There are many benefits to using a content management system to create websites, but the disadvantages are often not heard. The 7 points mentioned below will help you make a more informed decision.
The 7 biggest disadvantages of a visitor management kiosk
1. Contains hundreds of files
A site that contains many files is open to errors. For example, a client updating the site may create errors (i.e., insert too large images, insert flash, JavaScript, video files), resulting in a significant change to the template design.
It can take many hours for the designer to find the cause of the error. You may need to redesign the original site, especially if the files were not backed up. This will cause a lot of frustration for the site owner because your site will be offline. You could lose all the files you created, thus losing your customers and having to spend money again to fix errors.
A static location contains only some files that can easily be fixed for errors.
2. Limited design flexibility
CMS sites mainly use templates for design. They are easy to recognize because they have a standard format, that is, a 2 or 3 column design with boxes placed in different positions to accommodate the content.
The designer must remain within the boundaries of this type of template, so it is limited in the flexibility and uniqueness of the design that can reflect your business.
3. Limited SEO of web pages
The web pages of a CMS site are dynamically generated. This often means that website URLs contain long strings that are a combination of words, numbers, and / or symbols. Search engines have difficulty analyzing these types of pages. Not all web designers want to edit the code, so the search engine on the CMS site is friendly.
Meta tags (a necessity for good placement) are also often left out of dynamically produced pages.
Duplicate content can easily occur on CMS sites because you can use multiple style sheets to produce the same content, that is, print the style sheet plus the standard design template sheet.
If the CMS site contains a blog, the content can be copied when it is displayed on the main page, in the archives, in the printed version and in the syndicated content.
4. SEO maintenance
Because CMS sites often contain hundreds of pages, optimizing them can be difficult. For example, it will take a long time to change the keywords in the copy and meta tags to 100 pages. The keywords for the web pages need to be improved and changed to keep pace with the demographic changes in people's searches.
5. Slow charge
Since a CMS site is based on a database, you must wait for the server to process the pages. Since there are hundreds of pages, it may take time to load. This will cause you to lose visitors as most internet users have a short attention span. A site should only take a few seconds to load.
A CMS site on a slow server or on a server that includes many other sites also takes a long time to load.
A static site created with CSS (cascading style sheets) that does not use many tables in its design loads much faster than a CMS site.
6. Expensive design
The design of CMS sites costs much more than static websites because a designer has to install and configure the database, design the template and then customize it to include all extensions, ie. menus, surveys, banners, forms, etc. It will also require thorough testing to verify errors, browser compatibility and screen resolution.
Finally, the designer must explain to the client how to manage the site from the control panel, that is, add content, give permissions to different authors, etc. The web designer should include fees for the time spent by the client on how to manage the CMS site.