Content Management Systems

We started out managing content by hand 10+ years ago, migrated into a nice application service provider called Atomz, dabbled in a few open source platforms (Drupal, Joomla, etc) and finally settled on developing modular but custom content management systems (CMS) for our customers.

Granted, the price is right on a system like Joomla or Drupal, but we often get a request from the customer that either cannot be done simply in an open-source platform, or would take so long to customize, we might as well have created a custom CMS in the first place.

Since 2000, we have worked on a handfull of CMS platforms including:

We have also custom-developed dozens of varied feature content management systems that allow:

A content management system starts with an initial plan, but needs to evolve with the education of the client and users. We try to anticipate this eventuality on day 1. Take the plunge, get a hold of Steve Butcher at VickeryHill to research whether a CMS is right for you.

VickeryHill custom CMS administration page

What's wrong with open source CMS?

In a nutshell, nothing.

Typically the applications are free or very inexpensive. Thousands of developers are using them, breaking them, expanding them and supporting them. We've supported clients with open source platforms and we've migrated clients off of them.

The law of the vital few, Pareto principle, applies in content management as well.  Open source CMS's initially cost 20% of what a custom solution would but, remember, they also cover 80% of the needs of a typical website. Just about every website eventually needs some customization...we expect and plan for it.