Purchasing a website template is a sure way to reduce development cost and time of your website. Typically, website templates are HTML based or contained in a Flash environment. To adapt the newly purchased website template, you must open the document in an HTML or Flash editor, and insert your content in the website template. If you are a proficient web specialist, you can have the website template and its unique content activated in your web server in a short time.
Unfortunately, there are many disadvantages to this web development route. Not everyone who wants a website is a proficient web specialist. Special editors, such as Dreamweaver and Flash, are required to edit the website template. Secondly, each time a new content needs to be added or edited, you have to reopen the document in those specialized web editors.
From a different perspective, a website can easily be developed from a Content Management System (CMS). Examples of popular Content Management Systems include Joomla, Mambo, and Drupal. Many Content Management Systems are free to download and use. Using a CMS, you can insert your content and graphics with ease. If you have skills using a basic word processor and proficient in computer use, you can develop a website using a CMS. The disadvantage of using a CMS is completely the opposite of the disadvantage of using a website template. Typically, CMS will not have the graphics and styling that you want for your website. It will require a proficient web designer to modify the layout and styling of the CMS.
What if you can have the best of both worlds? The next generation web development system is a hybrid that combines the style and beauty of a website template, and the ease of use of a Content Management System. With the Simple Web Development System (SWDS), you can choose the website layout template from hundreds of design, insert your customized content, and upload it all in your web server, without the specialized skills of a web developer.
The Simple Web Development System is currently under development at Marseno Web. Soon, anyone, who needs a web site developed, can choose from hundreds of web site templates that do not require technical skills to develop. For more details description of the Simple Web Development System, please visit my complete article at Marseno Web.
About Me: I'm a web designer and developer. I'm developing the next generation Web Development System at Marseno Web. Please view my work and progress at http://www.marseno.com
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