I appreciate the effort. I think there have been many attempts to do this (wordpress, wetpaint, wikia, etc). I have yet to see one that really impressed me.
I think it's hard to balance the ability to create what you want, with the ability to have enough structure so the site isn't just a random collection of stuff. It's also hard to build a gui that allows non-coders to have fine grained control over the display.
Right now, I feel like this leans too far to the unstructured side, where it's hard to figure out what to use it for. I also find the controls to be kind of cryptic and difficult to use.
You are right. The thing is, you have to start somewhere. There are many decent products for structure. So we are starting with the other extreme. Give us some time.
True, and I commend you for putting it out there and iterating.
If there was one suggestion I might have on where to go next, it would be improving fine grained control of item placement (as alluded to in my original comment). No one has done this well, and it is one of the things that makes coders say "screw it, I'll just do it with CSS", and non coders say "screw it, I'll hire a designer/programmer.
I think it's hard to balance the ability to create what you want, with the ability to have enough structure so the site isn't just a random collection of stuff. It's also hard to build a gui that allows non-coders to have fine grained control over the display.
Right now, I feel like this leans too far to the unstructured side, where it's hard to figure out what to use it for. I also find the controls to be kind of cryptic and difficult to use.