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Asked: 2026-06-10T13:28:31+00:00

95% of all projects I work on require the following A simple admin-interface that

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95% of all projects I work on require the following

  • A simple admin-interface that allows one user to edit/add/remove predefined contents specified by me. (each content can contain multiple input-fields, wysiwyg, radiobuttons, images etc)
  • Possibilities to display one or multiple of these contents on a page. Preferably using a templatinglanguage.
  • Some minor helper-stuff, such as pagination, forgotten password etc.

Doing research, I find really complex solutions(wordpress etc), frameworks(django, drupal) and a myraid of superlightweight cms:es that only support static pages(get-simple etc).

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  1. Editorial Team

    Normally I would not recommend Drupal because I’ve had some bad experience with it in the past, but it does solve your problem (CCK & Views). Yes, it’s indeed complex, but you could disable the modules that you do not need and give editors access to what they need.

    Btw, Drupal is a CMS. As a framework, it sucks compared to Django.

    Edit:
    Regarding the complexity: not only it is complex, but your project could possibly grow more and more complex making the whole thing impossible to maintain. You can make it a rule to keep things simple – ask yourself twice before making a decision such as installing a new module because it implements “cool feature X” or “nice to have feature Y”. If your answer is not 100% “yes”, stay away from it 🙂

    Edit 2:
    WordPress – those themes that mix HTML with SQL queries make it a ’90s platform. I would chose Drupal over WordPress, it has a better design imho and the framework underneath doesn’t make you stupid (unless you are able to understand “the [infamous] loop“)

    Edit 3:
    If you can create those content types programmatically, my advice is to build some custom CMS on Django. If you need to create them from a web interface, Drupal will get you there in no time.

    So:

    • if you can write code (have the ability, energy, time and/or money), build it with Django
    • otherwise, go with Drupal
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