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Content Management Systems (CMS) for Competitive Advantage

Perth CMS implementation for organisations that need consistent content, fast editing, and publishing, and a platform that evolves with them, not against them.

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Content Management System SERVICES PERTH

CMS implementation to empower your content team

The wrong CMS costs more than the licence fee. It costs your team time, your editors frustration, and your customers a slower, less consistent experience. Dapth selects and implements the right platform for your organisation, choosing from CMS platforms including Payload, Umbraco, and Kentico Xperience. Over 150 projects delivered for Perth and WA organisations across government, resources, commercial, healthcare and professional services.

YOUR ADVANTAGE

Most CMS problems aren’t content problems. They’re the result of choosing the wrong platform

The best CMS isn’t the most popular one. It’s the one that fits how your organisation creates, manages and delivers content.

We see this across Perth organisations of all sizes. A CMS chosen years ago for budget or familiarity now slows marketing teams, delays campaigns and creates inconsistent customer experiences. The cost isn’t always obvious, but it appears in every delayed launch, frustrated editor and missed opportunity.

At Dapth, we take a platform-agnostic approach to CMS implementation. We assess your team, content workflows, integration requirements, security needs and long-term digital strategy before recommending the right solution. Whether it’s Kentico, Umbraco, Payload or Sitefinity, we implement the CMS that best supports your organisation not the one that’s easiest for us to sell.

BENEFITS DELIVERED

What the right CMS unlocks for your organisation

When your CMS works properly, your team does too.

Editorial independence

Content teams publish, update, and manage without raising a support ticket. Your developers focus on building, not babysitting the CMS.

Consistent Customer Experience

The right CMS intuitively enforces content structure and brand standards across every page, channel, and campaign.

Faster time to market

Campaigns, landing pages, and content updates go live faster when the platform doesn't get in the way of the people producing the work.

Multi-channel content delivery

Modern CMS platforms deliver content to websites, apps, intranets, and third-party platforms from one source of truth with no duplication and no drift.

Accessibility compliance

Self-hosted or Australian-hosted configurations across all platforms we implement. Critical for government agencies and regulated industries under the Privacy Act 1988.

Integration with your ecosystem

CRM, ERP, marketing automation, and analytics can all be connected to your CMS as part of the implementation, not bolted on as an afterthought.

DAPTH METHODOLOGY

How we select and implement your CMS

Solution first, then platform selection and implementation. Every time.

CMS Understanding & Assessment

We audit your current content structure, team workflows, integration requirements, and long-term objectives. The output is a platform recommendation built on a clear strategy, not a sales pitch for the platform we prefer.

Platform Selection

We match your requirements to the right platform: Payload for modern headless builds; Umbraco for .NET environments, government, and enterprise; Xperience by Kentico (XbyK) for organisations needing personalisation, multisite, and digital experience at scale.

Content Modelling & Architecture

We design the content model before touching the CMS to define content types, fields, relationships, and editorial workflows that reflect how your team really works. This is where most implementations go wrong.

Implementation & Integration

CMS configuration, custom components, and integration with your existing systems. Built to specification, tested continuously, and documented thoroughly before handover.

Training & Adoption

Structured CMS training for editors and administrators. We don't hand over a platform and walk away, we make sure your team is confident and capable before go-live.

CMS platforms

The right CMS starts with the right platform

Every organisation has different requirements. Rather than recommending the same platform every time, Dapth assesses your business, team and digital ecosystem before selecting the right CMS.

Xperience by Kentico

Xperience by Kentico combines enterprise content management with digital experience capabilities, making it ideal for organisations managing multiple websites, personalised customer journeys and complex marketing requirements. Dapth implements Kentico as part of connected digital ecosystems that integrate seamlessly with your broader technology landscape.

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Umbraco CMS

Umbraco provides a flexible, secure and scalable .NET content management system for organisations that need complete control without unnecessary complexity. Trusted by government agencies and enterprises, Umbraco gives editors an intuitive publishing experience while supporting complex integrations and future growth.

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Payload CMS

Payload is a modern headless CMS built for API-first digital experiences. It enables development teams to build fast, flexible websites and applications while giving content teams an intuitive platform to manage content across multiple channels from a single source of truth.

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Sitefinity CMS

Sitefinity combines enterprise content management with powerful personalisation and marketing capabilities. It’s well suited to organisations looking to deliver consistent digital experiences while integrating seamlessly with CRM, ERP and other business systems.

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PROJECT DELIVERY

CMS projects that gave power and time back to Perth content teams

Casa Homes

See how Dapth transformed Casa Homes’ digital experience with an interactive Home Designer, editor-first CMS, and seamless online purchase journey.
AAAT - Access All Areas Training

A modern learning platform designed to simplify certification, connect employers, and scale with AAAT’s growth.
CKSC Asset Management Mobile App

Transforming complex challenges into seamless solutions, we didn’t just meet CKSC’s goals — we exceeded them, turning innovation into operational excellence and setting a new benchmark for success
Revolutionising WALGA's Online Presence: Website Redesign & Kentico Upgrade

WALGA was our very first client and website project. We built a multisite experience with a modern design to promote subscription-based content access.
Empowering Ocean Heroes: Pro-Bono Website Development & Branding by Dapth

We took the website from the dark ages to what is now a leader in the local government web arena.
Department of Water & Environmental Regulation Microsoft Intranet Case Study

The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation oversees and is responsible for our state’s most precious asset – our environment and water.
Clough Group's Website Transformation with Kentico 13 MVC by Dapth

Dapth successfully transformed the Clough website from a clunky, outdated platform to cutting-edge and accessible, and providing a much-improved user experience.
City of South Perth Intranet Development and SharePoint Migration

Dapth was able to successfully migrate content from the old version of SharePoint to the new, updating the version and streamlining its design in the process.
Austmine Innovation Program Portal

Supporting innovation programs through a custom portal
Pilbara Minerals

From in-depth exploration of Pilbara Minerals’ unique requirements and challenges, to testing and implementation, here’s how we turned the challenge into a seamless solution.

