Greg,

On 28/10/2006, at 6:11 AM, Greg Farries wrote:

>> I think it depends on what you want. If you want to have the site
>> feature the articles, Radiant is great for a site like that, (imho)
>> better than Drupal. If you want to add polls, forums, and other
>> community features, you should probably go with Drupal.
>
> Essentially, all I need the CMS to do is manage the features we  
> produce.
> The Weblog, Forum, sections will all be controlled by third party  
> software.
> Weblog will use Wordpress, the forum will be PunBB.

 From the design mockups, I see that you want to incorporate the  
latest info from your BBS and blog? If so, this might be tricky to  
accomplish with Radiant.

>> Why? Because Drupal was overkill. I spent most of the time
>> turning off features and dealing with 'the way it is' than with the
>> content itself.
>
> I agree, and this is why I initally looked at using Wordpress.   
> Wordpress is
> almost what I need, as it doesn't complicate the process with a  
> bunch of
> features almost no one uses.

Wordpress gets messy when you try to manage a lot of static pages, as  
pages seem to be an extension of blog-posts, not first-class  
citizens. And don't get me started on drupal! :)

Bodhi

ps. I like the new design mockups a lot, they are very clear and simple.
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