Comments on: Choose Your Administrator Control Panel

By: Hummerbie

Hummerbie — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:20:46 +0000

@Sean: I have looked at Modx several times and it is becoming one of the new systems next to the big three (or four if you include Typo3) PacktPub marked it as an upcoming system as well.
A stable 1.0.x version was planned for spring 2009, but I have not seen that release yet.

By: Sean Callahan

Sean Callahan — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:59:45 +0000

I’m not a big fan of Drupal anyway, I think the benefits and support of the other communities are much more fitting for myself. I did find one really great CMS that you didn’t seem to mention- ModX…very flexible.

By: Nomorota

Nomorota — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:44:19 +0000

Imo Drupal lacks one solid integrated panel, at least for editors.
There is Administrator Menu module, and it seems most people install it as first add-on. But if you work on few language versions you will find its’ options located in various places – because they are sorted alphabetically. For me – it sucks.
I like Drupal a lot, and it seems its architecture is better than that of Joomla (d6 vs j1.5), but end-user-editors should have a reason to like it too.

By: Hummerbie

Hummerbie — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:52:44 +0000

@DWOC

I guess you could choose any of the options of Joomla, Drupal or WordPress!

It all depens on you wishes and how big you want the site to be.

You could check WordPress for Blog and static pages combined which works great.
If you need more functionality, than look at Drupal or Joomla, there are more large components there.

By: drupal, wordpress or cpanel

drupal, wordpress or cpanel — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:07:46 +0000

I’m looking to start a sports commentary blog, we’ll have a blog on the main page, but then side pages will be static…like tributes to certain atheletes or fan pages, what’s a good combo between a blog and static pages. i guess it’s more of a CMS question.

By: Hummerbie

Hummerbie — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:11:42 +0000

@Sampa

One of the best… I also like WordPress because of its simplicity and Typo3 for its structure overview.

By: Sampa

Sampa — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:12:21 +0000

Joomla! is the best!

By: Hummerbie

Hummerbie — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:18:10 +0000

@Jeff

As I mentioned in the article, this is true and what I mostly do.

The point I’m trying to make here, is that it is not the fact that you can set a standard theme, but that the Control panel from Drupal is not user friendly for the people who have to maintain the website after the Site builder has done his job.

The other content management systems have separated controle panels that maken it a lot easier to work on the content of a website.

For me that is what makes a great content management system.
A system to create quality content that makes it easy for the people who have to produce that content.

Drupal is a great system, but the control panel is not the easiest one to learn…

That is my main reason for writing the article.
A consistent control panel that puts content first would bring more people to use the system.

By: Jeff Eaton

Jeff Eaton — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:25:31 +0000

It’s already possible (and quite easy) to choose a specific theme for the administration section, separate from the main UI theme for the site. Some have suggested that it should default to a specific ‘administration’ theme — that hasn’t been done yet, but there’s no technical reason it couldn’t be.