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CONTENT MANAGEMENT

Westrum & Brown has developed a base development platform for a core Content Management System. This is not a shrink wrapped content management solution; at Westrum & Brown we have a bit of a different approach.

There are many fine packaged CMS applications in the marketplace today. In fact, we have experience integrating our solutions with many of the off-the-shelf packages available today. In many instances, they make perfect sense for an organization. However, they all require some level of customization and systems integration work. In many instances, that customization is significant.

Purely custom development, while appealing at a gut level, also presents its own issues. Bug-ridden code, timeline issues and perhaps most importantly, cost overruns, all present major impediments to proceeding with the custom route. And the reality is that as unique as organizations believe their needs may be, there are normally common threads to management of content and workflows and permissions that do not necessitate the construction of applications from scratch.

Westrum & Brown believes that by leveraging its existing library of modules (including a base CMS as a foundation), and then customizing the unique needs of each client, we can leverage the best of both worlds. The advantage of this approach include:

Custom to exact client needs
Built on industry standard, state-of-the-art Microsoft .NET platform
Not locked in to one vendor over time
Cost effective – one time fee for initial system development and implementation, no ongoing licensing
Easily extensible and flexible, including integration with many applications and web services
Size and scale to fit needs, including addition of modules to fit specific needs of business units

Client Example: Custom Blog Development

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Popular content management systems include:

News Blogs
Fully customizable menu systems
Updated content
Latest news
Client area & password protection
Content searches
Frequently asked questions
Automated newsletter management
Online product directories & shopping carts
Document uploads
Contact Us email forms
Joomla
Wordpress

Most importantly, all of these modules have simple administration systems allowing our customers to easily update and change their content through simple form based user interfaces.