Content Management Studio (CMS)

Facilitates the Magic for Authoring Web Page Content

Our Content Management Studio (CMS) facilitates the magic for website administrators to author their web page content. The CMS is our own product which has been evolving since its inception in 1996. Under continuous development and driven by the great cool template designs, with striking features and functions. If we see a content container feature we like we add it into the CMS - if you want a feature added we will add it ... complete flexibility!

Our approach to new or existing clients is to decide on the stylesheets that appeals, agree on the features and functions required and then integrate our Content Management Studio.

Magic Square Systems ethos is:

  • the client should have the facility to author and manage their content without our intervention
  • that we would always be available to support the client if required and especially when deploying and updating their website so they are confident to maintain it
  • to provide the Client with the most powerful CMS to develop the page content as quickly and as easily as possible

 

Important NOTE: we would like to acknowledge Clients content in this section of the CMS demonstrator to allow our Clients to have an accurate visualisation.

What's in the Latest CMS?

We have provided examples of new features that are included in the latest version of CMS

Styling has changed big time! ...

Website page content has changed significantly over the last two years with the increase of use of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets. Your visitors now want to access websites on their devices and don't want have to scroll around to find what they want - they have to be responsive!

So page layout have taken off side sub navigation and made the pages longer because it easy to swipe to find what you want.

This is our view based on research we undertake on a continuous basis.

Serving Our Clients

Some of the Clients who use our CMS

Use of Page Parts

Web page content is now organised in horizontal sections

The CMS will allow the site administrator to build up the web page in Page Parts.

Each Page Part can be assigned features, style and layout format and background colour.

A screencast on the left shows the variation of Page Parts used to construct the home page of Midland Truck and Van website which uses the latest revision of our CMS.

NOTE: The screencast is part of Magic Square Systems YouTube library.

New Features in the CMS

From here we would like to show you some of the new features

So from here we show in Page Parts some of the new features we have put into the CMS - importantly the website administrator has the choice to include the feature, theme (background colour), format, whether to use titles and subtitle, etc. ... putting you in complete control of your content! smiley

Also, all the content is responsive so will load into mobile devices (tablets, smart phones and smart TVs).

You can now enjoy authoring your cool content very quickly.

Image Carousel

An image carousel with 2 x 3 proportioning, carousel right align

You can decide on the format - proportional layout and type of content positioned where you require it.

In this example we have used 2 column layout with 2 x 3 parts proportioning with standard content on the left and the carousel on the right but the CMS allows you to select the layout and features that suit you and ... you can change it if you think it doesn't look right.

You can add any number of images in the carousel - we've used three.

Image with Icon and Button Link

More Flexibility with Images

The Image Link feature includes an icon (you can select from a library) and add your image, title. description and assign a link to the button to open a document, go to an internal page or an external website. You can have a gallery of columns (1, 2, 3, 4 & 6) and any number rows.

Your Title

A description you want to add in this area that is a layer over image

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Your Title

Your description here in this area that is an overlay over the image

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Image Link 3

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The Banner Image

This feature allows you to have an image (like a Masthead) across the page to break up content. You can choose the image and whether you want to include a Title and Description.

You can allow have a Button to add a link to a document, web page or external website.

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Thumbnails

This feature provides an alternative form for an image

Demo

Demo

Description added here to relate to the content the amouunt of text is unlimited.

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Thumbnail 2

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Product Thumbnails

An alternative Image presentation - any number of rows in set columns (1, 2, 3, 4 & 6)

Product Amazon

Add your product or service summary here with unlimited characters to suit your desription

Nice Dish

You can add your description summary here it is optional and unlimited characters.

Smiling Face

Great to see someone smiling these days! By the way you can add a link with or without a button

Profile Thumbnails

Alternative Profile Thumbnails for Your Team - any number of rows in Columns (1, 2, 3, 4 & 6)

Keith Jones

Keith Jones Managing Director

A significant amount of content to enter here on this man's bio!

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Matthew Jones

Matthew Jones Technical Director

Well! absolute genius with coding and developing products and systems

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Robin Walker

Robin Walker System Support

This guy puts everything and more into his job with unstinting passion

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Lewis K Jones

Lewis K Jones Product & Client Support

Impressive bio from this young fellow and accomplished musician and songwriter

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Accordian

Great feature to have if you are short of space

No, you can proportion the width of the accordion by using the controls in the CMS. Examples include 2 x 2, 3 x 1, 1 x 3, etc.

You have access to an Editor where you can format your content with all the standard modes bold, underline, italics, etc.

You can add links as well see below:

Visit Magic Square Systems Ltd today

It's quite powerful - not as MS WORD but will accommodate the standard offerings like bullets and ordered lists see below:

  • List item one
  • List item two
  • List item three

Yes, you can also video, icons, tables and as above links - very powerful!

Headlines

Another alternative to Image with descriptions - summaries

Headlines Title

Enter your summary and/or description here the amount you enter is optional and unlimited you can also add a link

Steve Jobs

No introduction necessary a great pioneer of information technology not sure where we would be without his inputs

Icon Thumbnails

Another novel alternative to having a thumnail for content

Your Title

Add a description and a link if required You can also select a colour from the pallet

Thumbnail Title

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Thumbnail Title

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Icon Counters

Novel way of adding something eye catching on the page

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Universities

150

5G Services

250

Internet of Things

35

Edit Title

Portfolio Grid

Dynamic functions in the Thumbnail

Tagged Portfolio

Demontrating an additional function to dynamically filter items

Twitter Feed Anywhere

You can Add you Twitter Feed anywhere in the Content

Portfolio Scrolling News

Have your News Articles packaged in a scrolling feed

Google Map

You can now add your Google Map anywhere in your pages

Contact Form

You can now add a Contact Form anywhere in your pages

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Adding a Contact Form

Contact Forms can be added anywhere in your pages using the feature in the Page Part.

This container is Text Box which can have a coloured theme (Select the Colour you require - we like yellow).

So what we have here 2 x 2 proportions with Contact Form and Text Box Features.

A Peep at the CMS

There is a lot in our CMS which we would like to share

Peep at the CMS

The CMS is packed with powerful features and functions that will help website administrators author their content quickly with results that are very cool.

There is a screencast on the left to show how quickly you can author your content. It is very user friendly and an absolute dream to work with. You don't need to know about the code but if you do ... you can do even more smiley

Like to know more?

If you would like to know more about our CMS then ...

Contact Us

If you would like to know more about the CMS please contact us to arrange a demonstration where we can show you how the system works in a live session over Zoom, MS Teams or Skype.

Develop Proposal

If you like what you see from the demonstration and you want to consider a project - new or upgrade - we will develop a proposal with details of a solution with costings and delivery schedule

Thank You

Thank you for your interest and consideration we hope the above detail has been enough to entice you into using our products and services and look forward to hearing from you - take care!