Comments on: CMS Catchup.. http://digitalbydefault.com/2010/02/16/cms-catchup/ Matt Jukes: digital tactics & open web in the public sector Sun, 20 May 2012 12:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Matt http://digitalbydefault.com/2010/02/16/cms-catchup/#comment-757 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:55:30 +0000 http://backpass.org/?p=534#comment-757 Neil

Yep I did see your post and have been keeping an eye on the Uservoice – done a little bit of voting as well. I’m not sure I have many ideas that aren’t covered there at the moment – my big bugbear is usability on the publishing side of things – if it was easier for ‘normal’ people to handle day-to-day editing and publishing I think that would free up enough time to solve alot of the other issues!

]]> By: Neil Williams http://digitalbydefault.com/2010/02/16/cms-catchup/#comment-754 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:25:09 +0000 http://backpass.org/?p=534#comment-754 Did you see my post on this subject over at http://neilojwilliams.net/missioncreep/2010/fantasy-cms-for-government/ ? I’ve kicked off a list of ideas for how to make CMSs better – would love to get your input too if you have the time.

Glad you approve of the BIS topbar. That’s my baby :)

]]> By: Simon Dickson http://digitalbydefault.com/2010/02/16/cms-catchup/#comment-753 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:20:19 +0000 http://backpass.org/?p=534#comment-753 It’s far too early to declare our Science & Society project a success, either as a site in itself or as a model for building a larger website from a collection of smaller blogs. But it’s certainly an interesting idea, and we’ll only learn about its true potential by trying it. Hopefully that’ll then make it easier for others. ;)

Your core point is absolutely right though. And in my mind, it’s further reinforcement for the open-source, lightweight and (dare I say it) WordPress way. If big expensive CMS solutions can’t do what you want, and small cheap CMS solutions can’t either, then the latter wins on cost and manageability. And if it’s open source, then you have the right to build whatever add-on you feel is required. Bingo.

]]>