Historically, most web sites would be designed as the static brochure style, the benefits of this being a lower initial outlay and a site that used less server power. The downside is that you need to contact a web designer each time you need your site updating, and when you want to change your site in the future, the whole site needs to be re-designed, with the associated costs.

Today, most of our customers are investing in a CMS or 'dynamic' site. Whilst the initial outlay may be slightly higher, this is offset by the benefit that you can log-on to your site from any net connected computer in the world and update your site content instantly - you don't need to pay us to do it, unless you want to! If you can use MS Word you will find it easy.

Because the structure of the site and the content are separate, when you want a fresh new look to your site only the template that affects the layout and display needs to be changed. The content remains the same, stored in the database. You can have a completely new looking site every year if you wish, for a fraction of the price of a new site.

CMS is the way forward for website design and we would strongly recommend all potential clients to consider the future benefits of this type of site to them. Some of our earlier clients are now updating their sites to CMS to give them the control they require for their site.

A content management system (often referred to as a CMS) is a server-based software package that enables you to manage, update and maintain your website without any specific technical knowledge and without incurring additional cost.

Whilst the initial outlay is slightly higher than a static site, here at Computancy we believe that any company serious about their website should invest in a CMS to maximise the future return on the website investment. The long-term flexibility and upgradeability of the site is far better than a standard html site, giving bigger savings in the long run and making the initial outlay worth the extra investment.

If you need to keep your customers constantly updated with new and relevant information and don’t want to incur the cost, or wait for someone else to update your site for you, a content management system from Computancy is the ideal, cost effective solution for you.

With CMS you can update your website instantly from anywhere in the world on any PC. Make corrections and changes quickly and easily, add text, or insert pictures etc as you have 24/7 access to your site admin via a username & password. Making corrections, adding copy or files is fast and easy with a completely browser based, online WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) editing software.

If you can use Microsoft Word, then you can use our online CMS and if you have the skills, you can switch to code mode, which allows you to directly edit your html code from your browser.

The software used to power websites built by Computancy is the world famous, Open Source, Joomla! This software is constantly evolved by a worldwide base of developers and this enables the core software to be freely available to everyone to integrate into their sites.

The best analogy for Joomla! is that it is like the engine of a car. You can use that engine with its original chassis and bodywork and have a vehicle similar to many other people, or you can design and build a new chassis and bodywork to suit the exact purpose or look that is required; that is what we do.

The beauty of this design is that once you want a complete change to your site, only the bodywork needs to be re-designed - everything else is held in a database and integrates with the new look. CMS takes years of man hours to develop properly; by using Joomla! you get all expertise these developers have, “off the shelf”. Examples include cross browser compatibility to increase your audience reach and search engine optimisation

A content management website from Computancy allows you to manage your own websites via a user-friendly on-line admin section, without having to pay every time they wish to update their pages. In the long term, there are substantial savings to be made. Additionally, changes can be executed immediately. Short term and long term cost savings as website editors only need basic content editing skills and changes to the whole of the site can be made at the click of a button.

• Your company image is maintained due to predefined styles and templates being used throughout. This means you won’t have purple flashing text on your site to damage your company image!
• Complete, flexible control - make the changes to your site when you need to, and as frequently as you desire using a secure web based administration that can be accessed from any internet-enabled computer.
• Increased customer loyalty and retention - an up-to-date, interactive site will attract more repeat visits and encourage more input from your customer base.
• Reduced start-up costs - we offer the option of a fully managed service with no software license purchasing required, thus reducing the initial costs. Should you decide to leave us, all site content and design templates can be easily exported to disk as a mysql dump, so no data should be lost

Computancy will host your site on fast Green UNIX/Linux Apache business servers with a guaranteed 99.9% uptime. We rent our own Virtual Managed Server space from one of the leading UK companies in a state of the art data centre in London where we have root access and full daily backup facilities for disaster recovery.

We offer our clients managed hosting on all our CMS sites. What this means is that we will keep the core Joomla application updated with any new security updates during the lifetime of that particular Joomla release. Like Windows operating systems, Joomla is constantly updated as new vulnerabilities are discovered; we save you this critical chore. Obviously we cannot upgrade your site from the Joomla release it was built on, as many of the components and modules also need to be changed, similar from moving from Windows XP to Windows 7, but your site will always run on the latest release.

With 500Mb of web space and 1.5GB of monthly data transfer, your site has plenty of room for growth. 50 pop3 email addresses and auto responders are included as standard, with all emails automatically scanned for viruses and spam on the server. You can change the spam filter settings from your control panel to suit your needs.

Depending upon your individual requirements, a CMS site starts from £1195.00 with an average finished price around £1,500 which also includes the first years hosting. Basic e-commerce solutions start at £1595 and the finished price is dependent on the amount of products and categories you need. This price also includes the first years hosting

In all cases we will give you a written quote with no hidden extras. As long as there are no major changes to the agreed design you know exactly what the finished price will be. This is a one-off payment, and the site design and content remains your copyright. (The copyright to Joomla! remains with Open Source Matters)

Managed hosting of your site and business email facilities are currently £160 per annum and if you require an annual SSL certificate for an e-commerce site this will be charged at cost at the time of purchase.

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