Very new and a bit lazy - Clarifying what concrete5 is
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Hey boys and girls,
After I have struggled to do what I want with Wordpress, I have gone in search for a new CMS. So I just have a couple of statements to make clear what I think concrete5 is:
1> I can build my site as I want it with features and all and then plop concrete5 on top of it, so my clients can add and edit content after the handover.
2> I can restrict certain users, so that they can't mess with any goodies that may break the site.
3> I can build my own add-ons for my sites.
4> The hosting requirements are pretty much the same as what Wordpress needs.
Thanks a lot for reading and hopefully commenting, especially if you are doing so on a Sunday as I am writing this.
After I have struggled to do what I want with Wordpress, I have gone in search for a new CMS. So I just have a couple of statements to make clear what I think concrete5 is:
1> I can build my site as I want it with features and all and then plop concrete5 on top of it, so my clients can add and edit content after the handover.
2> I can restrict certain users, so that they can't mess with any goodies that may break the site.
3> I can build my own add-ons for my sites.
4> The hosting requirements are pretty much the same as what Wordpress needs.
Thanks a lot for reading and hopefully commenting, especially if you are doing so on a Sunday as I am writing this.
Thanks man... I am going to start playing around with it on my localhost, and see how everything works.
I'll check out your package too. Hahaha!
I'll check out your package too. Hahaha!
I just wanted to add a little something concerning #2.
Permissions in Concrete are in my opinion way beyond what wordpress has to offer out of the box.
You can set permissions for anything.
First when it comes to users you have single users, user groups, user sub-groups... and for.
For each, you can decide to allow them access to pages, part of pages (blocks which are instances of add-ons on the page), files, dashboard functionalities... And for each, you decide whether they can view, edit, modify certain attributes...
It is extremely flexible and again, all out of the box
Permissions in Concrete are in my opinion way beyond what wordpress has to offer out of the box.
You can set permissions for anything.
First when it comes to users you have single users, user groups, user sub-groups... and for.
For each, you can decide to allow them access to pages, part of pages (blocks which are instances of add-ons on the page), files, dashboard functionalities... And for each, you decide whether they can view, edit, modify certain attributes...
It is extremely flexible and again, all out of the box
Thanks man. I'll sort it out, as I start figuring this cms out.
Yes, you can build it however you would like. Convert your PSD to HTML like you normally would, and convert it to Concrete5 as a theme. See the video here:http://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/designing-for-concret...
2> I can restrict certain users, so that they can't mess with any goodies that may break the site.
There are user permissions. You can allow and restrict stuff indeed.
3> I can build my own add-ons for my sites.
You can build your own, you can purchase them, you can let someone else build it... Lots of options. Add-Ons are also called "packages". I've build an Add-On (or package haha) that will let you create your own basic package. You still have to code stuff for view files and such, but the skeleton is there and you can install it right away after you hit "Make the package!".http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/package-designer...
4> The hosting requirements are pretty much the same as what Wordpress needs.
Requirements are pretty basic. All hosting companies will meet these requirements (at least.. should haha). I've seen WordPress requires PHP version 5.6, which is pretty high if you see Concrete5's requirements. So if you can run WordPress, I think you're pretty safe. But just read the requirements page!
See all requirements here:http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/background/system_requiremen...