SXSW 2012 - Good Design, Powerful Content Management

Good Design, Powerful Content Management
Event	SXSW Interactive 2009
Format	Solo
Organizer	Guild Copeland – Sisu
Description	Web design shops face a nagging challenge. How to make content-managed sites have style and branding chops? We’ll take you through Drupal and Cake examples to demo how to break free from homogenized templates with a little help from a creative development approach, tech-savvy creative, and the sIFR tool.
Questions Answered	What makes content management systems resistant to a well-designed site? How do you define a well-designed site? What limitations do open source CMSs such as Cake and Drupal impose on design? What design and functional benefits are there in using these systems? What technical limitations are there with these systems? What are the cost implications? How can I do it? Who will benefit from this approach? How can we find a common ground between creatives and tech? What are the foundation elements to making it happen?
Level	Intermediate
Category	Web / Interface Design

Good Design, Powerful Content Management