introducing CMS

Content Management SystemHere at Digital Garden, we take a free range approach to Content Management Systems.

We offer a stable of open source technologies each with unique feature sets to suit your needs. This means you aren't bogged down to one supplier and have access to an enormous pool of development talent across the globe.

Some of the Content Management Systems currently in our open source stable are, Wordpress, CMS Made Simple, Concrete5, ModX, Prestashop, and Magento. We are constantly evaluating new technologies to keep our suite of technologies at the cutting edge of industry standards.

So whether you need a brochure-ware site, intranet, microsite, e-commerce cart, large document driven site, social media site, or an email campaign, we have expert knowledge in an opensource CMS that will meet your requirements.

These are some of the common features in this stable of opensource CMS products:



  • Ivy text editor icon

    rich text editor -

     Using formatting styles similar to a standard word processor, the rich text editor presents an easy learning curve for your content editors.
  • Ivy new icon

    news section -

     The news section of the website keep your audience abreast of your latest news without you having to wait about for your web designer: update the news section on your homepage in real time. News articles can automatically be exported to third party syndication applications using RSS feeds.
  • Ivy RSS feeds icon

    import rss feeds -

     Display external RSS feed content on your site such as news, weather and stock prices.
  • Ivy image gallery icon

    gallery -

     Upload photos and have them displayed as a thumbnail gallery.
  • Ivy banner advertising icon

    banner advertising -

     Upload advertising banners and have them rotate on your website to lead your customers to key areas of your site or sell advertising space to third parties.
  • Ivy members area icon

    members area -

     Visitors to a website can register themselves as members and access members-only pages.
  • Ivy blogs icon

    blogs -

     Swing with the times by communicating your message through the blogosphere. A blog is a web log, an informal diary where you can write on a particular subject and encourage feedback from your audience of colleagues, customers or service users.

  • Ivy search engine icon

    powerful site search engine -

     Editable content is indexed in the CMS backend so your visitors can quickly find what they’re looking for. Search results are returned in order of relevance.
  • ivy automated breadcrumbs icon

    automated breadcrumbs -

     Visitors will also thank you for including easily navigable pages featuring breadcrumbs at the top of each page that allow visitors to visualise where they are on the site map.
  • Ivy SEO icon

    seo urls -

     All page urls in the website are optimised for easy indexing by search engines. For example, a contact page will be given the url: http://www.yoursite.com/contact rather than the nonsense url other CMS engines often feature such as http://www.yoursite.com/cmsEngine/showPage.php?pageId=92

  • Ivy access control icon

    rights, privileges and access control -

     Assign multiple user logins to the CMS admin area with editable access privileges to each page on the website. This allows the website owner to give other people editing rights over a subset of pages without risk of breaking the overall structure of the site or changing key detail.
  • Ivy website analylitics icon

    website analytics -

     Know, don’t guess, the impact of your website. Integrate your site with Google Analytics for advanced statistics including hits, most popular pages, length of visits and effect of online advertising on your web traffic.

  • Ivy e-commerce icon

    e-commerce module -

     This optional add-on module to the CMS gives you the tools to turn your site into an online store including secure selection, ordering and payment sections via PayPal or any bespoke payment gateway. The system can monitor stock levels, sell-by dates and ticket sales. It also includes a helpdesk ticketing system to keep track of customer feedback.
  • Ivy forums icon

    forums -

     Grow your own community by creating the space for website visitors to share information and swap tips. Forums also bring an extra dimension of customer service to your website by giving service users the independence to assist each other.
  • Ivy e-marketing icon

    e-marketing -

     Send out customised, branded emails to your web customers and/or client database informing them of your latest news and offers.

By hosting with Digital Garden, you have a single point of contact who has both full knowledge of the design element of your new website and the CMS system it will run on.

Support includes upgrades to the latest version of the CMS including performance enhancements and new features as well as managed backups. 		We charge $30 per month + GST (paid yearly) for the set-up, support and hosting of your website. This includes 1GB space and 10GB transfer.

Digital Garden can set up our the CMS software on a third party server. We charge installation and support at our hourly rate. Rates vary depending on the server being used and its configuration.

Digital garden routinely tests its’ development for:

Functional software integrity (bugs)

  • Functional and navigation code is bug free
  • All hyperlinks work
 Cross browser compatibility
  • We test all templates and pages for the following combinations of cross-browser and cross operating system compatibility
    PC: Internet Explorer 6 & 7, Firefox 2 & 3
    Macintosh: Firefox 1.5 & 2, Safari 3