Re: [OSCOM] CMS Choices

Robert Lemke <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.cms.oscom
Organization TYPO3 Association
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Thomas,

On Sunday 06 February 2005 01:09, Oliver Crow wrote:

> - Typo3 seemed to have a strong technical basis -- very configurable, but
> it has the flavor of 'built by programmers, for programmers'.  That's not
> in itself a bad thing, but our content authors would be non-technical, and
> the interface and documentation are very complicated.  

It is true that TYPO3 has that kind of flavor, but mainly when it comes to 
configuration and extension of TYPO3. An average training for editors takes 
not more than 4 hours and usually includes creating any kind of content plus 
some advanced functions like sending a newsletter.

I think one of the big advantages is that you can enable and disable almost 
every field and button in the editors backend based on user / -group rights.

> I found several  comments on the typo3 site to the effect of, "yeah, it's 
> complicated,  that's because it's powerful and that's the way we like it".  
> Perhaps one  could pare it down, but it seemed like a lot of work to make 
> the interface  usable.

Yes, we keep on comparing TYPO3 with a 747 airplane - it takes some time 
learning to handle it but in the end you have many possibilites. If that is 
too much you better go for a bicycle.

But that is only true for the site creator - passengers will likely prefer an 
airplane for long trips ...

robert

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Robert Lemke
Assessor - TYPO3 Association
http://association.typo3.org
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