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I recently finished the first phase of a simple content manager, which will one day be released open source. It is based around the concept of content blocks.

http://jasonleveille.com/2008/04/simple-mc-starting-the-open-source-process/

You can log in at http://jasonleveille.com/bai_cms/.

Administrator:
u: admin
p: admin

Editor:
u: editor
p: editor

I would appreciate any feedback, especially the constructive kind.

I'm just now starting the process of open sourcing this small application. It seems that enough people are interested in its simple capabilities that I shouldn't procrastinate any longer.

http://jasonleveille.com/2008/04/simple-mc-starting-the-open-source-process/

Very impressive; what are you using at the back-end. Is this .net based with sql?

Thanks donalconlon. The application you are looking at is running with PHP and MySQL as the backend.

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Really nice work you've done there, what can we expect later on? Dragging youtube movies, images etc right into the page content?

Thanks for your kind words Pagebaker. At this point the direction I go will be dictated by client requirements. Initial requirements called for a simple way to manage content blocks both from the front end and the back end, as well as a simple way to manage users. What excites perspective clients the most about this app is the simple way they can update content. We are dealing for the most part with VERY nontechnical people, and I tried to keep this in mind the entire time I was working on the front end. The feature we are seeing the most request for (naturally) is page management. The ability to easily add/remove pages.

What I'm most excited about is the group funding the app wants it to become an open source project. The way that the front end editor has been constructed it should fit easily into other projects ... for example as a Wordpress plugin.

Little comment: You should load the styles you use for text in the WYSIWYG, so you really see what you get.

I hear that, loud and clear.

By the way I'm working on a similar project (http://www.pagebakery.org/) , mayb we could share idea's / help each other out, let me know :)

Looks like a great project. I'll plan on contacting you privately about the possibility of sharing ideas, etc.

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Hi Jason

How is it going along ? I would love to see the updates if at all.

Cheers
SunJoo

Very impressive; what are you using at the back-end. Is this .net based with sql?

I think it is very intuitive. My compliments.

Does the editor saves the data in a database?

Why are there so many tabpanels in there? Couldn't things like 'add user' and 'edit content' do with regular panels? Each only has one tab that seems like a waste. Maybe you're planning to add more tabs later....

Thanks for your feedback cutigersfan. I think you are correct here. I'm not sure why I chose tab panels for the modal window user/content managers. In retrospect, I do think it was a poor choice. I have changed those panels to regular panels and I think it is an improvement. Thanks.

Hi Jason,

So, all back live now? Got any roadmap ?

Thanks guys. I still have lots of work to do. Yes, the editor saves the data to a cache file, as well as to mysql. It only supports mysql at this time.

I recently finished the first phase of a simple content manager, which will one day be released open source. It is based around the concept of content blocks.

You can log in at http://fuzz2.my-classes.org/demo/. The login link is located at the bottom of the demo.

This is a follow-up for anyone wanting to view the demo. I am in the process of changing hosts and when I have the demo back online I will post the new url here.

looks really good!

great job

[quote=leveille;84211]I recently finished the first phase of a simple content manager, which will one day be released open source. It is based around the concept of content blocks.

Hi Jason,

I am thinking of developing one myself too and looking for extjs experienced developers with some of my ideas. But yours seems like what I have in mind. How long did it take you to get this far and how many team members ?

Great work, Jason.

Really nice work you've done there, what can we expect later on? Dragging youtube movies, images etc right into the page content?

Little comment: You should load the styles you use for text in the WYSIWYG, so you really see what you get.

By the way I'm working on a similar project (http://www.pagebakery.org/) , mayb we could share idea's / help each other out, let me know :)

I'll keep an eye on this one!

I am thinking of developing one myself too and looking for extjs experienced developers with some of my ideas. But yours seems like what I have in mind. How long did it take you to get this far and how many team members ?

It probably would have taken someone with more experience than I a much shorter period of time, however I would estimate that it took me (just me ... no other developers) approximately 75ish hours to get what I have to this point. I could be under, but I definitely don't think I'm over in my estimation. This was my first extjs project, therefore I had to battle the learning curve. Also, prior to starting this project I would have pegged my JavaScript skills at beginner (I'm a PHP developer by choice, and a .net developer when that is what the client pays for).