[LRUG] Though on CMSs

[Jay Greasley]

a non-technical view - speak to the future content editors. developers
don't like wysiwyg but editors tend to.
admin UX often gets overlooked on cms projects but is a huge part of the
success of the project imho.

Jay

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Edmond Lepedus <ed.lepedus at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Erin Staniland
> >> Director
> >>
> >> - - - -
> >>
> >> Pair With Associates
> >> A problem shared is a problem solved
> >> http://pair.withassociates.com/
> >>
> >> With Associates
> >> 54B Downham Road, London, N1 5AS
> >> +44 (0) 20 7923 4757 www.withassociates.com
> >>
> >> - - - -
> >>
> >> With Associates is the trading name of With Associates Digital Limited
> >> Registered office: 54B Downham Road, N1 5AS
> >> Registered in England under registration No. 08928808
> >>
> >>> 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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> >>
> >> --
> >> Erin Staniland
> >> Director
> >>
> >> - - - -
> >>
> >> Pair With Associates
> >> A problem shared is a problem solved
> >> http://pair.withassociates.com/
> >>
> >> With Associates
> >> 54B Downham Road, London, N1 5AS
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> >>
> >> - - - -
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