Yup, planning to keep it simple. I’ll probably have to be slapped back from time to time as I add stuff to it.

The pages eWrite Lite creates are in the form:
http://www.domain.com/index.php?article=the_full_page_title_is_like_this

I often wonder if there is a better approach but Google, MSN, Yahoo, ASK etc appear to have no problem indexing the sites. So if its not broken, I won’t go fixing it.

Also, a description can be added to every page which is used in the META description tag of the page and shows up on Google quite nicely.

There’s a lot to be said for keeping things simple.

I use Joomla for my main sites, and WordPress for blogs, and have done a few Joomla sites for others. I find Joomla excellent… (apart from a couple of minor irritations), but the sheer scope and complexity of the admin system can be overwhelming for the uninitiated. Its the same with Drupal and other popular open source CMS systems.

The real trick, of course, is to strike that elusive balance between keeping the interface simple, and incorporating the rich functionality your clients demand/need for their sites.

Like the Pixenate idea — would be a cool feature when editing content on the road. Prism looks interesting! Having your site admin available on the desktop would be great.

One important thing for any CMS (not sure how eWrite fares on this score, but its something that Joomla falls down on) is having search friendly features built in — things like rewriting URLs to be human/spider readable, allowing independent editing of tags for every page, etc.

I think you’re on the right track; simplicity is the key. As Leonardo da Vinci once said: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”.

Cheers,

Calvin!