The Future of Web Design (POLL)
CMS
Content Management Systems like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Concrete5 are becoming the standard it seems now for building websites. I started with DreamWeaver and have not changed since. I am so used to the system and I currently don’t have the time to deal with the learning curve on the other systems.
That isn’t to say I don’t use them. I a consultant so I have clients who use each one of these systems so I have had to test them all out myself. I have moved my site to WordPress and think it works really well so I can see why people would stray away from DreamWeaver.
I can say that Joomla and Concrete5 are very easy to use. Drupal I wasn’t very found of. Of course, I am thinking for my clients here. I love the idea that they can update the pages themselves very easily, but I think you still need to know some code to round off your site.
Tell me what you think, will the majority of people be using content management systems, old school websites, or a combination of both. Maybe something else? Tell me in the comments…
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Tags: cms, concrete5, content management system, dreamweaver, joomla, web deisgn poll, Web Design, Wordpress
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CMS.
CMS on every day of the week!
Definitely CMS and Wordpress is taking lead over Joomla so fast that it will be the most used CMS of all in very near future…
I don't consider “manual” systems to be Dreamweaver and such, but instead, “manual” is using textpad (or visual studio) and handwritten source code.
I believe in the future, the best and most useful way to build a website will continue to be handwritten, manually developed websites.
But then again, it is all based on what kind of site you are trying to create as there is a place for every type of development.
Is it basic and simple? Needing to be updated by an end user who is pretty computer illiterate? Aka Blog sites… Then CMS is the way to go.
Is it a very unique site, with unique layouts and needs? Aka Ebay. Then a good developer writing his own code is the way to go.
Certainly seems to be going that way
You are right, I should have been more specific. I think I did it because I use DW, but always in code view. I am just use to the keyboard shortcuts, so it is sort of manual for me.
Agreed
I hired a webmaster to create the 1st version of my website called http://www.skyaak.com. I designed and created the graphics and he hand-crafted the html. It looked good, but failed on the SEO side. Web design/programming does NOT equal marketing! (Please note: it can be frustrating and time-consuming to try to get a 2nd party to make even the smallest change on your website.)
I then took it over and switched to the Wordpress.org platform and built the whole thing back up again from scratch. Same domain name, http://www.skyaak.com . Now I am pretty much totally in control, the greatest thing about using CMS is that I can get in and tinker, experiment and hand-code whenever I want. I can change the entire theme globally if I want in just a few seconds.
The big drawback is that my site no longer has that beautiful hand-crafted look, like another property I own called http://www.theahaexperience.com
It would be great if I could create a totally unique design in a theme format, ie: find a theme that is flexible enough to allow for flash graphics on the landing page.
Still working it out, overall my vote is for owner-control via CMS.
You can definitely create your own WordPress theme that can incorporate flash. You just need a little coding knowledge. I suggest you check out http://www.nettuts.com/ as they have a ton of great tutorials on “hacking” WordPress.
A nice mix of both and you can come up with a great website.
By the way, you should get a FAVICON for your websites. Just Google favicon and you will find out how to create it and where to put it…
BTW Michael; how did you find my site?
Jim, I did a Twitter search for fellow Gaudets. And voila! that's how I found you, cuz!
Thanks for the tips, I am very interesting in hacking WordPress, and will look into Favicon.
See you on Twitter!
It's fairly obvious that (to this point) CMS has received the most “votes”. And who can argue? Why sit and manually code something that's already implemented into an existing system or can be implemented into the system by uploading a few files into a directory?
I think that another question that should be addressed is which CMS serves the best purpose for different scenarios? In my opinion, Wordpress and Joomla are designed more for the do-it-yourself users that want a website, don't want to pay a huge fee to get a professional to do it, and don't really possess a terrible amount of coding knowledge (if any at all).
Drupal, on the other hand, is a CMS that's designed more towards developers. The biggest drawback is that the vast majority of the “custom themes” will still leave you with a website that looks like a drupal installation. Meaning, of course, that using drupal will require a more significant amount of time invested in tweaking the theme of the site but, on the plus side, allows a much more extensive amount of site functionality customization than Wordpress, Joomla, etc.
I agree with you on WP and Joomla being for the do-it-yourself user. I don't have enough time in Drupal to make a proper comparison. I think I stray away from Drupal because I am not taht great in designing and I like a theme to get my imagination rolling.
I've been seeing more and more designers make use of CMS over sites created in DreamWeaver. I use both DreamWeaver and Microsoft FrontPage for many of my designs. I hear Expression Web is the new big thing, however.
I think with the ease of use to design sites using CMS, we'll see a lot more would-be designers out there because it's much easier to learn and implement than old computer science graduates like me using complicated programs.
I had a feeling it would go this way. I really like the idea though. I can focus my efforts on creating a nice theme and teaching them the core functions of whichever CMS and leave it at that. A nice project based income, with residual income when then want a site redesign or any other help.
Saves me a lot of time since I can get a Joomla or WordPress site out pretty quickly now.
Hi,
CMS make the website design very easy.we can create all the function easily in the joomla.I used it lot and it work well.
Thanks for the sharing.
combination! dreamweaver and joomla!
I have my main page designed in dreamweaver and my blog in Joomla.
I use dreamweaver to have total control on my design. I like the build up from scratch to finish that is why I cannot get away from dreamweaver. Joomla though is for my blog which doing its job very well!
@JTag : I have a friend who’s site is in Joomla. I like it, but am so used to WordPress that I don’t want to change.. DW is my everyday tool of choise…