CMS & Framework Development
A CMS Development Company That Picks The Platform With You
Most platform regret starts at the decision, not the build. A CMS was chosen because someone already knew it, and four years later it is holding the product back. Stallyons builds on six platforms, so the recommendation you get is an argument, not a default.
Triple Protection Guarantee
- US-Registered Entity
- Signed IP Assignment
- Senior Engineers Only
Triple Protection Guarantee:
- US-Registered Entity
- Signed IP Assignment
- Senior Engineers Only
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How We Choose It
Content Model
Drawn First
Editor Workflow
Mapped Out
Six Platforms Live
One Vendor
CMS Or Custom
Argued Both
Delaware LLC
US Entity
Upgrade Path
Upgrade Ready
Quality Control
Code Review
Communication Rhythm
Daily Sync
Handover Kit
Documented
IP Assignment
Signed
Delivery Overlap
Fixed
Hours
Code & IP Owner
You
Trusted By Startups
What CMS And Framework Development Covers
CMS and framework development is two jobs that have to agree with each other. The CMS decides how content is modelled, who may edit what, and how a page reaches the public. The framework decides what the product actually does once content stops being the point. Get the boundary right and each side stays simple. Get it wrong and you end up bending a publishing tool into an application, or rebuilding a newsroom inside a web framework.
Stallyons is registered in Delaware as a US company, and our senior engineers work inside a time-zone window you set, with four-plus hours of daily overlap. You sign a US contract, run diligence on a US entity and pay one US invoice. We build on WordPress, Drupal, Laravel, Node.js, Python and .NET, so nobody here has to argue that your problem happens to suit the one stack we know. Twelve-plus years of delivery across six continents, for founders, marketing leaders and product owners in every major market.
What A Platform Build Covers
Platform selection with the reasoning attached: a written comparison of the two or three realistic options against your content, your integrations and your team, rather than a recommendation that matches our last project.
Content architecture before design: entities, fields, relationships and the editorial workflow drawn out first, because the model decides how much the site can change later without a developer.
Framework work where a CMS stops being the right tool: application logic, business rules, queues, scheduled jobs and permissions written in code rather than assembled from plugins.
Integration between the two halves: the CMS publishing content and the framework running the product, joined by an API layer that either side can be replaced behind.
Replatforming in stages: content audited and mapped, redirects planned, and the current site serving traffic until the new platform has earned the switch.
Ownership after launch: your repositories, your hosting, your accounts, an upgrade path that is written down, and documentation good enough that another team could take over.
Why Companies Rebuild On A Different Platform Entirely
- Ask which platforms the company actually ships on. A firm that builds on one will find a way to make your requirements suit it, and you will only notice later.
- Ask to see the content model before the designs. If nobody can draw your entities and their relationships, the estimate underneath is a guess wearing a number.
- Ask where the line sits between the CMS and custom code. Everything in a plugin is fragile; everything in code is slow to edit. You want a stated boundary.
- Ask what an upgrade looks like two majors from now. Platforms move, and the answer tells you whether your customisation was built with the next version in mind or against it.
- Ask who can change what without a developer. If routine copy, images and navigation still need a ticket, you have bought a brochure rather than a working platform.
- Ask where the code and the hosting live. Repositories, cloud accounts and domains in your own name mean moving on is administration rather than a negotiation.
How To Start A CMS Project Properly
Every engagement starts with a free 45-minute technical session. No slide deck, no sales script. You bring the requirements and the constraints; you leave with a platform recommendation, a scope and a timeline.
We are selective about new engagements and cap how many we run at once, because the thinking is the product. If your project is better served on a platform we do not build, we will tell you.
Why Clients Choose Us
Full
Written IP Transfer
USA
Contract Entity
Yours
Repos & Hosting
Named
Senior Level
Ready to settle the platform question for good?
What These Platforms Run
What You Can Build On A CMS Or Framework
The platform only matters because of what has to run on it. These are the builds we take on most often, each scoped against a content model and an integration list before a single template or migration is written.
Editorial Platforms
Publishing, taxonomy, many editors
End-to-End
Customer Portals
Accounts, documents, self-serve
Self-Service
Intranet Systems
Internal tools, approvals, records
In House
Multi-Brand Estates
Shared code, separate identities
Live In Production
Custom CMS
When nothing off-the-shelf fits
Built To Fit
Headless Front Ends
Content API, framework front end
Decoupled
APIs And Integrations
CRM, ERP, payments, marketing
Linked
Application Logic
Business rules, roles, jobs, workflow
In Code
Platform Migration
Content mapped, redirects planned
Future-Proof
Support & Maintenance
Monitoring, fixes, releases, cover
Kept Running
Not sure which platform this belongs on? Let's map it.
Common Challenges
Why Do CMS Projects Go Wrong?
Six failure patterns behind almost every platform that became expensive to change. None are about the platform itself.
Platform First
01
The stack was decided in the first meeting, because somebody in the room already knew it. Every requirement after that gets bent until it fits, and the bending is what you pay for later.
