Designing Websites for Maintainable Content and Easy UpdatesDesigning Websites for Maintainable Content and Easy Updates
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Raja Sheryar
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• Oct 21
On launch day, everyone talks about the design. A year later, the only question is whether the site is easy to keep up to date.
Three rules we follow on every build:
1. Anything that changes more than once a quarter belongs in the CMS
2. Every repeated section is a component, not a copy
3. Interactions stay light, so the site stays fast as the content grows
And one question to ask before you approve any design: who will update each section, how often, and how?
If the answer is "a developer, every week", the design isn't finished yet.
What's the part of your website your team avoids updating?
Full article: sellwrightstudio.com/insights/design-excites-structure-lasts/
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OLANREWAJU AGAUN
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• Oct 21
"If the answer is a developer, every week, the design isn't finished yet" — that's the whole post in one line. That question belongs on the first slide of every kickoff.
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Raja Sheryar
pro
• Oct 21
Thanks, Olanrewaju. That's exactly where we ask it now: who updates this page, and how often? The answer decides CMS or static before anyone opens Figma.
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