Content Management Systems - Joomla

Web designers today have a multitude of options to create a working website. one of the main benefits of a CMS or Content Management System is that once built - the site can be easily edited by the client [similar to InContext Editing]. This is very common today with web site design but.. designers don't tend to have that much control over site construction via a CMS system.

A CMS is more the domain of coders and developers and uses templates to create pages. To add your own bespoke design [like the sites you've created in Dreamweaver] it gets complicated though - ideally you'll need quite a lot of experience with languages like PHP and databases..

See more details [here] on the Joomla site. There's also videos on Joomla setup and use online via YouTube.

Adobe InContext Editing

As well as the more complicated Content Management Systems [CMS's] for displaying web content like Joomla [see other post] there are other new ways to update static websites. One notable system becoming more and more commonly used is the InContext Editing system.

Adobe uses [and is still evolving] one of these called 'Adobe InContext Editing'. Essentially it's a way of updating a completed website without getting involved with Dreamweaver or code[s] -in fact it's all done in a web browser window and looks no more complicated than creating MS Word docs. It's great for those with clients who want to update their own websites after the designer has created and updated them. Have a look [here] at Adobe's website to find out more and see a demo.