WordPress is great in many ways. One way it’s not so great, however, is that it can be a pain to edit both the layout and content of pages. Different parts of the system are fed by different parts of the backend (i.e. the administration part of WordPress), and this can be confusing for someone with very limited technical skills.
That’s why I thought I’d share some ways to make the editorial work easier!
Front-end Editor
Front-end Editor is a great little plugin that you just install and then like magic you can edit your posts/pages. This plugin is perfect if you want to edit small things in a smooth way! As you can see from the screenshots, when you hover your mouse over something that is editable, a little “edit” button pops up, then you just click and an editor pops up and you can edit your content.
Advantages:
- Easy to implement: just install a plugin and you’re up and running.
Disadvantages:
- Does not work optimally with, for example, Infinite-scroll.
- It is not possible to move posts, widgets etc, but “only” to edit.
- It is not possible to select a selected image.
Address: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/front-end-editor/
PressWork
PressWork is a framework for creating your own theme. Using this framework, the user gets access to features such as changing fonts (the user can choose an optional one from Google Web Fonts), the user can move around sections of the website as modules, etc. This framework is mainly aimed at those who make general templates that the customer then modifies themselves, as the focus is on the customer being able to change a LOT. This is not always what you want to achieve, but for someone who feels they want that control, this is a perfect framework.
Pros:
- Ability to drag and drop modules.
- Ability to change a lot of things.
Disadvantages:
- Has to be integrated along with the theme.
- No possibility to set what the user can / cannot change.
- High probability of clashing scripts.
Address: http://presswork.me/