Website Development Platforms

The 3 major website development platforms you can choose from are Wordpress, Custom CMS or straight coding. Each platform has advantages and disadvantages so lets explore those in detail now:

Wordpress Website Development Platform

Wordpress is a well-used platform by many website development companies as it provides a stable code base and has proven to be good for Search Engine Optimisation. Combine that with the easy to navigate and use interface and you have a powerful tool to help you with your website development.

It makes strong business sense to use wordpress as many developers use it and it provides flexibility for you as a business owner to gather quotes.

Custom CMS Website Development Platform

Custom CMS website development is the use of a content management system which has been developed or customized by the development company you are working with. The advantages of this kind of platform include more specific management techniques and more advanced features.

It’s important to be careful when choosing this style of website development though as it can result in being locked to a single developer. This can cause problems if that developer closes their business or proves to be too expensive.

Straight Coding For Website Development

Instead of basing your website development on a framework or Content Management System you can have the site coded straight into HTML, PHP or another language. This method is cost effective and also allows flexibility in the developers that you use.

Be cautious when choosing this method for website development as the code quality could be poor and affect the future of your site.

As you can see each website development platform has it’s own advantages and disadvantages. Sigma Infotech is not recommend just a single platform as each website project has different requirements and has different sizes. The larger scale the project the more custom work required to meet the project requirements, the smaller scale the more likely you can use an off the shelf solution.

Prior to starting your website development project it is important that you assess all the different methods you could use to build your website. Don’t rush into making a website development decision that could restrict your businesses growth!