en-gbCopyright: Webi CMS, see http://webicms.com/privacy for terms and conditions of reusehttp://webicms.com/blog/open-source-vs-proprietary-cms-systemsA lot of talk these days is about the relative merits of a proprietary CMS system as opposed to an open source CMS system. Here are a few reasons as to why we recommend using our proprietary Webi CMS, content management system over and above an open source system such as Drupal or Wordpress: 1) With a proprietary system such as Webi CMS, you get...http://webicms.com/blog/6-seo-considerations-for-your-webpage-titlesRecently, we were helping one of our new design agency clients by providing some considerations, tips and pointers for them to consider when writing their Webpage Titles - and we thought, why not share the knowledge with the wider world too! So below is some info as a guide to help with getting the most out of your webpage titles. It's so...http://webicms.com/blog/recent-cms-website-examplesWe are working on new websites and enhancements to existing websites all the time, and we are really proud of the quality of websites we have running on our Webi CMS platform. We are lucky to have lots of great designers and agencies who create some beautiful and effective designs and we can then add on the content managed elements to create some...http://webicms.com/blog/we-love-html5HTML5 clearly has a big future, and that future is rapidly approaching. It provides many advances and advantages over previous versions of HTML, but actually you don't need to try to take on everything at once. Why we love it Mostly because we can see the potential of what can (and will) be achieved with it in the future, particularly in the...http://webicms.com/blog/e-flo-has-rebranded-to-webi-cms Still the same great content management system, all we've done is change the name and redesign the public website. I say that's all - the new website looks great! It's also built using HTML5 and CSS3, which we have learned a great deal about in building the Webi CMS website. The main benefits of these new technologies are that everything on the...http://webicms.com/blog/cms-for-web-designers-8-easy-steps-to-successful-websiteWhen you have a new project that needs any development work, any database integration or any content management, all you need to do is give us a call or drop us an email with the details, and the full set of steps would be as follows: Send us the client requirements in whatever state you have them; We will first check whether we have enough...http://webicms.com/blog/we-are-about-to-rebrand-e-flo-cmsJust thought we would let you know we are shortly going to change our name and provide a design refresh for the public facing website. Our content management system (CMS) has been called e-flo for many years so consequently it's a big change for us, although I'm sure we (and our clients and partners) will very quickly get used to the new...http://webicms.com/blog/we-host-all-cms-websitesWhy do you have to host the website? This is quite a common question, less so than in the past, but still quite common nonetheless. Most of the time the question is asked these days not so much because it's a significant issue but just to tick the box to understand why or simply out of curiosity. In the past it was more of a major concern for...http://webicms.com/blog/the-perfect-cms-for-designersWe are absolutely aspiring to be the perfect CMS (content management system) for designers and design agencies. We believe we are already well on the way to achieving that goal, and in many ways we have already achieved it, but to be the best in every way and to be 'perfect' we know there are things we still need to do - and even then we will have...http://webicms.com/blog/multi-site-cmsWebi CMS allows you to manage multiple websites using one login, meaning you can easily look at and update all your websites. More importantly though, Webi CMS can link up your multiple websites in a variety of ways depending on your requirements, so you may want to feature the same products across multiple sites, push news between two websites...http://webicms.com/blog/better-than-open-source-content-management-systemsIt is a long standing argument between providers of commercial content management systems (CMS) and open source CMS whether one is better than the other. Without completely pre-empting this blog post the simple answer is they both have their place in different scenarios. However there is a growing movement in our opinion, and certainly what we are...http://webicms.com/blog/content-managed-websites-using-jqueryWebi CMS uses jQuery for many different purposes both on the public website (which is also powered by itself), many places in the content management system as well as many if not most Webi CMS customer websites. We use jQuery both for presentation enhancements as well as for communication with the Webi CMS system and basically we can use any...http://webicms.com/blog/e-flo-is-a-simple-cms-systemWebi CMS is a simple CMS (content management system), for both web designers and website owners (companies using Webi CMS to content manage their website). More details on each user type below: Simple CMS for web designers We provide a comprehensive programming service for web designers and design/marketing agencies, and it's a simple process in...http://webicms.com/blog/what-is-html5-and-css3HTML5 is the next evolutionary step in HTML. Up to now, and up to HTML4, it has been a very static affair but HTML5 allows you to do more advanced things with the user interface that had previously only been possible using Flash.It’s now available on all the latest versions of Internet Explorer (IE9), Firefox, Chrome and Safari (probably...http://webicms.com/blog/10-reasons-design-agency-should-work-with-e-flo-cmsWhether you would consider yourself a web designer, a design agency, digital or marketing agency, the same list below is just as applicable: Specialists in programming and nothing else, so you know you are getting a team who spend all their time developing and learning about everything there is about that one subject; No design  done...http://webicms.com/blog/6-reasons-for-web-based-content-management-systemReally the title here is a bit too broad, so I will provide three sets of 6 reasons below, where we can answer a narrower and more specific question in each case. Using a web based content management system (CMS) really should be an easy decision (the first list provides the most compelling points for CMS in general), but another question would...http://webicms.com/blog/new-web-browsers-firefox-4-internet-explorer-9Is this something to get excited about?The simple answer is Yes! (if you’re into this sort of thing anyway!)The main thing we have noticed about the last couple of Firefox releases (3.6 and 4) are they are much less of a memory hog on your computer compared to the previous versions – this is good as it was the only fault with Firefox...http://webicms.com/blog/100-billion-a-yearJust found a link to a site which is quite interesting. It's a forum where you can discuss/read and debate on the UK internet economy and download reports. It has some quite good videos, too. At a glance. The UK internet economy is worth £100 billion a year and it's growing at 10% a year and employs 250,000 people. Here's the...http://webicms.com/blog/calling-all-web-designersWorking with you is what we do, it's what we're good at, and it's what we enjoy doing. We can't do any of the creative side, it's not what we're good at, and we don't enjoy it - hence we do all the programming bits and leave the design to you, and we are happy to sit in the background and let you deal with your clients and we provide all the...http://webicms.com/blog/topical-news-site-launches-world-cup-themesThe Mouse & Keys is a new topical news site that is powered by Webi CMS and allows the founder to get lots of contributors to write and post stories onto the site - he is keen to ensure high quality stories so will be getting lots of budding authors to contribute.There's already several funny stories about the World Cup, so I suggest you...http://webicms.com/blog/relaunched-eflo-new-designAt last........the new version of e-flo is up and running and it feels great. A bit like a freshly painted house. Well done to the team who have worked so hard for the last 6 months in particular to get us across the finish line.http://webicms.com/blog/sliding-topbar-menuGreat touch to the admin sections and I'm loving the fact that it automatically hides the menus that you're not using. Much cleaner and de-cluttered! And it looks nice.