What are the best interface features of a CMS you have used?

Question

There are a million and one CMS' that do a good job but the interface and usability of it let the entire system down (like a lot of websites out there).

Whenever I need to develop a bespoke system for content management I always try and draw on my past experiences and those of my clients to work out what works well and what doesn't. So each time I do one there is a similarity to the last but with some extra tweaking to make it that much better.

So the question is what CMS interface / features have you found a pleasure to work with and why?

Note: This could be editing pages, products, sitemaps, just about anything you needed to manage through a CMS

Answer 1

I personally think inline-editing is a massive speed boost for clients and developers.

Answer 2

Drupal 6's draggable menu reordering is a great feature. It is faster and more intuitive than the weight system from Drupal 5 and the up/down arrows I have seen elsewhere.

Answer 3

I agree with jchrista, drag-and-drop is very nice. This is the feature that initially drew me to Sitefinity. There is an online demo of this here.

Answer 4

Working with translations JoomFish for Joomla does a really good job! Backup and restore: JoomPack for Joomla is great!!

In general front-end editing makes things much easier for users and gives the Admin the possibility to restrict access to the front-end only.

CMSBox shows how easy it could be if all elements where drag&dropable!

Answer 5

I hate InterWoven (just because I find it slow and non intuitive--subjective..), but it has a nice WorkFlow setting that enables you to control the versions you have on the server between what you have been working on and what should be deployed.

Also a good (go back to before the screw up) productivity tools

MOSS has lots of interesting features that are supposed to do the same thing also, which I will look forward to test as we move towards that platform.