My 2-cents - and these are just my opinions as an engineer so please no flaming :)
1) I like both WordPress and Drupal 2) I am a Drupal advocate, however, in the following cases (including my own consulting work): a) if you need to lots of custom things b) if you are fluent in php and are reasonably savvy in HTML and CSS c) if your requirements go beyond those of blogs and simpler web apps Again, no reason for people to take issue since these are just my personal views. See: http://drupal.org/ But note that there are many more WordPress sites - there are reasons for this, mostly having to do (IMHO) with ease-of-use for less technical people. Again, just my opinion. In many ways, Drupal's raison d 'etre is the use of modules (and there many thousands) for doing all kinds of things. WordPress does this, too, but in my experience is more difficult to customize. Both provide: 1) abstraction layer mysql (so no need to deal directly with DB - this means that you never deal directly with mysql but use Drupal functions (in the rare case that you need to). 2) have many layers of security, optimization and solid backend infrastructure Note that Drupal 7 is a huge step forward in this space. Finally, I use Drupal for even for simplest sites - even those that have no DB requirements. Security and ease-of-mounting and so on. Many hosting service offer "one-click" installs of either CMS (AN Hosting is one). I know several non-tech people that have mounted very credible sites (some with advanced stuff like e-commerce) by the one-click method. PM me is you want to know more - happy to provide guidance and advice. S On Jun 23, 1:40 am, Steve deRosier <[email protected]> wrote: > You're looking for a content management system, or CMS. There's lots > out there. I've used Drupal extensively and it's both easy and > powerful. Joomla is another one I've used, more "publishing" oriented > if you will. Then if you're looking blogish: wordpress has both > hosted and software options. > > Your question is frankly too vauge to really give a good answer. "it > depends" is the best anyone with any honesty and experience could give > you from what you ask. Sometimes educating yourself a bit so you can > figure out what your needs are and what the right questions to ask in > your situation is the best plan. > > A list of various CMSs:https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Cms_list > > - Steve > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Jack Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would very much appreciate any thoughts I could get from this bastion of > > experience on the best approach to designing a website which includes > > permitting selected users to update/modify content only. > > > I want a small handful of involved users to be able to update content only > > without disrupting site structure. > > > Thank you very much -- Jack > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" > > discussion group on Google Groups. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> > > If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please > > email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
