Thoughts on Netlify

[Gill, Avtar]

Hi Jon,

Thanks for your feedback!

> If the site maintainers wanted to change some colours, add a logo to the footer, or adjust some layout - they would still have to use the traditional method of modifying the code.

This sounds about right. It might be worth comparing Netlify CMS to something like WordPress. One person might be comfortable with HTML and CSS enough to customize the theme being used or tackle layout issues. Whereas others might only want to edit content on pages or create new blog posts. In this respect perhaps Hugo and Netlify CMS serve the same purpose?

Avtar


> On Dec 11, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Hung, Jonathan <jhung at ocadu.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone (specifically "Hi Avtar" since he asked for this feedback),
> 
> I spent a couple minutes exploring Netlify and here are my incoherent thoughts (you've been warned).
> 
> The interface only allows editing or creating content. It doesn't seem to allow you to do much more than that.
> 
> If the site maintainers wanted to change some colours, add a logo to the footer, or adjust some layout - they would still have to use the traditional method of modifying the code.
> 
> Netlify is not a full-serve "user-friendly" interface for administering and maintaining Hugo sites - it seems to me to be more of an interface for data entry with a bit of workflow control. You still need someone capable of maintaining a traditional Hugo site.
> 
> Depending on who will be using Netlify + Hugo once deployed, there may need to be some training or documentation covering capabilities of Netlify (including can not be done) and typical workflows. Some documentation about the custom shortcodes would be useful too.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> - Jon.
> 
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> Jonathan Hung, Inclusive Designer
> Email: jhung at ocadu.ca
> OCAD University
> Inclusive Design Research Centre
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