So i alays hear about all these other CMS out there. drupal, joonla, etc. I think CMSms is a better product. And I think I know whats holding CMSms back.
Its the presentation of CMSms. the main site looks old, lame and out dated. The admin panel is just okay, nothing snazzy there either.
Maybe people would be more excited about CMSms is it was cooler looking. I know its dumb, but I dont look at things if they are ugly. CMSms was one of my last CMSs to look at in depth, and I did choose it yes, but I walked into it thinking I wouldnt like it based on looks.
So can the CMSms developers look at the compition, and maybe step up the design of CMSms branding, also show off some great CMSms site right on the home page.
any thoughts?
CMSms main site, and admin panel design
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mngujara
Re: CMSms main site, and admin panel design
i'd agree. at first i didnt want to try CMSms based on looks. Some simple steps to change admin:
in css file (default template), you can change background color, heading fonts, and the color of the menu bar.
i would really love a template that looks exactly like ExpressionEngine's admin section. that would be cool!
in css file (default template), you can change background color, heading fonts, and the color of the menu bar.
i would really love a template that looks exactly like ExpressionEngine's admin section. that would be cool!
Re: CMSms main site, and admin panel design
I too have made my admin panel a bit sleeker. I plan on making it even better soon.
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calguy1000
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Re: CMSms main site, and admin panel design
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westis
Re: CMSms main site, and admin panel design
You are referring to the design competition that is currently going on for a better design of the main site. We gladly accept more entries! There's another 2.5 weeks or so to go. So by mid-October everything will look different.factor1 wrote: So i alays hear about all these other CMS out there. drupal, joonla, etc. I think CMSms is a better product. And I think I know whats holding CMSms back.
Its the presentation of CMSms. the main site looks old, lame and out dated.
I think it looks quite ok now, way better than for example e107 or PHP-Fusion. But sure it can be made even better. In CMSMS 2.0 it will be very easy to customize admin themes, both the XHTML and the CSS (which can be done easily already).The admin panel is just okay, nothing snazzy there either.
If you have a suggestion for a better-looking admin for the next version, anyone is welcome to submit a suggestion!
Re: CMSms main site, and admin panel design
so when can we expect cmsms 2.0?
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Pierre M.
Re: CMSms main site, and admin panel design
Hello,
BTW, you seem to have missed http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... 012.0.html
Pierre M.
Feb 5th according to http://blog.cmsmadesimple.org/2007/09/1 ... openhagen/factor1 wrote: so when can we expect cmsms 2.0?
BTW, you seem to have missed http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... 012.0.html
Pierre M.
Re: CMSms main site, and admin panel design
I have actually made my own custom admin skin for CMSMS, and you'd be amazed how easy it is.
Personally, I get annoyed by those 3d icons, drop shadows etc, like the Joomla admin. For the majority of clients, they like simple, clean text based backends, with my branding on the header.
Maybe its just because I am so *over* the 2.0 gradients and gels buttons etc right now that I would hate it if CMSMS went too far down that track. The reason I love it is because of its simplicity, and the ability to customise without having to get rid of 100 image files to do it.
I will happily volunteer to create the admin interface for CMSMS 2.0 - you guys need a woman's touch (not literally
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Personally, I get annoyed by those 3d icons, drop shadows etc, like the Joomla admin. For the majority of clients, they like simple, clean text based backends, with my branding on the header.
Maybe its just because I am so *over* the 2.0 gradients and gels buttons etc right now that I would hate it if CMSMS went too far down that track. The reason I love it is because of its simplicity, and the ability to customise without having to get rid of 100 image files to do it.
I will happily volunteer to create the admin interface for CMSMS 2.0 - you guys need a woman's touch (not literally
)