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If the CMS has a special Admin page, then it is not a CMS for the non-techie. Administration can be no more than filling out forms, uploading images, etc, etc.
by NHQ 16y ago
If the CMS has a special Admin page, then it is not a CMS for the non-techie.
Administration can be no more than filling out forms, uploading images, etc, etc. No plugins, no DBs, no hosting, no nuthin'.
- lovskogen 16y agoI agree.
- andybak 16y agoI'm not sure I understand the point being argued here.
- lshepstone 16y agoI don't agree. I can show you some form based screens where a non-technical user can create some content and publish it fair easier and quicker than using an in-context editing approach. I raised the point in comments above, but there is a big different between creating a new page from scratch and using a simple form to create a templated page. WordPress (or any blogging tool) doesn't make you build your blog post as a page draggin modules onto it...they give you a special admin page where you just fill in the title and body text and click publish...what could be simpler? In-context editing does work great for many use cases, but it doesn't work well for some. Think about when you need to create a slightly interactive web page...not just a simple static one. You'd like one section of the page to fade in/out when the user hovers over an image for instance...I haven't seen anyone pull off an in-context UI that makes that easy but I've seen some great form based UI's that make that 30 secs work for a non-technical user. Check out the Carrington Build WordPress plugin (no affiliation) for a decent example of providing users with a very simple admin page builder drag and drop layout tool. I do wholeheartedly agree that very few CMS tools have an awesome UI for business users...maybe you can change that.