Firerift... A content management tool built on CI

[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]
Just caught wind of Drew Wilson's Firerift project. More info is in his new Vitamin article:

http://thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps...etter-cms/

Exciting to see a seemingly solid CMS (okay... CMT) being built on CI, even if it looks pretty much just like EE.

Congrats, Drew... we're looking forward to it.

[eluser]Adam Griffiths[/eluser]
It looks pretty cool, I'll wait and see what it's like.

[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]
Yeah, I hope I'm not taking away what Drew is doing here by prematurely comparing it to EE. I think it's great so far and will be a great tool when it's released.

Actually, I'd be interested in donating to the cause if he's interested. I'll never get around to building my own CI-based CMS, so all the better to support a solid start like Firerift.

[eluser]Adam Griffiths[/eluser]
I remember being linked to this a while back on the Freelance Switch forums now that I've seen the site. Although I think the video for it is just wierd!

[eluser]louis w[/eluser]
I am interested to see what it will be like. But think he should have spent the time on getting a demo up instead of that dumb commercial. What does that even have to do with the product except make me think he is obsessed with star wars?

[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]
I liked the commercial as a fun little marketing tool. It obviously hasn't played well with his target audience because they just want to see the thing work. He mentioned elsewhere that he's a movie/film editing buff, so it's just a reflection of his personality.

Why make commercials like this for web software? Mainly just because I love making movies

You can see some more screenshots at http://www.drewwilson.com/archives/main_...s_round_1/

[eluser]louis w[/eluser]
I can understand his point. I feel however that a movie which doesn't actulaay talk about the product is not marketing it. From this movie I did not learn anything.

The UI is looking cool thou. While it reminds me of http://virb.com/ and other apple-like interfaces, I still love it.

[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]
I agree, it's a bit ineffective. Nothing wrong with Apple-like interfaces, for sure.

[eluser]Thorpe Obazee[/eluser]
I hope to see the 'CMT' in action soon