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Open-Source Content Management Systems by GWS.

We use user-friendly, streamlined and open-source CMSs.

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01.
Drupal

A powerful, secure CMS like Drupal is ideal for complex websites containing business logic or customer login areas. It can be tailored to deliver any functionality needed in your website. It is also great for integration with other systems. We have over 14 years' experience of working on Drupal websites.

02.
WordPress

WordPress is the most popular CMS due to it’s easy-to-use editing system and low development costs. Regardless of this ease-of-use and simplicity, don’t underestimate it - it can be extended with plugins to cover almost any requirement in any sector.

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Magento

Magento is the system of choice for complex or demanding ecommerce applications. It offers built-in reporting functions and is great for both B2B and B2C ecommerce. It can be integrated with a variety of third party ERP and accounting systems.

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Joomla

Joomla remains a popular content management system, with a large developer community. We have experience in extending the built-in features with the Community Builder plugin to create a complex feature-rich community website.

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Umbraco

Umbraco is one of the most popular systems on the Windows platform - if you need a website hosted on Windows server or integrated with Active Directory, this may be the ideal solution.

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PrestaShop

PrestaShop is an open-source ecommerce system with many built-in features. It tends to run faster and have lower hosting requirements than other systems, and is ideal if you want a site that will run fast on standard hosting and does not require as much maintenance. 

We choose our content management systems for two reasons

  1. They keep our clients happy with their usability
  2. They keep our developers happy with their flexibility

We give you a website that you fully own; we never lock you in with a custom or proprietary CMS.

As part of our web development packages, we offer free CMS training sessions, so you can speak directly to our web developers.

Benefits of open-source CMS

We use open-source development technology. This means that you own the code behind your website and that future web updates are straightforward.

  • With one of our websites, you are not locked into a proprietary CMS: you are free to leave whenever you want
  • Accessing the web source code is easy
  • Frequent updates by an active user community mean sites stay secure for longer

Drupal is the winner for complex and information-rich websites

Drupal is a powerful open-source CMS, perfect for developing rich bespoke websites. Drupal is easy to use and technically sophisticated. With Drupal, we can develop pretty much any functionality you need (including backend user areas). Drupal is highly secure and is even trusted by The White House for their own website.

WordPress is great for user-friendly content creation

Initially starting off as a blogging platform, WordPress has gone from strength to strength and is now one of the most widely used CMSs. WordPress is easy to use thanks to its straightforward frontend and plugins. The latest WordPress updates have stepped up its game with more sophisticated functionalities and features.

Magento is good for ecommerce entrepreneurs

Magento is the ecommerce CMS of choice. It's full of great reporting features like product tracking so you can easily stay on top of sales and revenue. Magento is a powerful ecommerce CMS, suited to both B2B and B2C ecommerce.

Interested in switching to open source?

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