Content Management Systems (CMS)

Mindfor Web Design use the Joomla Content Management System. This is the leading open-source CMS with more than a million installations worldwide. A CMS is simply a website that you can update yourself. It consists of 4 components:

1. A database that holds your content - articles, menu choices, your client base, ecommerce sales, products etc
2. A set of code that actually makes the site work - a typical Joomla CMS has 5000 files
   
3. A template. The template draws the data from the database and shows it to your visitors with all your styling, fonts, photos etc
4. An Administrator panel - that allows you to add or update content, menu items, add photos or video - there is almost no limit to what you can achieve with a Joomla website.
   

Using a CMS has many advantages:

• Speed of development - just a few days for the average website if you have already written your content;
  
• Ability to update your own website should you prefer;
  
• Ability to update your look quickly and inexpensively simply by applying a new template;
  
• Rock-solid code - no chance of hacks or crashes;
• Lower cost
• Greater features - lightboxes, video embeds, social networking - the features are endless and all at your finger tips.

Read on to see samples and case studies.