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Hello Scott,
Thanks for your feedback, it is always appreciated.
It is inevitable that end-users will always go for the simplest option as they don't really want to be editing a website anyway, it is just cheaper than constantly paying people to do it for you. I have found that those type of users normally fall into the category of doing just 3 things...
- Add a new article/module
- Edit or delete an existing article/module
- Add, edit or delete a menu item
It is very rare for those types of users to want to create new module positions or make dramatic changes to layouts. That is why they paid to have a site built in the first place. And on that principal I tend to change Gantry 5 layouts to use the module positions and then use custom html modules for anything that may change in future.
Bearing in mind the customer only does 3 prime tasks I only ever train them on those 3 things so they never need to see template admin or complexity etc. because they will break it.
Because of that I also drum into them the importance of backups and how to use Akeeba.
I will refrain from making any product comparisons because it will serve no real purpose as we would be comparing a full framework with an extension that controls some of the page layout.
Your comments about documentation are valid though and we do need some more basic information to help users understand the differences. Perhaps with some real life examples of how Gantry 5 can emulate some of the comfortable and well known features of Gantry 4.
Once again thank you for your feedback.
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