I have a new client who has the techie abilities of a brick (they can post to FB so they are convinced that can cope with a blog!). Regardless, they want a blog that they can update themselves, but they want a “snazzy” one.
I’d normally fire up Armadillo, but it ain’t “snazzy” enough, so I’m looking for options.
They really like Poster in Flex Box mode, and I know that can be done with Markdown, but I also know if I introduce them to MD my life going forward will be spent offering MD support, and dealing with the “it’ don’t work” support “issues”.
So, suggestions please: Needs to be so easy even Trump could use it, and be snazzy.
This is ‘my’ admin page for that blog, as I’m going to be the one filling it in I haven’t bothered styling it but essentially you lay it out as you would any stacks page. I’ve seen ones where the fields are in tabbed stack so the user 1st fills in the title and date, then the content, then the gallery etc.
As its a normal stacks page you can pop in helpful notes/popdrop tips etc.
I think Poster does the best looking blogs and is the only one I know that can exactly replicate the popular Ghost type of blog such as https://blog.revolut.com or the Realmac blog.
@paul.russam Your impressive demo is much more of a complete Estate Agents system designed for an experienced computer savvy end user, than a blog. I also think that users need something that looks like a more traditional blog list layout or there is a risk that they don’t use it as a point of entry into the blog.
IMHO Blog edit windows need to be super simple. Nearly everyone I have created blogs for can’t tell the difference between a normal and a capital letter and if you give then an extra box to fill in or styling options they will either stab at the options with the mouse or write an essay in the description or add a cat video.
On the topic of editors. I am still waiting for something like SurrealCMS to come along for RW. The online editing is really slick and the way forward. Checkout the editor demo on this page - https://www.surrealcms.com.
Jannis has been helping me with the remote markdown file blogging feature for Poster and I’m going to run with that. Once setup it’s super simple for the client.
No pain points specifically now with the new version 7 is available. It looks very simple to implement for any stack with a Class box so that covers the RW integration. When I have time or when I next need a CMS I will certainly try to use it.
