I'd like to see this too. I use it for exactly this purpose, to give
non-technical people the ability to manage a simple website using a
CMS. To be honest, I think that the mostly technical person doesn't
really need an OS CMS, they can either hand code the HTML just as
easily (maybe run some scripts to generate naviation) and upload the
files via ftp/svn or write their own CMS. Its precisely when we have
more complicated needs (of which multiple, non-technical users is a
likely one) that Radiant becomes most useful.
I have some thoughts on this:
1) What would be awesome would be a WYSIWIG editor plugin that is an
EXTENSIBLE HTML/XML editor. This would allow one to create GUI
elements for all of the common radius tags (override creating links,
for example, putting an asset browser into there, etc) and have it
create the necessary markup. Maybe a markup WYSIWYG editor will allow
this too but I don't know of any
2) Normally when someone wants a custom template that captures
something specific (a news article or a product) really its just a way
to more seamlessly (and realiably) enforce content structure (here is
you headline, here is your kicker, a product image goes in this
box....) but really all we want to do is generate structured markup
for various parts. It would be wonderful if one could create page
"templates" that imposed some sort of structure but behind the scenes
simply added a page to the database with a number of parts with
predefined markup. (I'm not sure if this is like the templates
extension Sean released.. Haven't had a chance to look at it). Making
it part of the "pages" structure keeps it clear where it appears.
On the other hand, you can tell your client that if they really want
all that they're looking at a system like Teamsite from Interwoven
which would probably cost them in the range of a half million plus 10%
per year (but don't forget to put your 4% markup on that)...
Adam
On 18-Nov-08, at 9:44 AM, Casper Fabricius wrote:
Hi everyone,
I've used Radiant for more than 10 web sites during the past 1,5
years, and I really like it. Definitely the best CMS for Rails.
However, I have a client whose content editor is very frustrated
with the system. She can only just tolerate using Markup, and she
refuses to write any kind of HTML - Radius tags falls into this
category from her point of view. According to her, a proper CMS
would hide all this "technical stuff" and provide custom forms for
all types of content.
I know what the core team might answer: Radiant CMS was not built
for this woman. It was built for small sites and content editors
with a bit of technical insight. But Radiant is still the most user-
friendly CMS that exists for Rails, and I don't really feel like
coding PHP just get a more "advanced" UI, which will suck anyway.
So my question is: How do the rest of you handle this? How do you
hide away "technical" stuff such as snippets, tags and css classes?
Do you:
- Use any of the WYSIWYG filters? (I've done this a few times, it
has its own problems)
- Build very specific custom layouts for all variants for pages?
- Use a generic templating interface such as radiant-templates-
extension to wrap everything up?
- Write custom extensions to wrap all kinds of "elements" nicely in
forms? (such as newsletters, spots, list of various items, etc.)
Can Radiant be palatable for content editors such as my client, or
is it simply the wrong choice in this case?
Med venlig hilsen / Best regards,
Casper Fabricius
http://casperfabricius.com
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