Comments on: Concrete5 CMS Review and Commentary http://www.cmscritic.com/concrete5-cms-review-and-commentary/ CMS News, Reviews, Interviews and Articles Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:37:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Childress http://www.cmscritic.com/concrete5-cms-review-and-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Mike Childress Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:16:14 +0000 http://sizzlefizz.com/?p=174#comment-159 Greetings Max, The answer to your question is yes, you can insert blog posts in addition to traditional static pages with Concrete5. I think it comes in the form of an add-on but I would suggest that you confirm with the Concrete folks. They are very helpful and could clarify even more. Have fun testing! Mike Greetings Max,

The answer to your question is yes, you can insert blog posts in addition to traditional static pages with Concrete5. I think it comes in the form of an add-on but I would suggest that you confirm with the Concrete folks. They are very helpful and could clarify even more. Have fun testing!

Mike

]]> By: frz http://www.cmscritic.com/concrete5-cms-review-and-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-158 frz Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:15:15 +0000 http://sizzlefizz.com/?p=174#comment-158 You should certainly play with concrete5 and probably be asking stuff like this in our forums instead of Mike's site, but... Sure.. with concrete5, we don't start by defining completely unique types of pages like other systems do. Instead everything's a page and you can refine what pages do and need to track with custom attributes and more. So yes, you can create a blog like list of posts in reverse order by just making pages and using the page list block. If blog workflow is important to you (no in-context editing but rather a dashboard UI) you can buy the blogging add-on for $55 which gives that and lets you manage all your pages of blog type centrally. That's a pretty brief answer, try asking here: http://concrete5.org/community/forums -frz You should certainly play with concrete5 and probably be asking stuff like this in our forums instead of Mike's site, but...

Sure.. with concrete5, we don't start by defining completely unique types of pages like other systems do. Instead everything's a page and you can refine what pages do and need to track with custom attributes and more. So yes, you can create a blog like list of posts in reverse order by just making pages and using the page list block.

If blog workflow is important to you (no in-context editing but rather a dashboard UI) you can buy the blogging add-on for $55 which gives that and lets you manage all your pages of blog type centrally.

That's a pretty brief answer, try asking here:
http://concrete5.org/community/forums

-frz

]]> By: Max http://www.cmscritic.com/concrete5-cms-review-and-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Max Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:17:37 +0000 http://sizzlefizz.com/?p=174#comment-157 Greetings from East Africa via Canada & Barbados! I've been pushing WordPress down here big time, but I'm gonna take C5 for a spin. Looks real good and it's perfect for non-bloggy sites. Question: Is it possible to insert blog posts in addition to traditional static "pages"?? Or is it better to just have WP as the blog component and C5 for the static stuff? Peacies! - Max "The IT pro" Greetings from East Africa via Canada & Barbados! I've been pushing WordPress down here big time, but I'm gonna take C5 for a spin. Looks real good and it's perfect for non-bloggy sites.
Question: Is it possible to insert blog posts in addition to traditional static "pages"?? Or is it better to just have WP as the blog component and C5 for the static stuff?

Peacies!

- Max "The IT pro"

]]> By: Mike Childress http://www.cmscritic.com/concrete5-cms-review-and-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Mike Childress Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:07:13 +0000 http://sizzlefizz.com/?p=174#comment-153 Thank you for taking the time to check the post out. I think Concrete5 is a great solution and look forward to watching its development. Thank you for taking the time to check the post out. I think Concrete5 is a great solution and look forward to watching its development.

]]> By: Liminal Website Design Cornwall http://www.cmscritic.com/concrete5-cms-review-and-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Liminal Website Design Cornwall Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:58:21 +0000 http://sizzlefizz.com/?p=174#comment-152 Concrete5 is amazing, the best CMS I was able to find and the easiest to use. We looked at loads of different open source products last year, and as web designers who build sites this was by far the best solution for us and our clients. Easy to use and a great community online, thanks for posting about it! Concrete5 is amazing, the best CMS I was able to find and the easiest to use. We looked at loads of different open source products last year, and as web designers who build sites this was by far the best solution for us and our clients.

Easy to use and a great community online, thanks for posting about it!

