EB Media CMS
Built Around The Way
Your Business Works.
The EB Media CMS is our own content management platform, built and supported in-house. From simple content updates to APIs, integrations, automation and custom functionality, we can shape it around what your organization actually needs.
Why We Built It
Your Website Should Be Easy To Manage
We built the EB Media CMS because many of our clients did not need hundreds of settings, plugins and editing options. They needed a straightforward way to manage the parts of their website that actually change.
So we configure it around the content each organization works with, rather than fitting every project into the same structure. As our clients’ needs have grown, so has the platform — it now reaches well beyond content management.
Built Around Your Content
Manage What Matters Without Digging Through The Website
A manufacturer may need products, specifications and downloadable documents. A non-profit may manage programs, events and impact stories. Rather than treating everything as a generic page, we create structured sections around the information you actually work with.
- Pages
- News
- Events
- Staff
- Programs
- Projects
- Products
- Locations
- Resources
- Custom Content
If your website needs something more specialized, we can build that into the platform too.
Beyond Content
If it can save your team time,
we can probably build it.
The CMS began as a way to manage website content. Because we develop and maintain the platform in-house, it has grown into something that can also build custom tools, connect outside systems and automate repetitive work — whether that is something customers use on the website, or something behind the scenes that saves staff hours.
Have a specific problem you’re trying to solve? There is a good chance we can find a better way to handle it.
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Connect Your Website To The Tools You Already Use
A website does not have to operate as an isolated system. Using APIs and custom integrations, the CMS can exchange information with the other platforms an organization runs on.
- External data
- CRM connections
- Form integrations
- Data synchronization
- Payment systems
- APIs
- Imports and exports
- Industry-specific software
Every integration is different. We start by understanding what you are trying to accomplish and determine the best way to connect the systems involved. For work that goes further than a website, see custom web applications.
Automation
Automate The Repetitive Work
Some of the most valuable improvements are things visitors never see. If a team is copying information between systems, entering the same details twice or manually processing submissions, there may be an opportunity to automate it.
- Send information to another system
- Notify the appropriate staff member
- Send confirmation automatically
- Website receives the latest data
- Content updates automatically
- CMS retrieves the latest information
- Website displays the new data
Less repetitive work. Less duplicate data entry. Fewer opportunities for human error.
Custom Functionality
Built Around The Problem. Not A Plugin.
Sometimes what a client needs does not exist off the shelf. Because we control the CMS, functionality can be designed around the requirements of the project rather than searching for a plugin that only partially solves the problem.
- Customer Portals
- Member Portals
- Searchable Databases
- Interactive Maps
- Advanced Filtering
- Resource Libraries
- Custom Dashboards
- Application Systems
- Quote Tools
- Custom Forms
- APIs & Integrations
- Automated Workflows
And if what you need isn’t on this list, tell us what you’re trying to accomplish.
Start With The Problem
You Don’t Need To Know The Technical Solution
You do not need to come to us asking for an API, webhook or custom database.
- What is taking too much time
- What your team is doing manually
- Where information needs to go
- What you wish the website could do
We can determine the simplest technical solution that accomplishes what you actually need.
The Platform
Simple For Your Team. Flexible Behind The Scenes.
Purpose-Built Editing
The admin experience is configured around the content your team actually needs to manage.
Built & Supported In-House
The same team that builds the website maintains and develops the platform behind it.
Flexible Custom Functionality
Custom content, workflows and functionality can be built specifically around the project.
Hosting, Training & Support
EB Media handles the managed hosting environment, platform maintenance and the training your team needs to manage the site.
Selected Work
See The EB Media CMS In Action
Hamilton is Home
Structured housing projects, searchable information and an interactive map.
View Case Study
Mae-Mart Farms
Live grain pricing pulled into the website alongside everyday content management.
View Case Study
Canadian Centre for Epigraphic Documents
A research platform with structured historical records and custom data management.
View Case StudyWe Build With Both
EB Media CMS Or WordPress?
Neither platform is automatically better. The right one depends on how an organization needs to work with its website.
WordPress can make more sense when a client needs
- Open-source software
- Full portability
- Multiple outside developers
- A specific WordPress requirement
- Access to the wider WordPress ecosystem
The EB Media CMS can make more sense when a client wants
- A platform structured around their content
- More direct EB Media involvement
- Fewer third-party dependencies
- Custom workflows and integrations
- A long-term managed platform
We recommend the platform that makes the most sense for the project.
Ownership & Support
Built, Hosted & Supported By EB Media
Your content is yours
Your website content and data remain yours. The EB Media CMS itself is proprietary software developed by EB Media and provided as a hosted platform.
If you move to another platform, your content and data can be exported in a usable format. If full platform portability is an important requirement, WordPress may be the better choice.
We handle the platform
- Canadian hosting
- SSL included
- Daily backups
- Security updates
- Uptime monitoring
- Platform maintenance
- Technical support
- Ongoing development
FAQ
Common Questions
A proprietary content management system built and maintained by EB Media. It is configured around the content, functionality and integrations each website needs, rather than fitting every project into the same structure.
Yes, and you do not need technical experience to do it. We determine which areas your team needs to control, build those management tools into the CMS, and include personalized training before launch.
Often, yes. If the other platform provides an API, data feed or another way to exchange information, we can investigate connecting the systems. Every integration is different, so we start from what you are trying to accomplish.
Yes. The platform can support custom databases, portals, directories, dashboards, filtering and multi-step workflows, including automations that move data, trigger notifications or update content without anyone doing it by hand.
Both, depending on the project. The EB Media CMS is proprietary software we develop and host; WordPress is open source and fully portable. We recommend whichever makes more sense — see WordPress & CMS.
The CMS software itself cannot be transferred the way a WordPress installation can, and EB Media CMS websites are hosted in our managed environment. Your content and data remain yours and can be exported in a usable format. If portability is a major requirement, we will recommend WordPress from the beginning.