Comments on: WordPress as CMS - The Project http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/microsoft-expression-web/wordpress-as-cms-the-project-20080312/ Design and Expression from the Mad Mind of Morten Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:44:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Morten Rand-Hendriksen http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/microsoft-expression-web/wordpress-as-cms-the-project-20080312/#comment-8999 Morten Rand-Hendriksen Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:05:33 +0000 http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/microsoft-expression-web/wordpress-as-cms-the-project-20080312/#comment-8999 I think choosing between Joomla, Drupal or Wordpress (don't bother with Mambo) is a questions of how expansive your site is going to be. If you need a massive CMS with a lot of custom functionality, Joomla might be the way to go. If you need a site with numberous blogs and a forum, Drupal is the way to go. If you are just building a site and you want dynamic content management, a blog and an easy way for the admins to change the site around as they wish, WordPress is probably your best option. As for skinning, WordPress is actually very easy to redesign if you have a good platform to work off (like Expression Web) and a good theme to start off with. I like the Sandbox theme because it is completely empty. I'm also working on a "base" theme myself that I will publish once I'm done with my current projects (probably late May) that will be easy for people to use and alter. The reason WordPress theme design can be complicated is because not all themes are designed properly. If you start from scratch, it's very easy. I think choosing between Joomla, Drupal or Wordpress (don’t bother with Mambo) is a questions of how expansive your site is going to be. If you need a massive CMS with a lot of custom functionality, Joomla might be the way to go. If you need a site with numberous blogs and a forum, Drupal is the way to go. If you are just building a site and you want dynamic content management, a blog and an easy way for the admins to change the site around as they wish, WordPress is probably your best option.

As for skinning, WordPress is actually very easy to redesign if you have a good platform to work off (like Expression Web) and a good theme to start off with. I like the Sandbox theme because it is completely empty. I’m also working on a “base” theme myself that I will publish once I’m done with my current projects (probably late May) that will be easy for people to use and alter. The reason WordPress theme design can be complicated is because not all themes are designed properly. If you start from scratch, it’s very easy.

]]> By: aldrinv http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/microsoft-expression-web/wordpress-as-cms-the-project-20080312/#comment-8954 aldrinv Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:33:50 +0000 http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/microsoft-expression-web/wordpress-as-cms-the-project-20080312/#comment-8954 I was kinda choosing between using Joomla/Mambo/Drupal and wordpress for creating a portal and an online publication, content management in wordpress is easy (since I have a blog powered by wordpress) but I'm having difficulty in customizing its themes, content management in Joomla is complicated, but its themes are easy to manage/customize I was kinda choosing between using Joomla/Mambo/Drupal and wordpress for creating a portal and an online publication, content management in wordpress is easy (since I have a blog powered by wordpress) but I’m having difficulty in customizing its themes, content management in Joomla is complicated, but its themes are easy to manage/customize

]]> By: themegarden.org http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/microsoft-expression-web/wordpress-as-cms-the-project-20080312/#comment-7373 themegarden.org Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:22:10 +0000 http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/microsoft-expression-web/wordpress-as-cms-the-project-20080312/#comment-7373 Don't agree that Joomla or Drupal are too big (using Joomla! or Drupal is like trying to kill an ant with a tank ?!) WordPress, Joomla and Drupal are all mature platforms All of them are great open source cms, but every of them have their strengths and weaknesses. Worpress is great blogging tool, joomla is nice cms which is quite easy to learn, and drupal is very powerful and flexible. Don’t agree that Joomla or Drupal are too big (using Joomla! or Drupal is like trying to kill an ant with a tank ?!)
WordPress, Joomla and Drupal are all mature platforms
All of them are great open source cms, but every of them have their strengths and weaknesses.
Worpress is great blogging tool, joomla is nice cms which is quite easy to learn, and drupal is very powerful and flexible.

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