[LRUG] Though on CMSs

[Edmond Lepedus]

Morning all,

Thanks for your replies. Slices and Nesta both look interesting. I especially like that they both break with the old WYSIWYG paradigm which rarely lives up to its promise. 

I think I shall have a little play ;)

Regards,
Ed Lepedus

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> On 4 Nov 2014, at 18:41, Graham Ashton <graham at effectif.com> wrote:
> 
> Erin - I was going to recommend Slices in my reply, but when I went to check the web site (slices.withassociates.com) I didn’t realise you’d open sourced it. Fantastic news!
> 
> Ed - Slices is excellent; ideal if you want to hand an admin UI to the site’s editors.
> 
>> On 4 Nov 2014, at 18:30, Erin Staniland <erin at withassociates.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>>> However, if you have a site, you must have some system for managing its
>>> content, so it becomes a debate about using existing solutions vs rolling
>>> your own. The main things I'd like to know are:
>> 
>> 1. Do you use a CMS?
>> Yes, Slices - https://github.com/withassociates/slices/
>> 
>> 2. Is it custom built or off-the-shelf?
>> It's custom built by us.
>> 
>> 3. Do you use the same CMS for many projects, or are they project-specific?
>> The same CMS (Slices), it's easy to customise if needed.
>> 
>> 4. If you do use publicly-available CMSs, which ones, and would you
>> recommend them?
>> We only use Slices...
>> 
>> 5. Any other comments/experiences etc
>> 
>> It's aimed at non-technical end-users, the CMS gives them a pallet of
>> "content types" or slices which allows them to create complex page
>> layouts without having to know any HTML or use a WYSIWYG editor. The
>> slices themselves are simple enough to be built by a front-end
>> developer.
>> 
>> Slices is a Rails Engine and tries to keep out of the way so that you
>> can use it in projects which don't just need a CMS.
>> 
>> Best
>> Erin
>> 
>> 
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>>> On 3 November 2014 20:40, Ed Lepedus <ed.lepedus at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Evening LRUG,
>>> 
>>> As the title suggests, I was wondering what your thoughts were regarding
>>> CMSs, and on content management strategies in general. Having spent some
>>> time with Wordpress and Drupal in the past, I find myself somewhat
>>> prejudiced against them.
>>> 
>>> However, if you have a site, you must have some system for managing its
>>> content, so it becomes a debate about using existing solutions vs rolling
>>> your own. The main things I'd like to know are:
>>> 
>>> Do you use a CMS?
>>> Is it custom built or off-the-shelf?
>>> Do you use the same CMS for many projects, or are they project-specific?
>>> If you do use publicly-available CMSs, which ones, and would you recommend
>>> them?
>>> Any other comments/experiences etc
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ed Lepedus
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
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