Does this Wordpress plugin exist?

CitizenSmif

CitizenSmif

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Been looking for something like this for a while and can't find one..

Has anyone found a plugin for wordpress that simplifies the (or is a seperate 'basic') backend for non-internet literate users to basically just edit pages and make posts? Would be handy if it could be branded aswell? ;)

EDIT: Infact, this should apply to any CMS with a decent amount of extensions/plugins/themes
 


Sorry I don't have any specific recommendations, but maybe you could look for an offline editor (a standalone program that can post to wordpress). That would probably make it much simpler.

Or you could write a script that posts via XMLRPC and just has a few basic text fields to fill in for the user.

Hope that helps.
 
Wordpress is already extremely simple in this area. I am not sure I see much a of market for something like this unless there is some magical feature I am missing.
 
patrick24601 said:
Wordpress is already extremely simple in this area. I am not sure I see much a of market for something like this unless there is some magical feature I am missing.
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When selling a website to an individual or a small business it would look way better to have a seperate backend with only basic options, which can be branded.

It would look more professional than directing them to the wordpress admin area, having a ton of options they'll never use and depending on the situation, letting them see what you've actually done in exchance for charging them out the ass for the website ;)
 
CitizenSmif said:
When selling a website to an individual or a small business it would look way better to have a seperate backend with only basic options, which can be branded.

It would look more professional than directing them to the wordpress admin area, having a ton of options they'll never use and depending on the situation, letting them see what you've actually done in exchance for charging them out the ass for the website ;)
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Sounds more like you don't need a plugin but you need to hire a coder to make said custom CMS. :P Btw if you want something dead easy, simple and easily brand-able look at nibbleblog, doesn't even require mysql, which may be a good thing from how your describing your target client.

NibbleBlog - Blog Engine (Official Website)
 
How i do it
1> The lazy way: hack up the wordpress core files however you feel fit. I only do this on sites that have little scope for future development (as upgrades and new plugins would fuck it all up)
2> The better way: give them a user level/role less than admin, then use functions to hide everything apart from the post & page menu for that user level/role.

This plugin (untested by me) can probably do that for you, though coding it into functions php shouldnt be that hard to accomplish

WordPress › Hide Admin Panels WordPress Plugins
 
what do you mean by internet illeterates? do you mean that they would not see the edit/new post button on the left hand side?
 
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