[LRUG] Though on CMSs

Wed Nov 5 19:35:14 PST 2014

Totally agree with Jay: WYSIWYG is a key. CMS end-users are most of the
time non-tech people. They want to play with boxes on a layout.

I would add also extensibility through plugins.
Those are 2 major success factors IMO.

If you guys could suggest me a Rails CMS like that I would be really happy
(I have already tried RadianCMS, Refinery, LocomotiveCMS, BlankApplication,
alchimyCMS (the best so far)) !!

2014-11-05 18:03 GMT+00:00 Jay Greasley <jay at firecomputing.co.uk>:

> 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
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>> >>
>> >> - - - -
>> >>
>> >> With Associates is the trading name of With Associates Digital Limited
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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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