A content management systems, or CMS, is a great way to manage the content of your website, especially if you have a larger website and different people who are responsible for different parts of the website If you have a large website with many "static" website pages and you're tired of waiting for your IT staff or webmaster to make changes to the website, a content management system will put you in the driver's seat and make it easy for you Advantages: - Administration system for updating content without the need for HTML - Easy to change look and feel using a few templates - Database is used to manage text content - Non-technical staff can create, edit, approve and approve website pages - Control over approval of changes - Ability to deliver different content to public and registered users Three CMS examples There are many different content management systems available, some of which are free, open-source applications such as Joomla

Why do website projects fail or fall short of expectations Many businesses have the experience of their last website project taking far too long to complete, going over budget and in the end just did not measure up to expectations

What exactly is website "redesign" and why is it necessary Re-designing a website is often thought of as being more of a graphic design process—taking an older website and give it a totally new look so visitors and customers will take notice, or perhaps adding more content to the website so information is readily available to existing or potential customers

Many website projects actually fail before they even get started This is not intentional, but with technology-driven projects, it is easy to get derailed before the train is out of the station