Insights & Updates

For Potential Clients

AUGUST 30, 2016

A decoupled content management system (CMS) is not for every business. If your website simply includes a few pages of content designed to draw in your audience, a traditional...

For Potential Clients

APRIL 2, 2021

It’s been a few months, and many may have forgotten, but last year ended with a big story in the digital world when Managed.com, one of the largest providers of fully...

For Potential Clients

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Our last post, which reviewed both President Trump's and Vice President Biden's websites , was our most visited blog post ever. We intended not to broach the topic...

Technology

APRIL 24, 2020

In last week's post , I reviewed the concept of headless CMS architecture, the state of headless CMS as a business, and provided some clarity to the muddy messaging that...

Technology

APRIL 16, 2020

I read an article recently which implied that headless, licensed CMS platforms are the death blow to custom-built CMS platforms. Well, if you know me, you'll know that...

Technology

MARCH 18, 2019

Like a post I’m going to link you to in a minute, I’ll start with a premise… In general terms, doesn’t something built for you seem to fit just a...

Technology

OCTOBER 16, 2018

I know this is the least appealing title for a blog post that we’ve published in quite some time. However, it’s such an important topic and we’ve received...

Technology

OCTOBER 2, 2018

I just spent the entire morning debugging a customer whose WordPress installation had suffered from a collection of issues, seemingly all at once. Their business requires...

Technology

JULY 23, 2018

As we all know, the architecture of software matters. After all, architecture is the foundation of software. How a system is built under the hood will determine how...

Technology

JUNE 19, 2018

One of the debates that is taking place seemingly everywhere in the content management space these days is the question of WordPress and its role in the enterprise environment....

Technology

MAY 14, 2018

I’ve written many posts about CMS architecture by now—the methodology, the technology, the inner workings of the most popular CMS platforms. But ultimately, most...

For Potential Clients

JANUARY 19, 2018

This is a multi-part post aimed at helping CMOs understand the CMS and its technological implications, as well as how to procure the best CMS platform for their organization....

NPG News & Updates

DECEMBER 20, 2017

It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. In retrospect, I wouldn’t consider 2017 to be a redefining year in the world of content management or web...

For Potential Clients

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The end of the year is always a great time to review and reflect on the year behind us, and resolve to adjust or amend our path forward. Sure, for most of us, that means...

Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Someone has to say it: Creativity in web design is becoming endangered, and off-the-shelf content management systems are largely to blame. You might already be asking...

Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

I’m treading on dangerous ground with this week’s blog post. This topic is sure to offend many of my fellow agency owners, especially those in the web design...

For Potential Clients

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

You’ve heard me say it a thousand times: The content management business is a confusing landscape to navigate. At the core, every customer has similar yet different...

For Potential Clients

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

I came up with the idea for this week’s blog post from a website visitor who shared an interesting thought with us via email. I’ll keep him anonymous for his sake....

Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

As the resident marketer at NPG, I get an interesting view from behind the curtain of every CMS build we do, and I’ve noticed something interesting. There are typically...

Technology

OCTOBER 12, 2017

In our discussions of custom CMS solutions and how they compare to off-the-shelf options like WordPress, we consistently run into the question of security. As the CMS with...

Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

One of the many concerns that companies face when undergoing a content management system evaluation or conversion is the concept of future-proofing their content. This is...

Technology

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

One of the latest emerging technologies in the content management space is the concept of Content as a Service, or CaaS. Much like SaaS (an acronym we are all familiar...

Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We’ve spoken a lot on this blog about the benefits of custom CMS platforms compared to off-the-shelf software packages, mostly in top-level terms. Typically, the benefits...

Technology

JUNE 21, 2017

The nature of what we do as a custom development agency means we talk to a lot of different people from a wide range of industries who are all trying to figure out what...

Technology

MAY 26, 2017

I’ve been pontificating on the state of the CMS industry for quite some time now. It’s a complicated and convoluted space, with the term “CMS” meaning...

Technology

MAY 19, 2017

Perhaps the most frustrating thing that happens to us here at NPG is this scenario. A prospect comes our way asking about our custom development services and solutions. We...

Technology

MAY 5, 2017

If you’ve read any of our recent blog posts—and hopefully you have—you’ll already know much of what we’re going to cover in today’s post....

Technology

APRIL 21, 2017

In last week’s blog post , I touched upon a topic that has been on my list to write about for quite some time; one that is so compelling, it deserves a post all to...

Technology

MARCH 31, 2017

All too often, we confuse the concept of what a content management system (CMS) really is. Most of the time, we pigeonhole the CMS to be a piece of software with one sole...

Technology

MARCH 17, 2017

One of the most important parts of our web content management system (WCMS) methodology is our focus on security. Sadly, security is often an afterthought for many enterprises...

Technology

MARCH 10, 2017

One would think that if a piece of software is labeled as a “content management system,” the focus of the system would always be the actual content. After all, if...

Technology

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The choice of a content management system is important for any organization’s digital presence. However, the issue is even more critical for digital publishers....

Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

“Enterprise” software is a term that has been used for decades, mostly to the confusion of marketers, technology professionals, and management. Wikipedia defines...

Technology

JANUARY 27, 2017

Given the recent news coverage about cyber security risks, more and more website owners are migrating their websites from insecure platforms to new frameworks that can better...

Technology

JANUARY 12, 2017

With all of the recent talk about CMS security , it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there’s a lot of discussion—and debate—about the resurgence of...

Technology

JANUARY 4, 2017

There is little doubt that the focus in 2017 for many in the information technology space will be security. Given recent political events and revelations of the capabilities of...

For Potential Clients

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Many customers planning their next website design and development project are approaching us with concerns about security. Either through experience or research, website...

For Potential Clients

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Oftentimes, when determining what content management system will power a website, clients lose track of just who will be using the platform the most. Sure, there are...

Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Using a content management system today is fairly simple once you take the time to become acquainted with the platform. But what if I told you it could be even easier, and that...

For Potential Clients

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Content management systems: Everyone with a website has one, and many businesses need a better one. There are new CMS platforms being introduced into the market every few...

For Potential Clients

OCTOBER 4, 2016

With headless content management systems gaining more and more traction in the marketplace, old-school systems are now attempting to rebrand themselves as capable of being...

For Potential Clients

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Almost every enterprise-level client we’ve seen since starting the NP Group has had instances of multiple domains running different websites, yet sharing some level of...

For Potential Clients

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

What a question! And, it is one we receive all the time. Through the years, website owners have been burned by security inefficiencies with platforms such as WordPress or...

For Potential Clients

JULY 21, 2016

When you need a new website, it's easy to approach a designer. Figuring out how to publish and edit content on that site tends to be a later consideration. And...

Technology

JULY 20, 2016

The decoupled content management system is making a big buzz in the web development industry because of its impact in the CMS world. With the ability to create dynamic user...

Technology

JUNE 27, 2016

The traditional Content Management System (CMS) actually does more than manage content. It not only delivers content such as articles, posts, and page...