Okay, I just landed my first CMS website project so I need to make a decision on a Freeway Pro compatible CMS. I’ve been reading about a few options that users have posted here, along with Freeway Pro comments posted on various CMS forums.
One area of concern some Freeway Pro/CMS users have voiced is that Freeway Pro will overwrite client changes whenever the Freeway Pro document is edited and uploaded. I can see that being a really problem. The work around has been using FTP programs such as Transmit to upload specific files, but I’d prefer to let Freeway Pro handle the uploading itself.
Having said that, what CMS’s work best with Freeway Pro and have features built in to handle client/designer update issues?
One area of concern some Freeway Pro/CMS users have voiced is that Freeway Pro will overwrite client changes whenever the Freeway Pro document is edited and uploaded.
This should not be a concern as you use FW to create the structure of your site and the CMS added content is stored on the server and brought into the layout when the page is served. No overwriting!
what CMS’s work best with Freeway Pro and have features built in to handle client/designer update issues?
This primarily depends on what/how much content or control you want your client to have. If you just want them to update some Mews sections and a pic then a simple one like Perch or Pulse will do.
If they need to create pages, add menus, galleries etc then maybe WebYep
So the question is - what exactly do you need them to be able to do and what is their competency level. No point in giving them features they will never use.
So if you can define that for us we can give you a better indication where to look.
Thanks David. Basically, they’ll be updating some webpage content and perhaps a gallery. They will not be adding pages, editing menus, or changing the basic structure of the website, nor do they want to.
It looks like Pulse will handle this pretty well, but I’m open to other options.
I just played around with the Webyep demo. Webyep is extremely easy to use, especially for clients who are not very computer savvy. I may have to rethink my choice of CMS solution.
My only concern is image galleries. Has anyone done a Freeway Pro website with a Webyep image gallery? If so, can you post a link so I can see how it works?
On 4 Feb 2012, at 20:25, “RavenManiac” email@hidden wrote:
I just played around with the Webyep demo. Webyep is extremely easy to use, especially for clients who are not very computer savvy. I may have to rethink my choice of CMS solution.
My only concern is image galleries. Has anyone done a Freeway Pro website with a Webyep image gallery? If so, can you post a link so I can see how it works?
I use Perch frequently and it is deceptively powerful while still being easy to use but it does require a more hands-on approach (code) if you need it to do more than the default templates allow. Great support.
Which one? Most tend to be all virtually all editable. When designing CMS pages are essentially designing blank template pages and trying to account for all kinds of exceptions of content the client might want to add to a page in the CMS at a later date.
WebYep has a particular useful plain text field you can use with PHP to make calculations on a page to create shops etc. Of course you can keep things simple and have small sections of text like a news update for example.
David
On 4 Feb 2012, at 20:50, “RavenManiac” email@hidden wrote:
David, how much of the website you designed is client editable?
On 4 Feb 2012, at 20:25, “RavenManiac” email@hidden wrote:
I just played around with the Webyep demo. Webyep is extremely easy to
use, especially for clients who are not very computer savvy. I may have to
rethink my choice of CMS solution.
My only concern is image galleries. Has anyone done a Freeway Pro
website with a Webyep image gallery? If so, can you post a link so I can
see how it works?