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CMS: Useful Wins Again

It’s been almost twenty years since the first branded Content Management Systems (CMSs) hit the market. They were an unbearable kluge back then, and didn’t work well; but hey, if you had a bajillion dollars to toss at MarchFirst or any one of hundreds of other pre-dot-bomb era consultancies, you could have a half-baked Web CMS, delivered by a team of twenty dot-commers living large on VC funds, and talkin’ you up in Red Herring or Business 2.0 Magazine. Hey, [...]

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April 30, 2012 at 2:51 pm Comments (0)

Web designers, what to look for in a CMS

There are a whole bunch of CMSes out there ranging from lightweight micro-blogging platforms to huge enterprise packages. I don’t want to mention any names here or tell you what to use. Instead, I’m going give you some important points to consider, so that you can make an educated decision on your own. And hopefully, [...]

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January 31, 2012 at 9:05 am Comments (0)

An Introduction to Concrete5 CMS — Part II

In the previous article,  we took an introductory look at Concrete5 as a CMS. In this follow-up part, we shall learn about the salient features …

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January 23, 2012 at 8:00 am Comments (0)

An Introduction to Concrete5 CMS — Part I

When we talk of CMS, the options are plenty. For a start, we can opt for some of the biggest names in the game – …

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January 19, 2012 at 5:59 am Comments (0)

Responsive design in the corporate world

When you already have a full plate of client work, it can be difficult to get into new technologies. Responsive design is a big buzz-phrase right now, but it’s unnecessary to force it on a client unless their users will see a benefit from it. At 352 Media Group, we recently saw an opportunity to [...]

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January 9, 2012 at 10:02 am Comments (0)

Ten Alternatives to WordPress as a Blogging CMS

We all know that WordPress is an awesome Content Management System cum Blogging Platform. In fact, it is also the most popular blogging tool all …

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January 4, 2012 at 8:00 am Comments (0)

Review: Radiant CMS — A Simple, User-Friendly CMS

Radiant CMS is a simple Content Management System built using Ruby on Rails. It is licensed under the MIT Licence, which means it is freely …

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December 10, 2011 at 9:42 pm Comments (0)

55 Best Magento eCommerce Themes

Magento is an open source based ecommerce web application that offers a variety of services and opportunities to bloggers and website owners. This type of CMS have been used extensively by many site owners in promoting and advertising their respective …

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December 6, 2011 at 10:56 am Comments (0)

Thank-You to Our November Advertisers

The leaves have dropped off the trees. It’s time to light a fire in your fireplace. Are you ready for…

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November 12, 2011 at 1:30 pm Comments (0)

Top 10 content management systems

There are dozens of great CMSs out there. Regardless of what type of site you’re building, there’s probably one perfectly-suited to it. The problem is that most designers and developers don’t want to spend time learning a bunch of different CMSs. They want to learn one, or maybe two, and use those for all of [...]

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October 31, 2011 at 9:28 am Comments (0)

Product Review and $1200 Squarespace Giveaway

If you’ve ever needed to build a website on a quick deadline, then you know how difficult it is to make one from scratch. If you’re anything like me and don’t keep your web design skills sharp, or you don’t have a web desi…

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October 25, 2011 at 2:00 pm Comments (0)

How Drupal CMS stands above the rest

As a site developer, web designer or site administrator, you’ve probably had to go through the process of choosing between platforms. But maybe not recently—if you’ve been designing and developing web sites for very long, chances are you’ve already got your favorite go-to platform that you always use. And if your go-to content management system [...]

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September 19, 2011 at 9:35 am Comments (0)

10 Useful Content Management Systems

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May 4, 2011 at 12:54 pm Comments (0)

Getting Started with Umbraco: New Premium Series (The Full Series)

Advertise hereUmbraco is a super-friendly, ultra-configurable and uber-powerful .Net-based CMS, and you need it in your life! It is so powerful that you can literally do whatever you want with your site, but it’s so easy to use that even your non…

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April 29, 2011 at 3:30 pm Comments (0)

5 incredible hosted CMS’ reviewed

Selecting a content management system on which to run a business website is an important decision. Businesses have needs that are more targeted than individuals, and many of the hosted options available don’t quite fit the bill. Fortunately, there is a range of hosted content management systems that are packed with powerful features. Even better, [...]

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April 21, 2011 at 11:26 am Comments (0)

OpenPublic

A drupal based system for creating government websites quickly and easily.

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March 4, 2011 at 3:04 pm Comments (0)