I added tinyMCE and it was just getting to the actual content piece that threw them. They wanted to edit it "on the page". I think there's a lack of understanding about the back-end, or else a wishful desire for wizardry that may not exist. Oh, yes, and thank you for reminding me Hans, another snag: they are fanatical about URLs, to the point where I have to redirect everything into a directory called "/home".
Shari L. Halter Web Programmer, Corporate Services Thornton Tomasetti 51 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 T 917.661.7800 F 917.661.7801 D 917.661.7970 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Deutsch Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 2:14 PM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] VERY user friendly php-compatible CMS I'm just starting with drupal 5.x Did you add the fckeditor module to the text editors? (Allowing you MS Word style buttons) On 2/9/07, Hans C. Kaspersetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Halter, Shari wrote: > > Any suggestions? > > I am not familiar with Joomla, but I wonder how it would compare at the > front end? > My group has been customizing and installing Joomla for a couple of years. It offers inline editing using a wysiwig. It has it quirks but works very well for our customers. We usually write a small manual that summarizes the full Joomla manual and covers just the features the customer will be using. And we customize the administrative interface to remove access to the nasty bits the users may not need. Joomla does create some ugly URLS and the templating is nav driven, so these can be headaches also. You can access the same piece of content through more then 1 URL even if that URL is not defined in the navigation. This can be a problem for some and needs to be considered. If you install Joomla, take some time to download and read the manual. It is very helpful. Ahh!!! One more thing. 1 piece of content can only be categorized into one Section/Category. This can be a problem if a piece of content should truly be in categorized in two places at once. This can be handled creatively. I would strongly recommend avoiding contribute. It is like an evil pink Cool-Aide. It scales very very poorly. The template control system is awful. If you want to make a change to a main navigational element through Contribute, it will download every page and make the change. The process of downloading, updating and uploading hundreds or thousands of pages takes a long time and is failure prone. Nothing in contribute is database driven, it is purely file driven. It is nice for the first 10-25 pages of a site. Beyond that and thing get very difficult to manage. Just my $.02. Hans K _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk <http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com <http://www.nyphpcon.com> Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php <http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> The information in this email and any attachments may contain confidential information that is intended solely for the attention and use of the named addressee(s). This message or any part thereof must not be disclosed, copied, distributed or retained by any person without authorization from the addressee. If you are not the intended addressee, please notify the sender immediately, and delete this message. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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