Designer FAQ

Of Course, you can use Contensive with a MAC using Safari and Firefox. Or on a PC using IE7+, Firefox, or Chrome

Getting started is easy, click on the free trial button and fill out the "Getting Started" form.  Your site will be ready within 24 hours.  WE will send you an email with log in credentials, links to "How To" videos, and instructions on how to add your design to the site.  If you don't want to code the site yourself, then send us your Image files for design and we'll take care of it for you. The cost is only $98/template.  So if your site has a home page design and tier page design, then for less than $200 we will code your site and CSS ready for you to start adding content.

Yes, you can add Javascript, PHP, Ruby on Rails whatever coding language you are comfortable with, you can use to create add-ons to build out functionality.  We have lots of examples and developer support staff that can help you along the way.

Fly-out menus are easy to add and easy to extend vertical and horizontal menu are included in the core system and are easy to modify using the CSS.

Simple, It's Fast, It's Easy, It's Powerful.

It's Fast- You can get a site up and going without a huge learning curve, add-on functionality is simply dropped on the page, text box or template.  You don't have to set up a server, or database or code functionality.

It's Easy- Once your site is up and your client takes over you don't want to spend your time answering questions.  Contensive is easy to use and if needed ready to support your users when they have a question.

It's Powerful- To get the same kind of functionality and control you would have to spend thousands of dollars more on a similar enterprise system like RedDot or Ektron, but why would you?

Contensive was launched in 2001 and Kidwell McGowan Associates, the company behind Contensive has been around since 1988.

Yes of course, and we are working with WC3 to make sure as standards come online we are supporting them.

Contensive is designed to handle large traffic loads, just make sure the hosting plan you have chosen allows for large traffic volumes.

You only pay for what you need, we have multiple levels for hosting, support and add-ons.  We have hosting plans that range from $19/month up to $249/month for high traffic sites. The cost for non-standard add-ons range between $2-$50 with most only costing less than $7.00.  And we never lock you into a long term contract.