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Before embarking on a new website project you should fully understand how your website is powered. A good web design agency will encourage you to use a content management system which helps you easily update and maintain your website. Beware, as not all content management systems are equal and some may prove to be very expensive to operate.
In the past, your web designers have probably created their content management system in-house, usually at enormous cost, which is passed on to you, the client.
Their content management system needs to be written, tested, updated, documented and you need to assure yourself this is not the responsibility of just one or two key development staff.
At Qlue, our approach is truly different. Our content management system is robust, secure, easy to understand and free. Qlue are part of an international community of developers who have created an open source content management system called Joomla. And this is how it works. A core team of developers maintain and enhance Joomla. Web developers, including Qlue, help test new software releases, develop enhancements for other developers to share and we share their work. Qlue are one of over 200,000 registered users throughout the world using Joomla in 40 different languages.
The business case for you and Qlue is simple. Our contribution to the Joomla project is small, just like everybody else, but the sum of parts has created a class leading content management system that the one or two developers in small web design companies cannot keep pace with.
That leaves us to concentrate on the important stuff – design, structure and content.
We can develop the design of the site in two ways: through developing a template or bespoke design from scratch. The design can originate with you or us. There are good reasons for both approaches: one favours budget, the other freedom of design. This initial planning stage is important and getting it right will mean a smooth running project and a better end result.
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