A number of sites in the pipes are coming up to their deadlines, and I’ve reached a bottleneck on a number of them. I usually try to design my sites around a content management system, so that these companies employees will be able to update their own sections, but the more I seem to work with these CMS’s the more I hate them. I’m currently creating a multiple user site, that lets a number of users maintain their own sections of the website simultaneously. I chose wordpress mu, for the backend. It does what it’s designed for really well, but it is not very customizable. I mean, god forbid if I want to create extra fields on a couple pages. It’s a whole song and dance for every new field. A major pain in the ass if you ask me. I’ve been considering writing my own CMS system. One for basic websites to begin with. I will be building all my websites on top of it, and a fee will be included in the design prices. I think it will be worth it in the long run. I’ll still use wordpress for my blog, but i think that it’s a little too complicated for average joe user. What kind of price tag do you guys put on the ability to change the content on your website, removing the need to pay for updates? Anyone?
