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Choosing the Best CMS for Your Business | dotAgency

Learn about open source vs. proprietary CMS, benefits and drawbacks of popular platforms like Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, and Umbraco. Get expert advice on selecting the right CMS for your business needs.

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Choosing the Best CMS for Your Business | dotAgency

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  1. What CMS is best For your business

  2. About us

  3. dotAgency • Full service digital marketing agency • London based with International support • Service hub of the dotDigitalGroup • Clients include:

  4. dotDigital Group • Over 4,500 clients and agencies • Over 180 staff and growing • PLC trading on the AIM market • Established over 12 years, profitable since inception

  5. Open source VS Proprietary

  6. Open Source • Permits users to study, change or improve the software • Developed by the public in a collaborative manner

  7. Benefits Of Open Source • No licencing fee’s • Flexibility • Benefit from a world of wisdom • East to find developers to work on them • Not stuck with staying with 1 vendor

  8. Negatives Of Open Source • No direct support • Security risks • Documentation • Implementation costs

  9. Proprietary • Permits users to study, change or improve the software • Developed by the public in a collaborative manner

  10. Benefits Of Proprietary • Support • Setup

  11. Negatives Of Proprietary • Licencing fee’s • Developer availability • Tied to one vendor

  12. Joomla

  13. Joomla

  14. Joomla

  15. Joomla

  16. Joomla

  17. Joomla benefits • Quick and simple setup • Simple and easy management • Limits what can and cannot be edited • Extension library allows flexibility

  18. Joomla negatives • Maybe a little to simple for larger sites • Content editing is old and dated • Although they have extensions what's it’s true capabilities • It’s slow • Architecture is fairly archaic

  19. Drupal

  20. Drupal

  21. Drupal

  22. Drupal

  23. Drupal benefits • Quick and simple setup • Ideal for blog heavy sites • Amazing SEO capabilities • Great permission flexibility • Good scalability

  24. Drupal negatives • Not suitable for sites that are more than a blog • A lack of themes so a custom design is your only serious option

  25. Wordpress

  26. Wordpress

  27. Wordpress

  28. Wordpress

  29. Wordpress benefits • Quick and simple setup • Ideal for blogs but also basic sites • Great selection of themes to get your site started • Extension library allows flexibility • Great SEO with the correct extensions

  30. Wordpress negatives • It is built as a blogging engine so not yet ideal for larger sites • SSL is not built in so needs to be developed • Multi site management is new and not 100% perfect

  31. Umbraco

  32. Umbraco

  33. Umbraco

  34. Umbraco

  35. Umbraco Benefits • Complete flexibility • Robust • Quick development • Any .Net developer can use it • Admin tailored to your needs not the CMS

  36. Umbraco negatives • .Net hosting can be expensive • It’s the new kid on the block • You need technical knowledge to get it up and running

  37. So, to recap… • Understand your business requirements before picking the CMS • Decide if security of proprietary is more important than flexibility • Try before you buy • Ask the people who are going to be using it daily • Seek for advice if your still unsure

  38. What CMS is best For your business Q&A

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