Wow! That was a very nice reply Nathan :) Thank you for that. Also I feel that that in Drupal page publication is a bit complex (may be I don't get it fully since I had the training very recently). Since there are too many option to do one things in Drupal, we need a clear concept how it is going to be done and why. In my compnay, they opted reddot since they had to integrate the document management. But I feel that basically drupal does all what reddot does. Is that right ? If someone go for drupal over reddot what implications would they face ? Appreciate more comments....
Thanks, On Feb 12, 2:43 pm, Nathan Palmer <[email protected]> wrote: > The answer to your question has the potential to be quite long. In my > experience, here (in no particular order) are a few of the top reasons why > companies and organizations choose RedDot over Drupal: > > 1. RedDot demos very, very well. Drupal's content entry is all form-based so > it takes some work to understand it. When users see SmartEdit for the first > time with the little red dots all over the page indicating content fields, > they just get it (or at least think that they do). > 2. Workflow. Drupal's support for complex organizational workflows is > dismal, even with the available workflow modules. As far as I know, once a > page has been published in Drupal, any changes you make to that page go live > immediately. This is unacceptable in many organizations that require content > be reviewed before going live. > 3. Upgrade path. Drupal makes no secret of the fact that new major versions > will break backwards compatibility. Moving to the latest and greatest > version has historically been a nightmare (especially if you depend on a lot > of modules that need to be updated, which is practically impossible to avoid > with Drupal), and there's no reason to think that future versions will make > this process much easier. > 4. WYSIWYG. Drupal requires modules in order to use a WYSIWYG editor for > your content. The available editors also don't integrate as nicely with the > CMS as RedDot's does. For instance, there's no page selection dialog when > you try to insert a link. You have to manually copy and paste the URL in > there. > 5. Asset Management. RedDot's asset manager drives me crazy sometimes, but > at least it *has* an asset manager. Drupal provides nothing like that and it > makes file management a difficult experience. I have heard that this is > expected to be fixed in Drupal 7. > > That being said, I do think that Drupal does a lot of things well and have > used it myself successfully. But there are a lot of reasons to pick RedDot > over it. > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Jo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Is there any comparison for reddot CMS with Drupal ? What is the > > advantage/disadvantage of RedDot cms over Drupal, a free open > > source!! ? I just had the Drupal training. I felt that it is much > > powerfull and lots of functionalities.And for everything there is a > > module !! But I cannt make sure when companies choose for a expensive > > cms over the freeware ?Appreciate more opinions please... > > > Jo. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RedDot CMS Users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<reddot-cms-users%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" 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/reddot-cms-users?hl=en.