]]> By: Mike http://www.cmscritic.com/concrete5-cms-review-and-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Mike Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:27:45 +0000 http://sizzlefizz.com/?p=174#comment-143 Dear pov, Thank you for taking the time to comment. My intent of the post was to communicate the relative ease of which users, regardless of skill level (within the IT world), could manage content using Concrete5 and not to encourage unskilled people unfamiliar with the basics to pursue a career in building database-driven websites without the proper training. If in fact the primary function of a CMS is for end-users to manage website content, it would seem logical to avail oneself to a platform in which one could be effective, beginner or expert. I think Concrete5 offers this flexibility quite nicely. Thank you for the opportunity to clarify. Dear pov,

Thank you for taking the time to comment.

My intent of the post was to communicate the relative ease of which users, regardless of skill level (within the IT world), could manage content using Concrete5 and not to encourage unskilled people unfamiliar with the basics to pursue a career in building database-driven websites without the proper training. If in fact the primary function of a CMS is for end-users to manage website content, it would seem logical to avail oneself to a platform in which one could be effective, beginner or expert. I think Concrete5 offers this flexibility quite nicely.

Thank you for the opportunity to clarify.

]]> By: pov http://www.cmscritic.com/concrete5-cms-review-and-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-142 pov Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:26:30 +0000 http://sizzlefizz.com/?p=174#comment-142 IMO this review misses the point. The primary function of a CMS is as a tool for end-users to manage website content not as a tool for unskilled people to build websites. In fact anyone who needs an easy tool to build a database-driven site should be doing something other than building sites for anyone. Concrete5 may or may not be good at content management but one certainly isn't going to find out from the above review. IMO this review misses the point. The primary function of a CMS is as a tool for end-users to manage website content not as a tool for unskilled people to build websites. In fact anyone who needs an easy tool to build a database-driven site should be doing something other than building sites for anyone.

Concrete5 may or may not be good at content management but one certainly isn't going to find out from the above review.

]]> By: Mike Childress http://www.cmscritic.com/concrete5-cms-review-and-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Mike Childress Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:53:28 +0000 http://sizzlefizz.com/?p=174#comment-138 Thanks for the comments Tony. Your point regarding the database creation is duly noted. It brings up a good reminder concerning CMS install requirements. I've seen more than one poor sod knock themselves out with an install only to find out that the minimums failed to be met. Thankfully, the required items testing that many platforms incorporate these days help with that. Thanks for the comments Tony. Your point regarding the database creation is duly noted. It brings up a good reminder concerning CMS install requirements. I've seen more than one poor sod knock themselves out with an install only to find out that the minimums failed to be met. Thankfully, the required items testing that many platforms incorporate these days help with that.

]]> By: Tony http://www.cmscritic.com/concrete5-cms-review-and-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Tony Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:33:27 +0000 http://sizzlefizz.com/?p=174#comment-137 great review man. probably the best walk through of concrete5 i've seen thus far. in regards to: "I’d like to see the installation take care of the database creation." Many mysql installations are set up so that mysql users do not have the rights to create new databases. This is especially true on cheaper hosting plans where they only give you one database per account. great review man. probably the best walk through of concrete5 i've seen thus far. in regards to:
"I’d like to see the installation take care of the database creation." Many mysql installations are set up so that mysql users do not have the rights to create new databases. This is especially true on cheaper hosting plans where they only give you one database per account.

]]> By: Mike Childress http://www.cmscritic.com/concrete5-cms-review-and-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Mike Childress Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:10:30 +0000 http://sizzlefizz.com/?p=174#comment-136 Hi Franz - Concrete5 made it easy to be complimentary. It is likely the most easy to use content management system I've had the opportunity to thoroughly test thus far. The system provides a sizable advantage to those who lack the technical skills required of other platforms. And that is simply good business. Hi Kenton - Great to hear of your success. I think your situation clearly illustrates the power of Concrete5. Hi Franz - Concrete5 made it easy to be complimentary. It is likely the most easy to use content management system I've had the opportunity to thoroughly test thus far. The system provides a sizable advantage to those who lack the technical skills required of other platforms. And that is simply good business.

Hi Kenton - Great to hear of your success. I think your situation clearly illustrates the power of Concrete5.

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