Common Websites Mistakes
January 31st, 2006 by Jason Roe. Post is filed under Web Design & Development.
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I was reading an interesting article on Michele Neylon’s blog regarding a company who are relying on 3rd parties to make changes to a website. This seems to be a common mistake that companies make when getting a website developed. In my opinion this highlights the cost saving aspects that can be made by investing in a content management system when getting your website developed.
Some of the customers that I have worked with in the past have opted not to make this investment because of the initial cost of implantation, however in the long run it has cost them a small fortune in both in-house or external maintenance contracts. I always try to outline these benefits to customers before they sign any contract.
A good development company should always try to make life easier for their customers. However some companies seem to ignore this principal, they deem this ongoing work as their “bread and butter� money. Even a reasonably designed content management system should have an easy to use html editor built in these days.
So the moral of the story is choose your development company wisely and always make the extra initial investment as it might just save you’re a small fortune down the road.
February 1st, 2006 at 9:05 pm
I think some companies just want to make sure they have a steady and sure income.
I myself believe that giving the customer some sort of self-maintenance CMS will make the designer’s life a lot easier.