Heh, consider my last post very restrained :-D On Jun 7, 12:06 pm, Keri Henare <[email protected]> wrote: > Hamish Campbell is a Silverstripe fan? Who knew! :D > > Kind regards, > Keri Henare > --------------------------------------------------- > [e] [email protected] > [w] kerihenare.com > [m] (+64) 021 874 552 > > PLEASE NOTE: I check my email 3 times per day and will respond at these > intervals. For anything urgent please ring me. > --------------------------------------------------- > > On 7/06/2010, at 12:04 PM, Hamish Campbell wrote: > > > > > Hey Pete, > > > Also worked with SilverStripe a lot and I'm a big fan. It's quite a > > different experience from Drupal or Wordpress. You'll find far fewer > > modules than Drupal and a better developer experience than Wordpress, > > but as you say, the community is much smaller. > > > All in all though, high quality product that is fun to work with. > > > Hamish > > > On Jun 6, 9:40 pm, Robbie MacKay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey Pete, > > >> Theres actually a UK silverstripe meetup (http://www.meetup.com/ > >> SilverStripeUK/) which might be of help too. > >> I've done a lot of Silverstripe development before, as have a few > >> other people on this mailing list. > > >> Its a much newer CMS than Drupal and the like, so you're right that > >> the docs and community aren't as great yet. > >> However I've found it much easier to develop with than Drupal.. though > >> you do need to be comfortable with object oriented coding :) > >> Once you get past the basics I've often found the best way to finding > >> things in silverstripe has been to read the core code... but that > >> might just be me :) > >> However, the IRC channel and the forums are pretty good if you need > >> some pointers. And lurking on the mailing list helps too :) > > >> Robbie > > >> On Jun 4, 10:53 pm, Pete Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Hi, I've just joined this group as it was recommend to me by one of > >>> the developers on the PHP-London mailing list. > > >>> I was wondering what experience people had using the Silverstripe CMS > >>> (http://www.silverstripe.com/)?AsImay be taking over a website > >>> that's been built with it. > > >>> I've been looking into it and so far have found some of the > >>> documentation a bit lacking. Also I'm concerned the developer > >>> community seems small compared to alternatives such as Wordpress or > >>> Drupal (which would normally be my choice for a "out of the box" cms). > > >>> However I'm trying not to judge prematurely and am willing to > >>> persevere with it if I get some positive feedback from developers that > >>> have used it. > > >>> Thanks, > >>> Pete > > > -- > > NZ PHP Users Group:http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > > To post, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to > > [email protected]
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