DME's Most Important Class . . . 260!

CMS Is Both Fun and Essential

I feel that taking a class that covers the foundation of Content Management Systems is essential to becoming a successful web designer. My feeling is that the more you learn, the more versatile you may become, thus making you an asset to your current/future employers.

As far as CMS systems go, usability can be equated with “ease of use”. Beyond this, usability also includes:

• How quickly and easily a system can be learned
• How efficient it is for regular users
• Whether users will remember how to use the system after a break
• How user errors are managed (and ideally prevented).

Usability is a major factor in whether staff will be able (and willing) to make use of a new technology, such as a content management system. So, in this very important case, less is definitely better.

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My Favorite CMS So Far

As far as content management systems go, I am partial to WebsiteBaker. Now I will admit that learning CMSimple (a nice CMS but it had its share of “learning curves”) first prepared me for WB. It is definitely easy for creating site structure and organizing content. Also, WebsiteBaker and the community are offering lots of extensions: Just download, install with two clicks and use them.

WebsiteBaker is the best choice for designers, developers and users - whether you are a beginner, advanced person or geek.

Important Features

• Easy to use interface
• WYSIWYG-editors in backend
• Support of multiple languages
• Management of files and media
• Adjustable due to its template system
• Infinite extensible because of add-ons
• Group based Access Privilege System

Give it a try and WebsiteBaker will convince you!

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Big T’s Class Review

Fortunately, I had an excellent class with an amazing instructor (wink, wink!!). Seriously, the class was great in the fact that it presented content management systems at a good pace. If I could have done anything differently about the course, perhaps it would be to introduce WordPress in the same way as WebsiteBaker, that way we can have more familiarity with an additional CMS.

Thanks to this course, I now have more to offer a competitive work force. Thanks for all the knowledge and Happy Coding!