| Wood's Web Solutions came about when people started asking me
to create web sites for them. At first, I worked almost exclusively
in static HTML, building
pages
in Dreamweaver, but it didn’t take me long to leave that method behind
and start working with dynamic pages built with php-based database-driven software.
Why dynamic pages?
- A “dynamic page” doesn’t just sit there, it responds
to your web site visitor’s clicks.
- Web sites that are made with dynamic elements–even something as
ordinary as a calendar–that keep the web site up-to-date without constant
maintenance by a webmaster.
- Dynamic web sites that are database-driven have an almost infinite number
of pages, which keeps visitors at your site longer, learning more about your
products or services, or encouraging them click on advertising you’ve
added to your site to boost your revenue.
- Dynamic sites are easier to maintain and keep up-to-date than static, plain
HTML sites, and allow you to keep the site organized and easy to navigate.
To blog, or not to blog? That is the question.
You have probably heard the word blog coming up a lot lately, and there’s
a good reason for it: Everybody’s blogging. The word “blog” was
formed by combining the words “web” and “log”, and
a blog is a kind of journal, but public. Most of the blogs out there are personal,
and bloggers often pick a theme for their blogs. There are blogs dedicated
to very narrow topics and there are blogs that cover any topic that happens
to interest the blogger at any given moment. Lately, businesses have been starting
to use the blog-format to promote their products and services, and there’s
a good reason for that, too. It works.
- Blogs are interesting, because bloggers write often, keeping the content
fresh and compelling.
- Blogs connect to many other blogs through links and through visitor comments.
- Business or corporate blogs allow the personality of the employees of
the company to make a connection with potential customers.
What’s a “content management system”?
Here’s a definition from the online encyclopedia
A content management system (CMS) is a computer software system for organizing
and facilitating collaborative creation of documents and other content. A content
management system is frequently a web application used for managing websites
and web content, though in many cases, content management systems require special
client software for editing and constructing articles. The market for content
management systems remains fragmented, with many open-source and proprietary
solutions available.
A content management system (CMS) might be the right way to build your web
site, depending on what you want to do with your web site. Do you have a wide
variety of products or services to sell? Do you have a lot of information to
share? Do you like the idea that you can build upon your site as time goes
by, even after the design stage has “officially” ended? Then a
CMS could be just right.
Contact Chad Underwood:
Let’s discuss how to best build your web site. Send me an email: chad@woodswebsolutions.com or call me: 308-430-2329.
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