A CMS Doing App Work
02
Business logic ends up spread across extensions and admin settings because it was cheaper that way. Nobody can now say what the rules are without clicking.
The Model Came Last
03
Designs were signed off before anyone modelled the content, so every entity is a page and every relationship is a link somebody has to remember to update.
One Stack Vendor
04
A firm that only builds on one platform will always find that your project suits it. The advice was never wrong exactly, but it was never a comparison either, and it cost you.
Unupgradable Custom Code
05
Core files were edited and extensions patched in place to hit a date. It works until the next major version, at which point the upgrade is quoted as a rebuild.
Nobody Owns It Later
06
The build team left, the documentation was a handover call, and the platform now drifts until something breaks badly enough to fund a new project.
Any of this feel familiar? Let's fix the cause.
Platforms We Build On
6 CMS Development Services We Deliver
Six platform practices under one contract. Run a single build, or run a CMS and a framework alongside each other with one team.
WordPress CMS Development
01
For content-led sites that a marketing team has to run daily without raising a ticket. Custom themes, custom plugins and an editing experience built around your writers.
Drupal Development
02
For structured content at scale: many editors, strict permissions, several languages and an approval chain that has to hold up when somebody audits it.
Laravel Framework Builds
03
For PHP products where the rules are the point: dashboards, billing, queues and permissions written in application code rather than assembled.
Node.js Service Builds
04
For API layers and real-time features: services that sit between a CMS and a front end, or carry traffic that a request-per-page model handles badly.
Python & Django Builds
05
For data-heavy products: Django and FastAPI services, pipelines, reporting and the model-serving work that usually arrives a release after the launch.
.NET And ASP.NET Development
06
For organisations already standardised on Microsoft: ASP.NET services, Azure hosting, Active Directory sign-in and integration with the systems finance already runs.
Not sure which of the six fits your project? Let's scope it.
Why Choose Us
What Makes Our CMS Development Services Different
The details that decide whether a platform is still easy to change in its third year.
A US Legal Entity
01
Stallyons is registered in Delaware. Your contract, your invoice and your legal recourse sit with a US company, not an unknown one.
Six Platforms, One Team
02
We build on six platforms, so the recommendation is a comparison rather than the one stack we happen to have engineers sitting on.
Overlap You Set
03
You choose the hours we share with your working day, and stand-ups, reviews and escalations all happen inside that window.
The Model Comes First
04
Entities, fields, relationships and editor permissions are drawn and agreed before any design is signed off, because everything later depends on them.
Reviewed Code
05
Every merge is reviewed against an agreed definition of done, on your board, where you can read it yourself.
One Contract
06
One contract covers the engagement, so procurement, legal and finance each deal with a single named counterparty.
Ready to see how a platform build actually runs here?
Our Process
From First Call To CMS Launch In Six Steps
A build process that settles the platform and the content model before anyone designs.
Discovery
Understand the content, users, systems and budget
Compare
Score the realistic platforms in writing
Choose
Agree the platform, the model and the scope
Contracting
NDA, IP assignment, access and onboarding
Deliver
Work on your board, reviewed on merge
Launch & Support
Go live, then keep the platform current
Want to see how this maps to your roadmap?
Technology Stack
The CMS And Framework Stack We Build In
Modern, battle-tested tools across every layer: platform, framework, front end, data and delivery.
CMS Platforms
WordPress 6.8+
Drupal 10 & 11
Headless CMS APIs
Custom CMS
Multisite
Frameworks & Runtimes
Laravel 11
PHP 8.2 and 8.3
Node.js APIs
Python
.NET 8 / ASP.NET
Front-End Layer
React / Next.js
Vue and Nuxt
TypeScript Front Ends
Tailwind CSS
Component Libraries
Data & Search
PostgreSQL DBs
MariaDB SQL
MongoDB Docs
REST And GraphQL
Search Indexing
Cloud & Deploy
AWS / GCP / Azure
Docker / K8s
GitHub Actions
Terraform And IaC
Uptime Monitoring
Industries We Serve
CMS Development For Industries With Real Rules
Engineers who already know your approval chain, your records rules and your edge cases ship in month one.
Fintech & Payments
Portals, disclosures, audit trail
Healthcare & HealthTech
Patient portals and secure records
Retail & E-Commerce
Catalogue, content, storefront feeds
EdTech & Learning
Course content, cohorts, assessment
SaaS & Digital Products
Marketing site plus the product app
Logistics & Supply Chain
Portals, tracking, partner sites
Manufacturing & IoT
Product data, dealers, manuals
Public Sector & Nonprofit
Accessible, multilingual estates
We know your sector. Let's build the platform plan.
