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Do You Really NEED a Content Management System?

Posted on Jan 4, 2010 in Content Management Systems, On Wordpress, Web Site Design

There are web designers who believe in no uncertain terms that every web site developed should use a Content Management System. Some don’t even ask the client if they need or want it, they just do it as one of their own standard operating procedures. I’m not among those designers. I look at things differently and believe the use of a CMS should be based on the needs of a web site, that use of a CMS is as individual as a web site itself and that there are pros and cons to using a...

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Just What Do You Pay a Web Designer For?

Posted on Jan 4, 2010 in Client-Designer Relationships, Do It Yourself Web Sites, Web Site Design

Some people are convinced that they can develop their own web site and it’s no secret that they can … and so can you. I chuckle every time I hear this and in fact Intuit even has a TV commercial about their new service that offers you the opportunity to create your own web site. There are probably thousands of places online you can do the same thing, so it’s not out of line for a person to believe it’s a snap to do. Am I worried about being run out of the web design...

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