Professional Website Design – Affordable Pricing? Isn't that an oxymoron? Like saying something is bitter sweet – it just isn't possible – until now! A mere ten years ago, it was not uncommon for a website design costs, could range from $2,000 to $10,000 – depending on its complexity. Unless you knew HTML (hypertext markup language) code, you were at the mercy of the “web designer”.

These internet “gurus” held a mystique about them – afterall, they could make a website that could be viewed throughout the world – oooooh!

Well thanks to major advancement in technologies, and the OpenSource community – you can have an elegantly designed professional website without the major outlay of hiring a graphic web designer. The newest technology is called content management systems.

What is a content management system (CMS)?

A content management system is software that keeps track of every piece of content on your Web site, much like your local public library keeps track of books and stores them. Content can be simple text, photos, music, video, documents, or just about anything you can think of. A major advantage of using a CMS is that it requires almost no technical skill or knowledge to manage. Since the CMS manages all your content, you don't have to. Overcome the "mystique" associated with website design. You can work your own "magic" and it is so simple. There are numerous CMS software programs out there (in cyber space) and the best ones are FREE.
Bet-R-Byte Web Design & Domain Hosting supports Joomla! And Drupal CMS software, and will install it on your site for FREE when you purchase a hosting plan through us. For a nominal fee, we will even design a custom template for your CMS website ($49.95 basic fee). There are many CMS programs out there, but we have remained with these two primarily because of simplicity.  The fact that they require NO software to be installed on your local computer is another big plus!

What are the CMS programs that Bet-R-Byte installs for FREE?

Joomla!

Joomla! is a Free OpenSource content management system (CMS) that allows you complete control over the content of your site even if you do NOT know how to program in hypertext markup language (HTML).
Joomla is the most popular open source CMS currently available as evidenced by a vibrant and growing community of friendly users and talented developers. Joomla's roots go back to 2000 and, with over 200,000 community users and contributors, the future looks bright for the award-winning Joomla Project.

Drupal

Drupal is also a FREE open source software maintained and developed by a community of hundreds of thousands of users and developers. It's distributed under the terms of the  (or "GPL"), which means anyone is free to download it, share it with others, and contribute back to the project. This open development model means that people are constantly working to make sure Drupal is a cutting-edge platform that supports the latest technologies that the Web has to offer.