Check out Webvanta
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009Webvanta is a new tool, just lunched this fall. Geared to designers who know xhtml and css but don’t want to deal too much with the back end, Webvanta provides a comfortable environment for dynamic site development. Chris Haupt, Webvanta’s Chief Technology Officer, came to show my class at Art Institute how easy it is to take a xhtml / css template and build a build a dynamic website around it with Webvanta in just a few hours.
Having spent a lot of time working with WordPress, it is exciting to see some other options and see how other tools can handle dynamic content. Webvanta hold a lot of promise. It is a hosted CMS, so it is a bit different from the open source CMS options out there. Check out the Webvanta website.
Also, it is a good idea to point out that they have a design contest starting up. Build something in Webvanta (for free) before the end of the year, and you could win a nice MacBook Pro, or an iPod Touch. You can follow them on Twitter for more info.





