Loading ...First let me say this is a paid post thru the folks at ReviewMe. Secondly let me say I had plans to review this product anyway! 
A few months ago I tried the web-based content management system Light content management system. I was impressed with interface, usability and ease of use for someone who’s a designer (me), not a brilliant code-head (not me). I’d been looking for a solution that was easy for me to use, but more importantly easy for my clients to use. 99% of my clients don’t know HTML and don’t care to learn it!
What I liked about Light is it’s literally dummy-proof. You can open up a page to edit, and don’t need to crack open the first help file to understand how to get started editing a page, adding a page, adding images, content modules etc. It’s so simple to use and the interface is incredibly intuitive.
In the past I’ve tried a variety of open source content management tools, Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress as well as custom coded CMS’s. All of these tools have required a sit down with the client to explain how to use the CMS. Then a day, a week and months down the road I’m still fielding questions.
I would be shocked if a client asked me to explain how to use Light - it’s that simple.
Negatives? One - the price. It’s not expensive, don’t get me wrong, but it’s also not open source (free). It’s reasonably priced considering the support they provide for the product. The problem I’ve run into is my clients have 25+ pages on their site and don’t want to fork out $50 - 100 bucks a month for hosting and CMS when they’ve been used to paying $8 a month hosting their existing (albeit no CMS) site.
I haven’t given up on selling Light CMS to my clients and I think once I get one on board and can use it as a solid demo, I’ll probably have greater success selling this solution in the future. If you wanna give it a whirl, you can sign up for a free trial here.
I recently came across this service and have been thinking about using them. So it’s good to see someone else is thinking like I am! I also have a problem with the price on this one, but am thinking if I ever decide to accept monthly payments versus flat fees then maybe this is the way to go. Can’t wait to see what others say about it.
I love this CMS, it is so intuitive and so nice looking all-round. My issue is that I would prefer to download a licensed copy than have them host it for me. I understand their reasons and I totally agree that it is the best way to secure against piracy, but it’d just be nice to rip it open myself.
I’m also interested in offering this to a few of my clients but i guess my questions is what do I do if I ever want to move OFF the service? I guess all sites would need to be redesigned correct? I’m leery of the pricing as well. It’s pretty steep so a lot of small-business clients with deep sites.
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