Content Management
Systems 101
Part One: CMS: How Web Design Has Evolved

Website development today ranges from full custom—usually with heavy Flash elements—to hosting-company commodity (think GoDaddy or 1 & 1’s website builder). Somewhere in the middle is the world of content management systems – CMS for short. A CMS gives you the simplicity of template design with the option of full customization.

Let’s take a look at the evolution of websites. Traditional website development involved creating page layouts using heavy-hitting programs Dreamweaver or Visual Studio to construct the website one page at a time. The designer created a series of styles that govern how text and images are displayed, and the tools generated the associated HTML or ASP files. An HTML programmer then took that information and stitched it together so a server can display the individual pages as a fully realized website. read more...

 

 

 

Building Homes with Habitat for Humanity

For four days in February, teams of Wax staff members drove south to Homestead to participate in the annual Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build read more...