RE: when to implement a CMS

Sonia Carter wrote:
> My question is what are the pros and cons of migrating content
> over to a CMS before or during a site redesign or once the
> site is built?

Lennary Regebro replied:
> Get a CMS, and redo the whole thing from scratch. It will be 
> faster and cheaper.

I agree. Even the most flexible CMS is going to impose some
site-design restrictions, and you will likely not know what they
all are until you try to implement. You can't just go from
unmanaged content to managed content at the flip of a switch.
A truly useful CMS implementation will necessitate some
deconstruction.

If you're just talking about a look-and-feel change, you can
do it at any time. If you're going to do anything more
substantial (i.e. coming up with new site templates, navigation,
etc) then you'd save some effort by waiting until the CMS is
implemented, otherwise you may find yourself doing it all again.


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Systems Architect     User Technology Associates, Inc.
 

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