Websites
CMS builds
Your team edits pages, services and articles without calling a developer.
What is a CMS build?
A CMS build is a website with a content management system: an editor your team uses to change text, images, pages, services and articles without calling a developer. We model the editor on what you actually publish, with structured fields and preview, so updates are quick and the design stays intact.
What problem does a CMS solve?
When every change needs a developer, the website falls behind the business. Prices, staff, services and opening hours go out of date, news never gets posted, and a five-minute edit turns into an email, a wait and an invoice.
A well-built CMS hands day-to-day changes back to your team. Editors fill in fields that match your pages, see a preview before publishing, and can’t accidentally break the layout, so the site stays current without the design slowly falling apart.
What you get
A content editor modelled on how your team actually publishes, so updates are quick and the design stays intact.
CMS builds
What’s included
Content modelling
Content types for pages, services, team members, articles and case studies, shaped around what you publish.
Editor with preview
See a change exactly as visitors will before it goes live.
Structured fields
Headings, images and calls to action in set places, so layouts and brand rules hold.
Roles and permissions
Who can draft, who can publish and who can change settings.
SEO fields built in
Titles, descriptions and social images editable on every page, with sensible defaults.
Training and a written guide
A training call and an editing guide your team can come back to.
Who a CMS build suits
A good fit for
- Teams publishing news, articles or case studies. Regular content is where a CMS pays for itself.
- Businesses whose services change often. New services, locations, staff or seasonal offers.
- Sites with several editors. Permissions and preview stop people tripping over each other.
Probably not the right fit if
- The site barely changes. A few edits a year are cheaper to have us make.
- You want a drag-and-drop page builder with no limits. Freedom to change everything is also freedom to break it.
- Nobody on your team will own the content. An editor doesn’t write the updates for you.
How it works
How it works
- 01
Map your content
What you publish, how often and who edits it.
- 02
Model and build
Content types and fields that match your pages, not a generic editor.
- 03
Train your team
A short session and a written guide so editors are confident from day one.
How long does a CMS build take?
A CMS is part of every website we build, so it fits inside the website timeline: usually 3–5 weeks for a smaller site. More content types, more editors or moving a large amount of content from an old site adds time, and we confirm the timeline in the quote.
How much does a CMS build cost?
An editor is included in every website we build. The price depends on how many content types and editors you need, and how much content moves across from your old site. You get a fixed quote after a free 30-minute call, before any work starts.
Related work
Built and in production.
Questions
About CMS builds
Which CMS do you use?
We choose the content platform to suit how your team works and how the site is built. The priority is an editor your team finds easy and a site that stays fast.
Can editors break the design?
Editors change content within structured fields, so layouts, spacing and brand rules stay consistent.
Can you move content from our old site?
Yes. We map what’s worth keeping, move it into the new content types and set up redirects from the old addresses, so you don’t lose search traffic.
Can we add new pages ourselves?
Yes, using the page types we set up together. A completely new kind of page, with a new layout, is a small piece of development work.
Do we need training?
Every build includes a training call and a written editing guide. Most editors are confident after the first session.
Further reading
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Enquire
Talk to us about CMS builds.
Tell us what you are working on and what you need. An outline is enough to start. We reply within one business day.
Prefer email? hello@vareonhq.com