Yep. Both platforms have come a long way. We are impressed with each and try to fit the framework with the clint needs. Thus far for CMS we're about 80/20 between Drupal instals and WP. http://www.symfony-project.org/ looks good too. peace, Chad
On 2010-02-19, at 10:25 AM, Mike Schinkel wrote: > On Feb 19, 2010, at 9:25 AM, TCS wrote: > >> We realize there's more users - I wasn't counting users, rather considering >> the overall expandability and multifunctional use of a website tool. It's >> not the easiest to use as a developer, but once you get it, it is robust! >> Just thinking if you want to create a community environment and build on a >> more robust tool, Drupal's great. We love Wordpress too! > > On Feb 19, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Patrick wrote: >> Wordpress is a blog platform that can be used as a CMS, not an actual >> CMS ;) >> >> Just teasing. > > > Yes mine was some as light hearted teasing as well. Glad you took it as as > such. :) > > Still, "many a truth said in jest" as they say. I really have seen people > have a lot more difficulty getting Drupal projects completed vs. WordPress > projects and then training users to understand Drupal is yet another > complication where it's pretty easy for users to get WordPress. As way to > explain and a rule of thumb I tell prospective users that the minimum > WordPress project cost they'd pay a local consultant for a professional > design and a bit of custom functionality developed in PHP and/or jQuery is > about $2500 vs. the minimum Drupal is around $10k. Drupal typically makes > the first 85% easy but the last 15% can be very difficult (and hence time > consuming/expensive.) > > FWIW a year ago WordPress didn't have the feature set needed in core+plugins > but does now. A partner and I are actually launching a conference in Atlanta > called "The Business of WordPress" to highlight how to use it for local > businesses in part because I want them to see how effective it is now. > > -Mike Schinkel > Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking > http://ignitionalley.com > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > 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/coworking?hl=en. Chad Ballantyne Creative Director www.thecreativespace.ca 705.252.2423 ΓΌ Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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/coworking?hl=en.
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