How will the site content be maintained?
There are many ways to maintain website content. Which solution one chooses is dependent on many factors: anticipated frequency of updates, the expertise of the staff charged with maintenance, available funds, and so on. Some clients choose to have the original developer make updates. This is relatively inexpensive and is the best option when anticipated updates are infrequent and not urgent. Other clients want to update the site themselves using Adobe Dreamweaver. This is a good option when the client knows (or is willing to learn) a bit about programming html. Clients who are not “computer geeks” but also don’t have the funds for a full-fledged cms often like editing their website in Adobe Contribute (this program is designed to “dumb-down” the maintenance process, and actually locks out areas of the site—protecting them from accidental mistakes). There is an additional cost during the development stage for this, as a website must be altered to be compatible with this technology. The
