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Content Management Systems - cms back-end

| content management systems or CMS

Visual Orange >> designs the graphical interface for your CMS loyal to it's brand personality. We have an advanced Content Management System on offer that is stabile, robust, reliable and fast and spares you a difficult administrator panel in which you get lost. One time configuration and the rest is easy sailing with a system of Visual Orange Co., Ltd. Advanced PHP/Ajax development with xml, xhtml and seo friendly gives you head start and you will truly enjoy maintaining and expanding your web site with our Content management System..


Open source CMS versus commercial CMS

There are very good open source CMS systems available and also some that are outdated and are not recommended to install as they have proven to be a paradise for hackers or will not survive the next web server upgrade when PHP 5.3 will be installed, because a function is still used in the code of the application which is depreciated in PHP 5.3.
Looking for a good CMS requires some technical understanding of software versions and which are the the widest used ones at the current moment but also which ones will be released in the near future and when they will be installed on web servers and which are their requirements concerning programming.
A system that is built to run on PHP 5 can fail when the web server is upgraded to php 5.3 and will not work at all when upgraded to PHP 6. Systems should be chosen for the future as the development of the internet is moving on in a rapid speed.

Many CMS systems lack usability, no matter if commercial or open source, for a none IT person it is very hard to wrap the mind around how to create pages, enter the search engine friendly options or produce new promotional boxes. These processes should be in in fact really simple and comprehensible but are complicated and a user has to be all over the interface to complete one task that generates one simple element.
Very difficult arranged and structured administrator panels, can be mind puzzling when a "normal person" is supposed to work with it to manage the content.
The inability to make changes to the font size, background colors or to replace slides make many CMS systems static and leave little room for improvement or for a make over, when the time is ripe for it. Why is it a major undertaking to create a new box for the sidebar or promotional campaigns? The lack of efficiency is often surprising.
Security is a also major problem with open source software and software that is commercial yet based on open source. The community is learning and patches are rolled out regularly. Yet when a patch is rolled out then most of the time this patch is a result of lesson learned from a hack.

The code is literally on the street and easy to analyze for any smart kid that wants to get its adrenaline pumping by getting a web site down. Smart kids will always be challenged to try their luck and there is for NO web site a guarantee that it cannot be hacked, this is completely independent of being open source or commercial but depends solely on the skills of the person that gives it a try.

Categories of Content Management Systems

  • Polished up open source CMS, still based on the main source code of the open source system, enhanced with modules that are extending the software by adding functionality.
  • Systems built on an existing frame work such as Smarty templates or any other template engine or framework enabling rapid development of advanced CMS systems.
  • Systems that are available for the developers community often loaded with bugs and poor documentation but also available for enterprises when purchased as a commercial version. This means the community reports bugs, improves the system and adds modules to expand the system. Most of these systems can be extended easily with a shopping cart and the possibility to create product groups and payment gateways. Support is only available for the paid version.
  • Fully custom built CMS based on an own frame work, available as an advanced CMS that can be extended easily with a shopping cart, shipping methods and payment gateways and the possibility to create product groups and products.

Visual Orange offers a top-notch, technical advanced, custom built CMS based on PHP/Ajax, MySql database that comes with the guarantee of a fast and robust application that can be handled by anybody. SSL secured administrator panel for your safety and security. The system is designed to enable you to maintain a professional web site that has all the functionality you expect and more... Easily to extend with a shopping cart that makes the managing of products and their attributes a refreshing experience. Full support for no additional charges.

>> Contact us when you require more information about a CMS or if you are interested in an advanced e-commerce solution. Visual Orange shall give you insight and advice by e-mail or use the Chat of MS Messenger or Skype.