Umbraco
We’re certified and experienced Umbraco CMS developers.
Since 2008 we’ve been using Umbraco to build our clients’ websites. Here is why it’s our CMS of choice.
Cost-effective
Umbraco software is open-source. In other words it’s free. That means you get more bang for your buck as we don’t have to develop everything from scratch.
Content management made easy
Umbraco gives you the power to publish a range of content at any time, without the need for a resident geek. It's easy to manage, maintain and keep on adding to your site long after we press the launch button.
Safe and secure
Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM Umbraco. It’s built on a stable platform that powers hundreds of thousands of sites including Microsoft, Tesco, Heinz and Vogue. A strong community of developers worldwide and enterprise level security means you’re in safe hands.
Flexible
Umbraco supports all website sizes and traffic volumes so as you grow, it can grow with you. A massive range of bolt-ons give you a wide range of functionality add-ons at your finger tips making it as scalable as you need it to be.
A good fit
Because it’s based on the Microsoft webstack, that makes Umbraco a particularly good fit for organisations running .NET applications and web based systems such as Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft CRM and Salesforce.com.
What can Umbraco do?
Umbraco covers most of your technical requirements either through core or community plug-ins. This makes for a highly cost-effective approach, since implementation is significantly faster than development. The requirements covered by Core capabilities include:
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Requirement |
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Web design |
Complete control, best-practices in design and code standards |
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Structure |
Flexible content and navigation structures |
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Content management |
Easy-to-use text and media management toolkit, version control and rollback |
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'Smart' content |
Edit once, publish everywhere - e.g. News, Product comparisons |
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Security |
Full user management, permissions and audit |
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Social media |
Plus-one buttons, updates and integrations for latest updates |
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RSS |
Publishing and consuming any number of feeds |
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Downloads |
Document library with search functionality, free and paid-for content |
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SEO |
Friendly URLs, meta information, headers, sitemaps, accurate HTTP responses |
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Search |
Simple or structured site search (e.g. find by brand or price) |
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Smartphone support |
Responsive design so that website is optimised for mobile and tablet use |
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Analytics |
Integration with Google Analytics - can include Adwords tracking if needed |
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Micro-sites |
Integrated and managed by the same CMS, with own domain if needed |
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Training |
Grow will deliver Umbraco training for content administrators |
See Umbraco in action
All of our sites are built in Umbraco. Take a look at some of them here.