Yesterday I shouted about extJS and you might have seen me shouting about my loved MODX CMS recently. I was asked by several people what I use as CMS instead of MODX. Answer is: none. I am searching for the perfect. Let me explain…
My first choice is MODX as a CMS. It is so easy to develop a website with it and I only get the output I want. But there are some severe problems I have with it: Some user-experience issues and some bugs which made developing a site a pain recently.
But what to do now? I don't like TYPO3, Drupal, Wordpress and these systems at all. What I want is a CMS which provides me a basic interface (layout like MODX), no fancy js-framework behind it but functional. Better let me make a list:
simple but functional manager
no JS-driven manager (extJS, JQM), only jQuery or similar extensions for some fancy stuff
responsive by default, so it's usable on every device
easy customizable and extendable with HTML5, CSS and jQuery
easy rights management (ACL)
nested / multi Template Variables (like MIGX offers to MODX or Processwire has)
easy blog system
easy templating system (like MODX has)
Markdown editor (I don't need TinyMCE, no one does), Markdown WYSIWYG for clients
super-fast performance in frontend and backend, this is most important
writing articles though Dropbox (send via e-mail or import frmo Dropbox maybe? API itself seems to slow)
super easy way to handle forms (also multi-site forms) and store values
So I hope someone jumps in and please let me know why there's no such system on the market or if there is one! Write comments, share it. I just want the CMS-world to be a better place.