To the untrained eye, the entire concept of web design is a world that is confusing and with various accumulations of letters that apparently mean important things, but which appear to make no sense at all. If you look at the resume of some web designers you would be forgiven for thinking it resembled random letters from a word game as you see things such as HTML, CSS, PHP, JAVASCRIPT and many more and yes you may be impressed in some way, but do you really understand it? How does all of this make a difference to you when you are just looking for a website? Does it make a difference?

You see, when it comes to having a website designed you do actually start off with a number of options. The main thing to think about is how your website is going to be built and in some ways it does depend as to what you want it to do for the direction that you need to go. Right now, we can discount the likes of PHP and instead focus more on just two sets of letters. HTML and CMS.

What They Both Mean

HTML stands for Hyper-Text Markup Language while CMS is the shortened form of Content Management System. Both undoubtedly have their place in the world of web design, but there are a number of key differences between the two that may very well have an impact on your decision as to which one you should use.

Basically, HTML is better for a website where it is static and not going to change at any point whereas CMS offers you so much more flexibility that it has now become the key choice for the majority of websites that are now being built around the world.

What options are there within CMS?

There are two main software packages used in order to produce a website in this way. These options are Joomla! and WordPress and even though there are many others such as Drupal and Concrete5 for example, there is no doubt that these two really are the market leaders. Why? Simply because of how easy it is to use them as well as the number of plugins that are available that can take your site from being just a bunch of words and images and transform it into something that is seriously cool and interactive. Do you know the best part? The program does most of the hard work for you although clearly you still need professional help in order to produce something that is unique to you.

CMS Makes Your Site More Fluid

By using a framework such as Joomla!! or WordPress it does mean that changes can be made to your site instantly. If you have a business and you need to include new images, then that is very straightforward. How about changing prices? That is also not a problem. In actual fact, anything can pretty much be done to a CMS website in a short space of time.

You should also take a look at the WordPress or Joomla! sites yourself and just look at all of the extensions that are available. Why have static images when you can have a cool gallery? Include links to social media sites, play videos, get comments, message boards, there really is so much that can be done, so these sites can easily be tailor made to suit your own specific needs and surely that alone is a wonderful thing for a business to know?

Help With SEO

SEO is important with any website, but when you have a company that knows what it is doing with both Search Engine Optimization as well as web design, then you have a powerful combination. However, with the likes of WordPress and Joomla! it does make it that bit easier for the correct information to be entered into the website to make sure that it is picked up by the search engines. You do still need to have the correct work carried out in order to get the results that you desired, but it is easy to do things such as adding the correct information to images, keywords, correct tags, and other small things that can make a huge difference to your positioning.

Designs Are Easier to Change with CMS

The problem with a site made with HTML is that it involves a lot of coding work in order to change the design. However, with the likes of WordPress and Joomla! that is not a problem because instead the entire design can be worked on behind the scenes before being made live and then moving sections around also become a whole lot easier. It just means that customer satisfaction is not a problem and when you are paying money for your website, then clearly you want it to be absolutely perfect at all times don’t you?

Can I update a CMS from my location?

You can!  And you need not know a single piece of code.  We have taught hundreds of customers how to login and make site changes and updates to their websites, and you can too!  We will take care of the hard part, the coding, and the setup, leaving you with only the easy part of making site updates.  If you can operate a simple word processor such as Microsoft Word, then you can updated your website in a CMS, it truly is that simple.

Your Next Step

So your next step is to work out what you want from your website and to then contact us at 815-468-1524 to arrange an appointment with one of the members of our team.  We are Joomla! and WordPress experts and we can take your ideas for your website and turn it into a stunning reality and we can provide your business with the website that it really does deserve. Go with a CMS website and make your life a whole lot easier in the process.