Just login to the site, you don't have admin rights, your just a user with some perms. admin/bhorst$1234 is password.
9, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Graham Lauder wrote: > > > On Tuesday 19 Oct 2010 12:39:56 Keith Williams wrote: > > >> My opinion... > > >> > > >> Basically the only person that seems to want silverstripe is > Christian. > > >> I think there are 3-4 people here that like Drupal in this group. > > > > > > Add one to Christians Group, > > > > > > I tried your demo and I also tried the Silverstripe demo. The > > > silverstripe interface is pretty intuitive I was changing permissions, > > > adding users and groups in no time. Excellent > > > > > > The Drupal Demo, I figured adding groups, couldn't figure how to manage > > > users or permissions and managed to post content > > > > http://www.mywebclass.org/~bhorst/admin/user<http://www.mywebclass.org/%7Ebhorst/admin/user> > > Access denied for testuser login > > > > > > I did a comparison on Compare between Silverstripe and Drupal and while > > > there were swings and roundabouts, the significant difference was that > > > most of Drupals functionality seemed to come from addons or plugins and > > > I couldn't see any easy way of installing said plugins.. > > > > You would not be able to install modules in the demo, since they require > > filesystem access. However, installed modules (many of which come with > the > > system by default and can be considered "core" in an ordinary sense) can > > be enabled or disabled in the admin here: > > http://www.mywebclass.org/~bhorst/admin/build/modules<http://www.mywebclass.org/%7Ebhorst/admin/build/modules> > > Access denied again > > > > > > On the strength of the above I would go with Silverstripe. > > > > > > However in addition to that: > > > > > > Christian has a long history with the project and that does give his > > > opinion some gravitas especially given he will be responsible for the > > > CMS in the end. > > > > Yes, I respect Christian, but I don't feel that he is giving this issue > > sufficient balance. Having only installed Silverstripe once in a demo > > instance is no substitute for real-world experience with a platform. You > > may be disappointed in the half-complete Drupal Demo we've tried to set > > up, but I and colleagues have implemented Drupal in dozens of real-world > > sites for a vast array of clients, and it has stood up to the test. > > And please, don't think I don't rate your contribution over the years as > highly. :) and I thank you for giving time to the debate. > > > > > > The kicker for me though is that at some point in any OSS project roles > > > change or people get added to teams for this sort of admin. The number > > > of admins will expand quickly for all the various projects and the > > > faster they are up to speed on any CMS, the better. To me Silverstripe > > > wins this hands down. > > > > I think quite differently here. There are far more people in the FLOSS > > world familiar with Drupal, some of OOo's infrastructure has already been > > in Drupal, and new people who have used CMSs in the past likely have > > encountered Drupal. It's tested, it's robust, and it's widely known. > > Fair comment and I would agree that the Drupal community is extensive and > passionate, however my experience has shown in the past that the passion > can > get in the way of practicality, however having said that, my thanks for > your > reasoned debate to this point. > > My point was that people who are Drupal Geeks, while they may be out there, > are not always Office Suite Geeks like you and I, the people who will end > up > administering this will invariably be the latter > > However, my mind is always open and if evidence is shown to the contrary > I'll > be happy to put my small weight behind it. > > I should probably point out here that the IIRC Daniel Carrera set up the > ingots site on Drupal. http://www.theingots.org Ian Lynch could confirm > or > correct that. > > Cheers > GL > > > > -- > Graham Lauder, > OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ > http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html > > OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant. > > INGOTs Assessor Trainer > (International Grades in Open Technologies) > www.theingots.org > > -- > E-mail to [email protected] <website%[email protected]>for > instructions on how to unsubscribe > List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/website/ > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- *Thought Farm Productions <http://www.thoughtfarmproductions.com> [email protected]* *(201) 691-7057* -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/website/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
