The release date for WordPress 3.0 is early May. http://wordpress.org/development
I've stayed out of this conversation (for reasons that Eric is aware of!) but since the conservation seems to of value to the community. My two cents. We've built a lot of Web sites over the years with various CMS systems and we've built sites from scratch too using Ruby on Rails, such as the ExhibitFiles site (http://www.exhibitfiles.org). In the fall, we redesigned our portfolio site and built a site for our multitouch framework for Flash and found the latest version of WordPress really easy to work with. Also, we recently discovered BuddyPress (http://buddypress.org/), which has a great of promise for building social networks. Does anyone out there have any experience with this software package yet? Jim -- Jim Spadaccini Ideum "ideas + media" 4895 1/2 Corrales Road Corrales, NM 87048 505-792-1110 Fax 505-792-1111 portfolio & blog: http://www.ideum.com -- twitter: @ideum flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/ideum youtube: www.youtube.com/user/multitouchexhibits On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Perian Sully <psully at magnes.org> wrote: > Does anyone happen to know when Wordpress 3.0 comes out, or Drupal 7? > I've heard of both of them being in development for some time now, but > have never been able to get a clear picture of when. > > Thanks! > > ~P > > Perian Sully > Collections Information Manager > Web Programs Strategist > The Magnes > Berkeley, CA > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Justin Heideman > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:27 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Drupal vs. WordPress MU as content management > systems > > I'll chime in with the rest here and say that WordPress is really great > for it's user-friendly admin UI and large community. From a > technical/speed standpoint, it hasn't always been the the fastest or > prettiest code in the world, but recent releases have gone a long ways > in terms of improvements. > > One thing to keep in mind is that WordPress 3.0 is merging WordPress-mu > with the regular old standalone wordpress. Meaning, WordPress 3.0 will > have the ability to run multiple sites or blogs, like MU does now. > WordPress 3.0 also expands on the custom post types that were added in > 2.9, meaning that instead of just posts, pages and attachments, you'll > be able to add "events" or "books", or whatever you want. 2.9 has this > already, but 3.0 is adding a UI for it (still in development, though). > This will bring it closer to Drupal's CCK, which I think is the main > reason folks use Drupal. > > To answer your specific questions: > > - Traffic: As Seb mentioned, wp-super-cache is a must. With it, you can > take heavy loads. > - Security: WordPress isn't great in this regard. You need to lock it > down pretty well, and stay on top of updates. > - Plugins: I've written a few and use a lot. If the plugins use > publicized hooks and filters, you're good. If they add their own tables > and do funkier things, it can be dicey. > - Social media: Depends on what you want to do. There's a lot of plugins > that do various social media stuff, and you can roll your own feeding > relatively easily with yahoo pipes and the integrated magpieRSS class. > > -- > Justin Heideman / New Media Designer / Walker Art Center > justin.heideman at walkerart.org / 612.375.7545 > > On Feb 22, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Eric Johnson wrote: > > > Hi, all-- > > > > Last summer was the most recent discussion I've found on MCN-L about > Drupal as a content management system, and I was wondering whether > anybody has done any recent comparison between Drupal and WordPress > (especially WordPress MU) as a website CMS. > > > > We're planning on using one or the other as part of a complete site > redesign: using the content we currently have as a base, but updating > the overall site design and navigation; permitting content editing by > multiple staffers; and providing a more sophisticated integration of > social media (multiple blogs among other things). > > > > So we're trying to get a read on the current state of these two > platforms. Along with general opinions about ease of use and the their > development communities, we're interested in: > > > > * ability to handle heavy traffic > > * security > > * how well customizations roll from upgrade to upgrade > > * social media integration > > > > Any and all opinions, pro and con, about either Drupal or WordPress MU > (or both) would be most appreciated! > > > > I'm happy to write up a summary post of anything I hear (and to > clarify if needed). > > > > Many thanks! > > > > --Eric > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >
