Newbie Question: Will eZ Work with This Scenario

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Philip Bishop	Monday 19 June 2006 9:22:23 am Hello, I manage a website for a non-profit that works with the homeless. One of the program directors wants to have access to a password-protected area of the site where she can post news, calendar info, perhaps photos and which volunteers, via login capability, can access remotely. Can eZ do this? And if so, can it do it in a way for users who expect the PC to opeate as easily as a toaster? One final thought. It would also be good if someone, as a "super admin," had ultimate control of all activity on the site. Thank you.
Ludovic André	Sunday 25 June 2006 5:29:39 am Hi, yes, it can of course work this way. One of the main "feature" of eZp is that you can customize it the way you want to have it. It's not easy to do that in every cases, but it's possible. You could then setup a simplified interface for those volunteers, with very limited functionnalities, but enough to do what they have to do. If you want to stick to the default interface, you'll (IMHO) not really meet your first constraint: "can it do it in a way for users who expect the PC to opeate as easily as a toaster?", as the default interface is way too much complicated for a lambda user... Finally, the superadmin could access this default interface to manage the entire site. But there are a few questions which you'll have to think about, like "do I want a validation system before publishing", for exemple. Ludovic André

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Monday 19 June 2006 9:22:23 am

Hello,

I manage a website for a non-profit that works with the homeless. One of the program directors wants to have access to a password-protected area of the site where she can post news, calendar info, perhaps photos and which volunteers, via login capability, can access remotely.

Can eZ do this? And if so, can it do it in a way for users who expect the PC to opeate as easily as a toaster?

One final thought. It would also be good if someone, as a "super admin," had ultimate control of all activity on the site.

Thank you.

Ludovic André

Sunday 25 June 2006 5:29:39 am

Hi,

yes, it can of course work this way.

One of the main "feature" of eZp is that you can customize it the way you want to have it. It's not easy to do that in every cases, but it's possible.

You could then setup a simplified interface for those volunteers, with very limited functionnalities, but enough to do what they have to do.

If you want to stick to the default interface, you'll (IMHO) not really meet your first constraint: "can it do it in a way for users who expect the PC to opeate as easily as a toaster?", as the default interface is way too much complicated for a lambda user...

Finally, the superadmin could access this default interface to manage the entire site.
But there are a few questions which you'll have to think about, like "do I want a validation system before publishing", for exemple.

Ludovic André