Choosing a content management system (CMS) is often an integral part of many digital projects. In this talk I explore some of the pitfalls of selection, then go on to discuss some important areas that should be considered before a choice is made.
13. As a new developer, I am easily swayed by the
opinions of people I respect, or at least view as more
experienced. This post was kicked off by a few back
and forth tweets on open source contributions. One
person stated that I don’t need to worry about
making open source contributions and I went “Yay,
cool, less pressure”, another seemed to state that I
am of little worth if I don’t contribute “Fuck, okay, I
guess I better get on that then”. I wish programmers
were more aware of the things they are saying and
the attitudes they express, and how that might
effect a young padawan like me.
Charlotte Spencer
http://goo.gl/Uc2tSl
17. Back in 2008 (when we started Bearded), one of our
differentiators was that we built every site on a
CMS. At the time, many agencies had not-
insignificant revenue streams derived from
updating their clients’ site content on their behalf.
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But we didn’t want to do that work, and our clients
didn’t want to pay for it. Building their site on a CMS
and training them to use it was a natural solution. It
solved both of our problems, recurring revenue be
damned! It gave our clients power that they wanted
and needed.
Matt GRiffin
http://goo.gl/XPM5kK