Just for your infos:
15 Years Joomla & WP experience here.
Two years ago, I decided to move from my trusty old editor to the WAY PRESENT & FUTUR CMS will be edited. Drag & Drop Editors.
• I start deep testing ALL Drag & Drop Editors in the JED
IMPORTANT: For me, any CMS that cannot pair with a good Drag & Drop Editor will simply vanish to history.
My only 2 necessary criteria for a Page Builder Editor are:
1. TOTAL INTEGRATION with Joomla system (article manager, articles, custom modules) and present an IDENTICAL Joomla edition experience both from frontend & backend.
— This is important, anything else will complicate the overall CMS experience
— One Native Joomla content management system of content to learn
— One system of edition to learn
— We have to beat the competition (WP Gutemberg)
2. Being simple & intuitive to use and at the same time as powerful as a traditional editor like JCE & IDEALLY made by a Joomla multi developers renown establish business
Any Page Builder that doesn’t comply with these 2 criteria is simply NOT “Joomla Friendly” and not using the full power of Joomla properly and detrimental to Joomla itself.
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Amazingly ONLY 3 Editors/Page builders on the JED get my number 1 criteria right???
In order of excellence:
My choice & Number 1: JSN Page Builder from Joomlashine
— IMPORTANT: Today JSN is closing the door, and their great editor is going with them
2. NextGen Editor — http://demo.nextgeneditor.com/free/
— CONS —> Made by a unique developer
3. Page Builder CK — https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/authoring-a-content/content-construction/page-builder-ck/
— CONS —> Made by a unique developer
MENTION but Rejected by my number one criteria:
The only last Joomla multi developers renowned established business that got a chance to become THE D&D EDITOR JOOMLA NEED is T4 Page Builder
- - In Testing now
- BIG PROBLEM — Cannot Edit in frontend ?????? - So weird as it is the main way people will edit their website
(ALL OTHERS TESTED EDITORS, BUT T4 HAS THAT POSSIBILITY ?????)
https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/t4-page-builder/
T4 Page Builder told me that THE NEXT VERSION will have the possibility….
Majors rejected Editors are:
• T4 Editor
- No frontend editing????
- Not working in custom Html Modules
• SP Page Builder
- No identical backend editor
• Quix Builder
- No identical backend editor
- Not Contextual
- Confusing interface
All the others are falling way short some way or another….
My hope is for a big Joomla developer company to buy the defunct JSN PageBuilder. They will become an instant success and a big boost for Joomla