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Somewhat related: I was overwhelmed by complexity of web CMS solutions. I needed something very very simple, that gets the task done (user-editable webpage con

by janci 10y ago

Somewhat related: I was overwhelmed by complexity of web CMS solutions. I needed something very very simple, that gets the task done (user-editable webpage content). I represent the web by a tree, every node has metadata (id, type, title) and data. Nodes can be persisted (ie. as json text files, or in database table) and browsed (parent to children and back). Admin UI is very simple: in the left pane there is the tree browser, works like filesystem browser - you can open "folders" (nodes with subnodes) and "files" (leaf nodes). Each node shows specific editor for it's type, that usually consist of few form fields.

halotrope 10y ago
I had to work with Pimcore CMS recently (https://www.pimcore.org/en https://www.pimcore.org/en) and was pleasantly surprised. It works like you describe, the data is organised very developer friendly (classes and collections of data a tree structure for organisation). I am not sure how regular people would get along with this but knowing only bloated, slow and clumsy wordpress in that space it was surprisingly efficient.
tim333 10y ago
I'm not sure how you'd get that simple enough for users? For example if you do inspect element in Chrome it shows the page as a tree structure and it's not simple. Here's some of it for your post http://imgur.com/a/svB4J http://imgur.com/a/svB4J I couldn't get the full 14 level tree to fit on my screen.
buovjaga 10y ago
If I understand you correctly, ProcessWire has such an admin UI out of the box: https://processwire.com/ https://processwire.com/ You can build your own admin UI, if you want as it's all done with the same API you use to build your sites.
qznc 10y ago
Ca. 15 years ago, I used WebSiteBaker [0]. The website survives happily without any maintenance from my side. Only non-technical users changing content. There are a few minor things to do (e.g. CSS for mobile users), but I have no access anymore. I have no idea, how it has changed, but I would definitely try it again today. [0] http://websitebaker.org/ http://websitebaker.org/

by janci 10y ago

halotrope 10y ago

I had to work with Pimcore CMS recently (https://www.pimcore.org/en https://www.pimcore.org/en) and was pleasantly surprised. It works like you describe, the data is organised very developer friendly (classes and collections of data a tree structure for organisation). I am not sure how regular people would get along with this but knowing only bloated, slow and clumsy wordpress in that space it was surprisingly efficient.

tim333 10y ago

I'm not sure how you'd get that simple enough for users? For example if you do inspect element in Chrome it shows the page as a tree structure and it's not simple. Here's some of it for your post http://imgur.com/a/svB4J http://imgur.com/a/svB4J I couldn't get the full 14 level tree to fit on my screen.

buovjaga 10y ago

If I understand you correctly, ProcessWire has such an admin UI out of the box: https://processwire.com/ https://processwire.com/ You can build your own admin UI, if you want as it's all done with the same API you use to build your sites.

qznc 10y ago

Ca. 15 years ago, I used WebSiteBaker [0]. The website survives happily without any maintenance from my side. Only non-technical users changing content. There are a few minor things to do (e.g. CSS for mobile users), but I have no access anymore. I have no idea, how it has changed, but I would definitely try it again today. [0] http://websitebaker.org/ http://websitebaker.org/