More commonly known as a CMS (content Management system), these tools allow users to maintain web site content up to date have also been called other names - at 6 ft high we decided to stick with its more popular appellation.

CMS tools can be tagged onto any web site to achieve an array of maintenance procedures; from simple textual changes to full blown site section alterations; structural or aesthetic. CMS tools have been found to be very useful and namely a simple way of avoiding what are known in the industry as expensive and not very cost effective maintenance contracts.

The one off cost of adding a CMS to your site should be equated with the cost you might incur for repeatedly updating your web site via an agency. If a site requires regular maintenance, a CMS tool will undoubtedly be advantageous.



[An example of what can be achieved with a CMS: if you need a christmas header to appear on your web pages for a chosen period; this could be achieved by simply checking a box in the CMS to activate or de-activate the appearance the site header during the planned period - again there could be several banners for selected periods throughout the year, which in effect could be expensive site modifications if contracted as individual bits of work.]

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A CMS will allow a user to achieve complex structural changes, such as adding or removing active menu or navigational items (i.e. entire site sections). A site owner may want to change the entire text of a page down to the text size and colour, alter images, remove others or upload entirely new pictures; the same could apply to sound files or even media streams such as video footage or flash items or animated banners - i.e. new product advertising.

Most design elements need to be prepared prior to providing major aesthetic site modifications in the CMS; but with time, because PHP programming is constantly evolving, one finds that the limitations of having to prepare lots of graphical content are reducing. Many aspects of image alteration and graphical content creation can now be achieved using a CMS with built in advanced PHP commands.

PHP resizes and crops photos in a gallery - and you only need to upload any large format JPEG image you have at hand - it will also add borders or decorations for you if necessary. But so much more can be achieved!