If anybody is serious about running a successful website then they will be serious about wanting to keep their site up to date. To do this a site will need a CMS behind the scenes giving the owner the ability to edit the content (after all CMS stands for Content Management System).

At Zeroseven we believe we use one of the best content management systems going around, it's called Umbraco, and although there are thousands of systems out there; all with strengths and weaknesses and all designed for slightly different purposes; Umbraco has one big advantage.

Design flexibility.

The Zeroseven development team has made the claim to the design team: "If you can design it, we can build it". Using Umbraco we have the ability to make this happen, and we have. Take for example the following sites that all use the Umbraco CMS:

• Ecommerce (Aestivaal)
• Blogs (Vast Interior)
• Competitions (Woolworths Med Vegies)
• Social campaigns (Extreme Weather Heroes)
• Intranets (MISC / Vast Interior Vasties)
• Flash sites (Rock Gallienne)
• Newsletter Campaigns ( Campaign Monitor Integration)

This is one big plus for our clients because it means that we can focus on the design and usability of their site as the means to achieving their end goal. This benefits all parties especially the end user!

There are also many other secrets behind the Umbraco flexibility including:

• Open source solution, it's free and there are always new features being developed.
• It is built using Microsoft.net, allowing us to easily integrate asp.net user controls and create custom applications.
• Very easy to use interface for content managers. If you can use Word, you can use Umbraco.
• The design is separate from the code, meaning that we are not restricted to using third party plug-ins, widgets and add-ons that force design restrictions.
• It does not use skins or themes meaning each site can be custom designed.

Give us a call at anytime to discuss a demo of Umbraco and the benefits of using a CMS!

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