The main difference of websites developed with open CMS and web pages developed with Custom CMS is that in the former case the website you own while in the second case the page belonging to the developer and bears 'license' costs. (copyright costs), which in most cases is not clear enough.
We will try to enlighten you about the parameters that need to know, in order to help you make up your mind. When choosing a company, which will build an entire management system and a web site based on this system, especially for the needs of your company, you should be aware of costs that your may face.
Developing a website in Custom CMS, has high and requires more time to be implemented. The management system (Custom CMS) used to have license fees, as is copyrighted. Sometimes, charges are not clear but they are incorporated in the services offered.
Any new information or modification in the content of your website should be done by the developer of CMS and this means extra cost to you. If you pay for every little modification, imagine what would have to pay in case your company's needs grow and want to add entire applications, e.g. an online store.
One of the major drawbacks of Custom CMS, is that this system is developed by a limited number of developers, so if a problem arises, it takes more time to fix it since similar problems may not have been already faced by other websites.
Finally, if for any reason, the cooperation with the company or the developer does not satisfy you completely, and you want to find someone else, you have nothing in your hands except the files with the content of your website. The platform belongs to the developer and no one else can use it.
Choosing the development of your website in Custom CMS, it is like choosing the permanent "partner", and you can not easily turn to a different company or developer for your website, a partner that you have to pay for anything you want to do on your website.
To avoid all these, there are open content management systems (Open CMS), with clear advantages in each sector.
First of all, the development cost of the website is severely lower, and it refers to the design of the website and the customization according to your needs. It does not include the cost of construction of the system from scratch.
Of course the website belongs to you and no need to pay for a license.
Given that CMS Open is very popular, a lot of work has been done by programmers to make it as user friendly as possible. The management of a website can be done easily by inexperienced users. This means that people with basic knowledge and experience in computers, with little training (1 or 2 hours) can add or modify contents on the website.
Additionally the CMS Open supported by large communities of developers, offering you an advantage, since they are search engines-friendly.
Another advantage of Open CMS, is that just because they are supported by large communities of developers, they are constantly evolving with new versions. And in case of any problem, it will be easily fixed since it is possible that someone else has faced the same problem.
You will have much lower cost for any addition or upgrade of your site, according to your needs and demands generated by the growth of your company.
And of course we will emphasize once again.
Your website is yours!
So, if for any reason you want to stop your cooperation with the company or developer who built your website and provide you with technical support, you are free to do so. You can transfer your website instantly, wherever you want without problems.
In intros.gr, taking into account the benefits of Open CMS, such as low cost, ease of use by users-managers, friendliness to search engines, the great community support and of course the freedom of choice which company will design and develop your website, has decided to use "open source management systems" and specifically uses Joomla, being an active partner forming modules, components & plug-ins, which we offer through Joomlakit.com to everybody.
