we? • How technically-minded are we? BEFOREYOU CHOOSE A CMS
- 97. • Choose one that you like to use • Choose one that matches your time and budget • Choose one that has the looks & usability your audience and organization relates with • Choose one that has the features you need or will need in the future HOWTO CHOOSE A CMS?
- 98. • If you have zero budget - Weebly • If you have minimal budget, but time - Squarespace • If you have lots of time and technical interest - WordPress • If you have several feature requirements - WordPress or Squarespace (depending what the features are) • If you don’t know what features you’ll need in the future and you have budget - WordPress • Not worth it for paid or free - Wix RECOMMENDATIONS
- 99. CREATE CONTENT
- 100. HOW TO CHOOSE A CMS FOR YOUR NEXT WEBSITE April 16, 2015 NetSquaredVictoria ScottTowne