CMS Update Part 2
Part 2 of the video from yesterday shows a twist on the “content block” concept.
You’ll see me remove the site navigation, replace it with a content block, and give my client an easy way to update the main nav on the site.
I made a small goof in the early part of the video and called the unordered list a “menu” because I was looking at the id of the opening tag.
Ara Garabedian says:
September 5th, 2007 at 12:27 am
The CMS is looking nice and simple. Are you still beta testing? If so, I would love to see where the CMS is at. I am a professional web designer of 7 years and have yet to see a CMS that suits my needs as both a designer and developer.
Kind regards.
jackborn says:
September 5th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Ara,
I’ll announce beta testing soon. I have been contacted by several folks…
Thanks for stopping by!
Jack
David Branco says:
September 13th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Jack, I love the simplicity of your system but I can’t help but feel an obstruction being created by your editable content blocks. Don’t get me wrong I love your idea, and I’m thinking of implementing such a feature in my CMS project; however, in your version of execution there WILL be confusion when switching between multiple themes.
One suggestion I have for overcoming this problem, would be to categorize the blocks so only the “theme blocks†for the currently applied theme appear and remaining blocks for the disabled themes are hidden. This will solve a lot of confusion and clutter; if this was the road I’d take, I’d save the blocks in the theme folder via a flat-file configuration.
My $0.02,
- Dave
Marc says:
September 21st, 2007 at 2:24 am
Have you ever heard of http://www.redaxo.de? I think its quite the same as yours - but for free.
But keep up the work. I am interessed none the less.
Robert Garcia says:
September 29th, 2007 at 2:53 am
I JUST discovered you today, after searching and searching and searching, and I have to admit that everything you’ve developed so far is everything I’ve ever wanted in a CMS.
I also noticed that in your last video, you put in a Miami number. I’m in Miami, and would love to be a part of a beta test.
I’m currently rolling out a site that I think this CMS would be perfect for.
(I’m sure I’m not the only one begging for a chance at a beta test ;P)
Please feel free to contact me.
Tyler Featherston says:
October 25th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
When are you going to realease??
Tyler Featherston says:
October 25th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Ok…I keep watching the Videos…and needless to say…i’m so excited about this product. Please e-mail me about beta testing/demo. I would pay anything!!!!
Tyler
Kyle W says:
December 12th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
This looks great! I’m looking forward to the launch, and would love to be a part of any beta testing.
Martin says:
December 20th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Allo,
Is there any updates on the release of your CMS? I was the fellow who some time ago made the suggestion of calling it D.I.R.T. Simple or some-such.
(p.s. My offer of free Graphic Design work still stands)
John says:
January 10th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Hi Jack, its been a while, any update you can let us know about since your last post in August. Love to hear what you are up to with your CMS.
Colin says:
March 11th, 2008 at 2:53 am
Hey Jack, I stumbled across your little project a few weeks back and am very interested. Any chance that your still working on it’s release? We have not heard anything in some time. Hope your still pluggin away, I think you really got a good idea here…
Chris McKee says:
March 26th, 2008 at 8:16 am
This reminds me of something I was building a while back for a client.
More recently though the editing in page technique is like a good version of Spearhead CMS (which sucks).
Me says:
April 9th, 2008 at 9:13 am
There are thousands of CMS products out there. This kind of functionality is in most website editors, online and offline editors. Type in ‘free business websites’ into google and check out some of the free online website editors. They are all ajaxed up and really smooth to use.
The only reason i’m “blasting” this CMS is because I saw an advert for this site and it said “coming soon” then I read the blog - how long has it been “coming soon”?. Every web developer is working on their own CMS. Don’t show it off until you’ve released a beta to the public (with a download link on your site)!
TBH I’m not that impressed with this editor. Start again and this time to Ext JS library and use JSON
Sorry but that’s my honest opinion.
Brendon Kozlowski says:
August 26th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
In your honest opinion, wouldn’t you also realize that although Ext JS is probably the most professional looking front-end JS library, it’s also one of the slowest (popular choices).
Everything you’ve said though, “Me”, seems like a ‘Captain Obvious’ statement, so thanks for clarifying.
Mike says:
September 20th, 2008 at 12:57 am
I am looking for something that appears to be this simple. cheaper is better. Has this been put up for sale/resale? or was it made freely? is there a download trial? please advise.