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- vaxorcist0
ok, this can be more human-management than tech sometimes... years ago, we built a huge drag-drop editing system that client upper-end people loved, but actual users kept dragging things randomly and needed help...
...so we locked it down, with full consultation with people at client company, even the higher-ups, then we got these enraged emails and phone calls from some guy we'd never heard of at the client company who wanted to drag things around again, demanded it even, he really felt like we had killed his creative potential, etc...
...and we almost lost the client over this, as this angry guy we'd never heard of had lots of power there for some reason.... we finally let the client IT department handle much of this.... felt sorry for them in a way...
good luck,... this can be political, some people may hate their cube gigs longing for a bit of creativity in your CMS, if you prevent that beware....
- we only locked down the drag-drop, not the text/photo editing...vaxorcist
- Can't you have both?cannonball1978
- Right on. That's a good cautionary tale. We'll keep it in mind.jtb26
- multiple user levels is a good idea here.... and keep a logfile of who does what. Even WP has multiple user levels now....vaxorcist