A Content Management System or Static Website?

Each website is built for a different purpose, whichand data is retrieved from it each time a user
could be to sell a business' products online, or simplyaccesses the content managed website.A content
as a brochure to show potential customers what amanagement system is suitable for all types and
business does, and then to attract them tosizes of businesses, and it can be used to drive all
contacting the business for more information.Thistypes of content, including text, documents, sound,
article aims to describe the differences between avideo and much more.ADVANTAGES OF A
static website and a content managed website usingCONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
a content management system by describing theContent can be changed on the website as
benefits and disadvantages to SME's (small andfrequently as is needed, without having to use a
medium sized enterprises.)We hope that this articlewebsite designer or know HTML code.Changes can
helps both business users, and other website designbe made immediately due to a much shorter change
firms to understand more the difference betweenprocessCan be cheaper than a static website in the
these two types of website.A STATIC WEBSITEAlonger termEasier to budget for ongoing costs than a
static website is a website that is designed, createdstatic website
and then hosted by a website designer and is usually
programmed using a static language like HTML orDISADVANTAGES OF A CONTENT MANAGEMENT
XHTML. Once the website is online, any changes thatSYSTEM
are needed require a website designer, or someoneInitial cost is normally higher than a static
that knows how to edit, create or delete webwebsiteMay be slightly slower for users on low
pages.Typically, static websites are much simpler tobandwidths than a static websiteTraining may be
create a content managed website, due to the factneeded depending on the complexity of a content
that no database needs to be created.ADVANTAGESmanagement system
OF A STATIC WEBSITEThere are a number of
advantages of static websites over a dynamic,CONCLUSIONThis article has aimed to describe the
content managed website for SME's, dependent onadvantages and disadvantages of both a content
their business:managed website using a content management
Less cost involvedSimpler to create and hostQuicksystem (CMS) and a static website.Both of these
to download on lower bandwidthstypes of website offer various benefits over each
other, however it is becoming increasingly evident to
DISADVANTAGES OF A STATIC WEBSITEStrawberrysoup, that SME's want to be able to look
Could cost you more in the long run depending onafter their own website, without having to ask a
the frequency of the updatesLong change processwebsite designer to make changes to their
as you have to wait for a website designer to havewebsite.New technologies are being implemented on
the time to make your changesNot as muchan almost weekly basis which is allowing web
functionality, so you website could be lacking againstdesigners and web agencies to create and install
your competitorscontent management systems quickly and therefore
with less of a cost implication to their
A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR Aclients.Strawberrysoup has their own proprietary
WEBSITEIf a business decides that they want to sellcontent management system called StrawberrySite
their products online, update their website contentwhich is a modular based content management
when they need to and capture customer details,system allowing SME's to choose which aspects of
then a content management system is more thanthe system they need, such as bulk email,
likely to be the best solution.A content managemente-commerce, news stories or job postings.ARTICLE
system is a system that allows users to add, edit,AUTHOR: Neil Dennis
update and delete their website content quickly andWEBSITE: Dennis is a partner at Strawberrysoup, a
easily through the use of an administration section onweb design agency with offices in Chichester and
their website and a database (usually MySQL, MSSQLBournemouth.Strawberrysoup specialises in creative
or Access.) Content management systems usewebsite design, content management systems,
server side scripting languages such as PHP, ASP orsearch engine optimisation, search engine marketing
ASP.net.The database is used to store informationand graphic design.
that the user enters via the administration section,