I organised the Local Government Web Network first annual conference together with my Reem, called We Believe in Community. This is my presentation on working with your CMS and custom builds.

1. Working in a Multi-platform Environment Diana Mounter Design and Development Coordinator LGSA

2. This is my experience, please share yours .

4. we must streamline

5. Content Management Systems the solution to your problems!

6. Tempting blogs videos online payments forums Image maps

7. Before you know it… you’ve created a MONSTER!

10. Now what?

11. pack up your bags… and go custom

12. “ Custom? Why would we spend the money doing that? We’re not special.”

14. video

15. Did that make an impact?

16. The CMS couldn’t do… (without customisation) blogs videos forums

17. forms

19. Why did we decide to go custom?

20. “ This is typical! They do these cheap jobs to save money, but then they end up spending more money fixing all the things that break” - the plumber

21. Don’t take on more than you can handle

22. But wait!

23. What about your Content Management System?

24. CMS Cultural Awards Links Media Releases Branding/Identity XML feeds Twitter Email subscribers RSS feeds

26. There are no magic tricks

27. Thank you