Kiat. Lim

Something new and fun to try, just register an account and go clicking away! Help others to test their interface…

http://beta.fivesecondtest.com/

An user interface revamp for Hardwarezone, a well known IT portal in Asia. Scope includes full layout and design for all sections and pages.

Asia Academy for Retailing’s new website, revamped with a content management system, allows the client to update and maintain the website content on their own, without an annual maintenance package. Concrete5 was chosen for its simplicity and ease of usage especially for non technical users.

It was also my first trial at using Concrete5, with the idea of testing and exploring the capabilities. Out of the box, Concrete5 is already powerful with lots of features in it. I believe I will use it again when the project is suitable.

Visit Asia Academy for Retailing’s website at: www.asiaacademyretailing.org

Asia Academy for Retailing's website powered by Concrete5 CMS

Web design for Fishing Affairs, a Singapore Fishing Trips and Events specialist.

Visit Website: www.fishingaffairs.com

(Extracted from www.idealware.org)

This 60 page independent Idealware report provides a summary of what Open Source content management systems are, what features are often useful to nonprofits, and a detailed comparison of WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone, the content management systems most widely used by nonprofits.

Which are easiest to use? Which provide the most flexibility in setting up your website? Which provide the strongest features for website community features, workflow, or ease of maintenance? The report answers these questions and many, many more!

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Thanks Julie for the note, seems like such web base content management system dedicated for static sites are a growing popular trend (or perhaps I’m just outdated?)

SurrealCMS Webpage Editor Screenshot

An extract from Surreal CMS Website that defines what this type of CMS is about:

“Surreal CMS is a remotely hosted content management system (CMS) that was designed with simplicity in mind. Most people who can browse the Web will be able to use Surreal CMS with little to no training.

You start by defining editable regions on each webpage using class=”editable”

. Surreal CMS then connects to your website via FTP/SFTP, detects these regions, and provides an intuitive editing interface for your users. Within minutes, you’ll be editing websites like you never have before.”

But one big question on such remote CMS is, how safe are you providing your FTP logins and information to these 3rd parties for the sake of editing the contents?

Somehow, I still find Adobe Contribute a safer and more reliable option to manage static websites. Although per license still costs close to S$300…its definitely one of the best way to edit a static website for non techie content editors.

Nonetheless, if you are looking for a free or near cheap solution, simple and cost effective way to edit your simple website, at least keeping its contents fresh and new, do try these CMSs out (especially if you are not so acquainted with PHP open source CMS like Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, Concrete5 etc etc etc~).

Have fun!

Today, I just saw this content management system, CushyCMS, a free and simple (straightforward) content management which is similar to what Adobe Contribute is providing. Basically, allowing clients who have limited technical knowledge to easily update and maintain contents inside their website at ease.

CushyCMS

As an advocate of Adobe Contribute for years, I thought this CushyCMS is pretty interesting and really dead simple to use. For web designers like us, we often get bothered by clients who seldom update their websites due to the cost of a content management system development, so this is a good chance to still provide static sites, with possibility to update the contents at ease.

Hooray!

Visit CushyCMS Website for more information: www.cushycms.com