The Tools of the Trade series is designed to address the hands-on needs of the designer. Whether it be technical training, business savvy, or marketing pointers, Tools of the Trade fills in the cracks of your professional experience.

Beginning with a brief overview of the current Web content management system (CMS) landscape, this session will focus on the process of designing and building CMS-backed Web sites. Regardless of whether you use an enterprise-level product, an open source social publishing framework, or basic blogging software, working with and designing for a CMS is markedly different than building static HTML or Flash-based sites.

Tiffany will discuss how to use a best practices-driven workflow for designing and building CMS-backed sites, identifying techniques that can help you avoid some common pitfalls and enable you to create truly sustainable sites.

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