Hey Dana, Thanks very much for weighing in on the WP/Drupal/EE comparison. I’m sure all the comments have convinced the client to leave EE behind. Best, Robin
ro...@mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2018, at 8:00 AM, mcn-l-requ...@mcn.edu wrote: > > Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to > mcn-l@mcn.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mcn-l-requ...@mcn.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mcn-l-ow...@mcn.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Expression Engine (Dana Allen-Greil) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:52:28 -0400 > From: Dana Allen-Greil <danaallengr...@gmail.com> > To: mcn-l@mcn.edu > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Expression Engine > Message-ID: > <caedodcvecqyhank_ugyfsdxmn4y2tdjro6xaznjq1ke5moi...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Just chiming in here as a user of both WordPress and Drupal. > > The U.S. National Archives uses Drupal as our preferred CMS and we have > about 9 websites running on it (3 in Drupal 8 and the rest in Drupal 7). > The benefits of Drupal for us are: > > - Open source software that does not require licensing fees > - Easy (and relatively affordable) to contract help with implementation > and development > - Very robust and flexible core product with thousands of contributed > modules and an active open source development community > - It is becoming fairly standard in government, so there are a lot of > shared needs for features that we can co-develop or share openly with other > agencies > - Because security is so important to government users, we have found it > easier to keep Drupal secure / patched than other systems (in particular, > WordPress presents problems on this front). > > I will say that, out of the box, Drupal's interface for content editors is > not the simplest and most intuitive (this has definitely improved with D8). > However, this can be addressed through theming, contributed modules, and > in-line help. > > I am personally a huge fan of WordPress because it is easy for me to do > what I want. At the National Archives, we continue to use WordPress for our > 16 blogs, because it is very simple for content editors to manage. However, > we did recently move from self-hosted WordPress to paying for WordPress.com > hosting and this was largely due to the fact that WP requires constant > upgrades and patching to keep secure. Our WP sites (blogs) are not highly > customized so this solution made more sense for us in terms of workload and > cost. Once you start customizing your self-hosted WP sites and using lots > of plugins, the patching and upgrade issue mentioned above becomes more > problematic. > > I'm happy to answer any and all questions about Drupal or WP at an > institution like ours! > > Good luck with your selection. > > Dana > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > mcn-l mailing list > mcn-l@mcn.edu > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > ------------------------------ > > End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 157, Issue 10 > ************************************** > _______________________________________________ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
