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Blog software that could be converted to PR web application
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Blog software that could be converted to PR web application
A lot of our clients need a system to publish press release articles / news / etc. on their site. I could build it myself, but I imagine some sort of blogging software would be perfect for this, and I'm sure there are already tons of blogging applications. The features I need are:
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I actually downloaded that and was messing around with it a little before I left work. It does have all of that, but it seems much too complicated for many of my clients. Is it possible to disable about 90% of what wordpress does so that it wouldn't be so confusing for those who barely know how to use a computer?
You could try the plugin admin simplified and see what that does.
I do have good experiences with Wordpress as well. Also some non-tech clients are able to learn to work with it quite fast.
Only thing I miss in wp for real non-tech people is some undo or at least an auto-backup feature. It's possible to delete posts/articles with one press on a button (you do get a warning before definite deletion though). Or with one press on the save button the existing article is overwritten. With button-tricker-happy people that could be a problem. You know, that's when you get a phone call late in the evening or sunday morning from a panicking client who accidentally deleted or overwrote a page .....
What's cool in wp is that with the user management system it's possible to create users with limited rights. That way you allow them to only edit a restricted amount of pages. Or they are limited to what they can do in the admin system (like not allowed to edit templates).
I do have good experiences with Wordpress as well. Also some non-tech clients are able to learn to work with it quite fast.
Only thing I miss in wp for real non-tech people is some undo or at least an auto-backup feature. It's possible to delete posts/articles with one press on a button (you do get a warning before definite deletion though). Or with one press on the save button the existing article is overwritten. With button-tricker-happy people that could be a problem. You know, that's when you get a phone call late in the evening or sunday morning from a panicking client who accidentally deleted or overwrote a page .....
What's cool in wp is that with the user management system it's possible to create users with limited rights. That way you allow them to only edit a restricted amount of pages. Or they are limited to what they can do in the admin system (like not allowed to edit templates).
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