Re: Another Drupal vs WordPress question
Drupal <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:27:04 -0500
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--===============0039875755843403585== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_483D1C5C-A376-4A4F-A1E7-5D4FF961E296" --Apple-Mail=_483D1C5C-A376-4A4F-A1E7-5D4FF961E296 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 The thing is there is big chance I=92ll build in the future dozen (or = even several dozens) small websites for small nonprofits, so it=92s = about decision which way to go, considering maintenance, speed, updates, = theming, easy for users to learn to maintain the content, etc. So, right = now, for a website or two, I would not worry about it. But I believe it = would be good to think a little bit for a sake of future, right? On Mar 18, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Patrick Avella <[email protected]> = wrote: > This thread is getting out of hand. >=20 > Use what you are most comfortable with, or what your client is most = comfortable with. Usability is mostly familiarity, and this extends to = maintenance + development times for developers. If you have a lot of = experience with drupal but none with wordpress, it will almost always be = more efficient (both in terms of speed and best practice) to build with = drupal. This is also vice versa.=20 >=20 > There are very few concrete reasons why to choose one CMS over another = as it all tends to be dogma based. Almost all of them sport similar = features. At the end of the day all that matters is the opinions of your = stakeholders. Exceptions to this are few and far between as all major = CMS have enterprise level services available.=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > So basically, use what feels right! >=20 > Cheers, > Patrick >=20 > On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > For a small, fixed, brochure site I'd go with html. > For a low budget blog site with no shopping cart, WP. > For an easy to maintain mom & pop shop CMS, I would recommend joomla = though I haven't used it in a while. >=20 > For a site with a secure shopping cart, multiple authors and editors, = or more complex setup then I'd recommend Drupal. >=20 > I also think that Drupal is probably the most secure of all the = different platforms. I've been porting a customer from Drupal to WP = (because WP is easier to maintain donchya know) and I've been kind of = horrified at the WP code. >=20 >=20 > On 3/18/2015 12:33 PM, Drupal wrote: >> Hi to all, >> Actually, I'm not asking which CMS is better or something. I use = Drupal for almost 6 years but, still, I would put myself to "higher = beginner" level. 90% of my websites are small, simple, intro websites I = built for friends and "clients". Mostly with News, Basic, = Events/Calendar, Webform, Forum... content types. Pretty standard.=20 >> So, my question is "When is Drupal to big for a website?" When would = WP fit better? Or even when would home-made-code fit better? Where is = "the line" you step over and have to use Drupal? If a small nonprofit = asks you to build small website with some basic stuff, for free if = possible, would you still build it on Drupal? >>=20 >> Thanks for any input, >> afan=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 >=20 > --=20 > -Don Pickerel- > Fane Software > <Fane-th.png> >=20 > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] >=20 --Apple-Mail=_483D1C5C-A376-4A4F-A1E7-5D4FF961E296 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><div>The thing is there is big chance I=92ll build = in the future dozen (or even several dozens) small websites for small = nonprofits, so it=92s about decision which way to go, considering = maintenance, speed, updates, theming, easy for users to learn to = maintain the content, etc. So, right now, for a website or two, I would = not worry about it. But I believe it would be good to think a little bit = for a sake of future, = right?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Mar 18, 2015, = at 12:09 PM, Patrick Avella <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">This thread is getting out of = hand.<div><br></div><div>Use what you are most comfortable with, or what = your client is most comfortable with. Usability is mostly familiarity, = and this extends to maintenance + development times for developers. If = you have a lot of experience with drupal but none with wordpress, it = will almost always be more efficient (both in terms of speed and best = practice) to build with drupal. This is also vice = versa. </div><div><br></div><div>There are very few concrete = reasons why to choose one CMS over another as it all tends to be dogma = based. Almost all of them sport similar features. At the end of the day = all that matters is the opinions of your stakeholders. Exceptions to = this are few and far between as all major CMS have enterprise level = services available. <br><br><br></div><div><br></div><div>So = basically, use what feels = right!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Patrick</div></div><div = class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 18, = 2015 at 1:04 PM, Don <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote = class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc = solid;padding-left:1ex"> =20 =20 =20 <div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000"> <div>For a small, fixed, brochure site I'd go with html.<br> For a low budget blog site with no shopping cart, WP.<br> For an easy to maintain mom & pop shop CMS, I would recommend joomla though I haven't used it in a while.<br> <br> For a site with a secure shopping cart, multiple authors and editors, or more complex setup then I'd recommend Drupal.<br> <br> I also think that Drupal is probably the most secure of all the different platforms. I've been porting a customer from Drupal to WP (because WP is easier to maintain donchya know) and I've been kind of horrified at the WP code.<div><div class=3D"h5"><br> <br> On 3/18/2015 12:33 PM, Drupal wrote:<br> </div></div></div><div><div class=3D"h5"> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <pre>Hi to all, Actually, I'm not asking which CMS is better or something. I use Drupal = for almost 6 years but, still, I would put myself to "higher beginner" = level. 90% of my websites are small, simple, intro websites I built for = friends and "clients". Mostly with News, Basic, Events/Calendar, = Webform, Forum... content types. Pretty standard.=20 So, my question is "When is Drupal to big for a website?" When would WP = fit better? Or even when would home-made-code fit better? Where is "the = line" you step over and have to use Drupal? If a small nonprofit asks = you to build small website with some basic stuff, for free if possible, = would you still build it on Drupal? Thanks for any input, afan=20 </pre> </blockquote> <br> <br> </div></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><div>-- = <br> =20 <br> <div>-- <br> =20 =20 -Don Pickerel-<br> Fane Software<br> <span><Fane-th.png></span><br> </div> </div> </font></span></div> <br>--<br> [ Drupal support list | <a href=3D"http://lists.drupal.org/" = target=3D"_blank">http://lists.drupal.org/</a> = ]<br></blockquote></div><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_483D1C5C-A376-4A4F-A1E7-5D4FF961E296-- --===============0039875755843403585== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] --===============0039875755843403585==--