DIGITAL ADVANTAGE ASSESSMENT

Where's your biggest digital opportunity?

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service pillars

Four ways to help you unlock your objectives

Our digital consultancy and delivery span four service pillars. Every digital system we deliver is built on one or more of these.

Website Design

A high-performing website that reflects your brand and turns visitors into customers. We design and build sites that balance visual craft with measurable business performance, built on platforms that let your team stay in control.

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Content Management Systems

Give your team the power to manage, update, and publish content without relying on developers. We implement and configure CMS platforms that fit the way your organisation actually works, whether that's Kentico, Umbraco, Payload, or Sitefinity.

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Digital Experience Platforms

Connect marketing, personalisation, and content management in a single integrated platform. We deploy enterprise DXPs that let you deliver the right experience to the right audience at scale, with the data to prove it's working.

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eCommerce Experience

Turn your digital store into a revenue engine. We design and build eCommerce experiences that reduce friction at every stage, from discovery to checkout to return visit, so your store converts and retains.

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Service Design

Map the full customer journey and redesign it around what people actually need. We use research, co-design, and prototyping to create services that are efficient for your organisation and seamless for your customers.

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UX & UI Design

Turn research into interfaces people actually enjoy using. We design intuitive, accessible websites, apps, and tools that reduce friction and lift engagement.

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Software Development

Custom software built to your exact requirements, scalable, secure, and maintainable from day one. From web platforms to enterprise applications, we deliver full-stack solutions using the right technology for your problem, not the easiest one for us.

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ERP & Operations Integration

Connect your ERP, CRM, finance, and operational systems so data flows freely and your team works from a single source of truth. We integrate complex environments without disrupting the business that's running through them.

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Product Design

Translate business requirements into well-designed digital products. We combine UX research, prototyping, and iterative design to build products that solve real problems, gain genuine adoption, and hold up under real-world use.

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Business Application Development

Purpose-built applications that replace spreadsheets, workarounds, and legacy tools. We scope, design, and develop business applications that match the complexity of your operations, built for the people who'll use them every day.

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Business Process Automation

Identify where manual effort is slowing you down and eliminate it. We design and implement process automation solutions that reduce cost, reduce error, and give your people time back for the work that actually requires them.

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AI Enablement

Embed intelligence into your systems so your business becomes more capable as it grows, not more complex. We design and build AI solutions on your own data: smart search, document processing, embedded copilots, and content automation.

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App Development

Custom mobile and web apps built for your customers, your team and your operations. From native iOS and Android to progressive web apps, we design, build and support applications people actually want to use, connected to the systems you already run.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED

Answers to your questions

01

The right CMS depends on your team's technical capability, content complexity, integration requirements, and long-term roadmap. Dapth provides a structured CMS assessment before recommending any platform - we match the tool to the organisation. We implement Payload (modern headless builds), Umbraco (.NET, government, enterprise), and Kentico Xperience (personalisation, multisite, digital experience at scale). We'll tell you honestly if a different platform is a better fit.
02

A headless CMS manages content without a fixed frontend - it delivers content via API to any channel: website, app, intranet, or third-party platform. It's the right choice if you need to deliver content across multiple surfaces or want frontend flexibility. For most Perth organisations, a hybrid approach - a proven CMS backend with a decoupled frontend - captures the flexibility without added integration complexity. We'll recommend the right architecture after understanding your requirements.
03

Yes. Dapth handles CMS migrations from WordPress, Sitecore, legacy Kentico, and custom-built platforms. We preserve URL structure for SEO, map and migrate content, and rebuild integrations in the new environment. A proper migration plan is critical - over 80% of enterprise CMS migrations exceed budget or deadline without one. We've delivered migrations without SEO drops or data loss for Perth government and enterprise clients.
04

For Australian government agencies and organisations handling personal data under the Privacy Act 1988, yes. Where your content, user data, and form submissions are stored and processed matters legally. All three platforms Dapth implements support self-hosted or Australian-hosted configurations. If data sovereignty is a requirement for your organisation, we scope this into the platform recommendation from day one.
05

A focused CMS implementation - content modelling, platform configuration, editor training, and integration - typically takes 6–12 weeks. Projects that include a full website build on the new CMS run 12–20 weeks. CMS migration projects vary based on content volume and system complexity. We provide a detailed timeline after the CMS discovery phase, not a ballpark.
06

Yes. We offer CMS support retainers covering platform updates, editor support, content model changes, integration maintenance, and performance monitoring. Most Dapth CMS clients maintain an ongoing support relationship - the platform evolves as the organisation's content strategy and digital roadmap develops. Retainers from $800/month.

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