How We Compare
Custom CMS Development vs The Alternatives
An honest look at your four platform options.
| Capability | Website Builder / SaaS | Freelance Build | Single-Stack Agency | Stallyons Technologies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform Chosen How | ✕ Decided For You | Whatever They Know | Always The Same One | Compared In Writing |
| Content Model | Page-Shaped Only | ✕ Skipped | After The Designs | Drawn First |
| Custom Logic | ✕ Not Possible | Bolted On | Plugin Assembled | Written In Code |
| Upgrade Path | Vendor Decides | ✕ Undefined | Quoted Later | Planned At Build |
| Where It Runs | ✕ Their Platform | Their Account | Agency Hosting | Your Own Accounts |
| Contracting Entity | Terms Of Service | ✕ Platform Terms | Local Entity | US-Registered LLC |
| IP Assignment | ✕ Licence Only | If You Asked | In The Contract | Signed Before Access |
| Handover & Lock-In | ✕ Locked In | ✕ Nothing Written | On Request | Documented Handover |
See the difference for yourself
Complete Engagement
Everything Included In A CMS Development Project
From Scoping to Contracting to Delivery, One Vendor
Here's everything included when you build your platform with us:
All-Inclusive Platform Delivery: No Hidden Fees, No Surprises.
Every platform engagement includes all eight components above. One contract, one senior team, one predictable cost, and no vendor sprawl.
🔒 No obligation. We'll deliver a detailed proposal within 48 hours.
Plus, Get These Free Bonuses
Free Platform Review
A written comparison of the two or three platforms that realistically fit, scored against your content, your integrations and the team who will run it.
Included Free
Delivery Plan & Estimate
A phased delivery plan with scope, milestones, a stack recommendation and a transparent, itemized estimate for the engagement.
Included Free
Free Content Model
A first draft of your entities, fields and relationships, plus the editor roles, drawn from your existing content rather than from a template.
Included Free
Risk-Free Partnership
Our CMS Development Promise
We stand behind every engagement with commitments that protect your investment.
01
Scope Agreed First
Scope, model, working hours and cost structure are written down and agreed before contracting, so nothing is discovered later.
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Built to Last
Senior developers, code review, automated tests, security and accessibility audits, and clean, documented code you fully own.
03
IP And Access Protected
NDA and IP assignment are signed before access, permissions are scoped per person, and your accounts stay under your control.
Start your platform build with confidence, backed by our Triple Protection Guarantee.
Track Record
Engagements That Ship, Scale, and Compound
500+
Projects Delivered
29+
Service Categories
81%
Repeat Client Rate
4.9 ★
Clutch Rating
"We came to Stallyons after burning two years and four vendors on a multi-platform launch that kept slipping. They scoped it end-to-end — web app, iOS, Android, an AI summarization layer, and a Shopify integration — and shipped it in 22 weeks. One team, one budget, one quality bar. We've handed them three more engagements since."
Mark Sawyer
CEO/Founder
PlatinumLED
"Stallyons rebuilt our customer-facing portal, integrated three legacy systems, shipped an AI document analysis pipeline, and brought our compliance posture to SOC 2 — all under one engagement. The senior engineers on the team have shipped at companies five times our size. It's the best vendor decision we've made in a decade."
Mark Sawyer
CEO/Founder
PlatinumLED
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions About CMS Builds
It is the work of choosing the layer your site or product will run on, then building on it. In practice that means settling three arguments: which CMS or framework fits what you publish, where the boundary between the two should sit, and how your content is structured so editors can work unaided. Everything after that is execution. The cost of answering them badly usually lands in year two, not year one.
A CMS arrives with content modelling, an editing interface and a publishing workflow already built, so non-technical people can run it. A framework arrives with almost nothing and expects you to write the behaviour, which is exactly what you want when the behaviour is the product. Choose a CMS when editors change things daily. Choose a framework when the rules change more often than the copy. Plenty of builds want a CMS in front and a framework behind.
Cost follows the content model, the integrations and how much of the behaviour has to be written rather than configured. A single-purpose site on an established platform is a different exercise from a multi-brand estate feeding a product. Anyone quoting before seeing your content and your systems is guessing. We price after scoping and itemize it.
Ask how many platforms they build on. A company with one answer will always find that your project suits it. Ask to see a content model from a recent build, and ask what an upgrade two major versions from now looks like. Then check where the code and hosting will live, because that decides how easily you could leave.
Whichever survives the comparison, which we write down rather than assert. Discovery covers your content, editors, integrations, compliance rules and the team who will run it afterwards, and the recommendation names the two or three realistic options and why one of them wins.
Sometimes that is right, and more often it is not. A custom CMS makes sense when your content model is unusual enough that nothing fits, or when the editing workflow is itself the product. Otherwise you spend the first year rebuilding features that an established platform already ships and maintains for free, and the second year maintaining them yourself.
Yes, and it is a large share of what we do. The first pass audits the content, finds what nobody actually uses, maps the entities onto the new model and plans the redirects. The migration then runs in stages, with the existing site serving traffic until the new platform has earned the switch and the numbers agree.
Yes, on a standing cadence rather than when something breaks. Core, dependencies and extensions are updated on a schedule, rehearsed against staging first, with backups verified and a rollback that has been tested. Security patches move faster than that, and the upgrade path to the next major version is kept open by design.
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