On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Jeff Lasman <jpli...@nobaloney.net> wrote:
> On Sunday, April 10, 2011 10:04:11 pm Paul Saenz wrote: > > > I have already come up to speed with wordpress which is pretty much a > > pile of trash IMLO, but is popular and cheap. So I know I will be > > crossing of a large swath of business if I don't support it. On the > > other hand, wordpress does not have the functionality that some > > business' need, so I have been looking at other CMS packages. The > > three I'm looking at are Joomla, Durpal and Django. I'm just wondering > > if anyone can post some of their experience with these CMSs, and let > > me know why they prefer onE or the other and what are the features > > and/or reasons they like one or the other. > > The problem as I see it is when I've got an html site and it needs to be > converted to a CMS for easy management. A good example from among my > sites > would be: > > http://www.avidnetwork.com/ > > I don't see how this could be done with WordPress without significantly > changing the design. > It could be done in wordpress without changing much of the design, you just use categories to separate the different types of data. > > Note: I didn't say the site link above is a good site; it's just an example > of > the kind of layout complexity which in my opinion wouldn't work with > WordPress. > > It needs to be redone in a new size (1024x768 vs 800x600) and it needs > almost > all new content and some new art, but the format needs to be veriy similar > to > what's there now, including comments, boxes, etc. And no links to previous > posts, and no "click to continue reading"; the sort of things WordPress is > so > good at. > > I'd think Drupal would be good for this. > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman > Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
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