I have been studying up on some popular CMS's (Joomla!, Wordpress, Drupal, etc..) and have some questions I'd like to fire off the community.
How steep is the learning curve for these CMS's?
From a designers standpoint, having a background in hand-coding XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript; Is implementing a CMS difficult on an existing site? Do I have to change my layout based on available templates?
Do you experience many "mistakes" in content being committed by the client? i.e. image optimization, font manipulation, etc..?
Once I have set up a CMS user account for the client, can I expect many phonecalls/emails concerning the interface of the CMS?
For smaller sites (less than 20 pages) would I be better off offering a content management rate ($x/month) to the user?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
How steep is the learning curve for these CMS's?
From a designers standpoint, having a background in hand-coding XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript; Is implementing a CMS difficult on an existing site? Do I have to change my layout based on available templates?
Do you experience many "mistakes" in content being committed by the client? i.e. image optimization, font manipulation, etc..?
Once I have set up a CMS user account for the client, can I expect many phonecalls/emails concerning the interface of the CMS?
For smaller sites (less than 20 pages) would I be better off offering a content management rate ($x/month) to the user?
Thanks in advance for any replies.