Web Services

Content Management System

Websites are more effective if they are kept up to date. BoxCrush® can do that for you—or we can design your website with a content management system (CMS) incorporated into it. A content management system allows you to log into your company website and add and update text, pictures, and links—even dynamically create buttons in the sub-navigation. When products need to be updated or when text needs to be added, you need to be able to access your site quickly and easily and make that change. A CMS allows you to do just that.

Fitted or Off the Rack?

Modular CMS

Some Web design companies pitch custom content management systems as your only option. While a custom content management system can be tailored to your specific business model, the cost is often higher. A modular content management system can allow you to add features to your CMS website that would normally exceed your budget on a custom development. The basic content manager allows for plug-ins or modules to be added for increased functionality. If your site needs a few custom features, custom modules can be tailor-made for those specific needs. Modules can include but are not limited to:

Bulletins
Calendars
Blogs
Forums
Podcasts
Photo Galleries

One of the big benefits of a modular content management system is that there is a whole community of open source programmers out there in the world that know how to work on your website. With a custom development, only one company knows how to fix it if it breaks. If that company closes or is fired from your project, they may not release the source code to you. If this is the case, you will have to rebuild your website’s functionality from scratch.

Custom CMS

Sometimes you’re trying to interface with your existing accounting software. Sometimes you need a custom price module. Sometimes your needs are so special (you know who you are!) that open source hasn’t caught up to you yet. When custom functionality is necessary, go with a custom content management system.