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What Advantages Does WordPress Have Over Other CMS Options?

Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Steve.

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Choosing a CMS is one of the most important decisions that a webmaster can make. The CMS that is chosen will play a large role in determining how the website is created as well as what tools will be available. There are a variety of popular options, most notably Drupal and Joomla, however WordPress has done an excellent job of standing out from the crowd. Here is a quick look at some of the reasons that WordPress has become the best CMS option available. 1. Fast Development WordPress seems to come out with both minor and major updates much faster than either Drupal or Joomla. The most recent major update was earlier in June when WordPress 3.0 came out. It was long anticipated because it integrates WordPress-MU as well as added several options to make creating a website easier. Additionally, WordPress reacts to discovered security threats extremely quickly when compared [...]

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Is a Drupal Membership Website the Best Option?

Posted on 08. Jul, 2010 by Steve.

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Drupal has long been one of the most popular content management systems among webmasters. However, with the growing popularity of membership websites, many people are wondering whether or not a Drupal membership website is the best choice. This decision, for many people, will come down to how much work they want to do in order to set up and integrate the additional modules into their website. While there is no “right” answer, by understanding what will need to be done in order to create a Drupal membership website, making this decision can be much easier. Drupal historically has been considered to have a steeper learning curve than many other popular CMS options. This makes integrating additional modules to create a membership website simpler for seasoned users than for newer Drupal webmasters. In order to create a membership website, there are several common modules that will need to be installed. These [...]

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Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by Steve.

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Drupal, an open source content management platform. Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Tens of thousands of people and organizations are using Drupal to power scores of different web sites, including Community web portals Discussion sites Corporate web sites Intranet applications Personal web sites or blogs Aficionado sites E-commerce applications Resource directories Social Networking sites The built-in functionality, combined with dozens of freely available add-on modules, will enable features such as: Electronic commerce Blogs Collaborative authoring environments Forums Peer-to-peer networking Newsletters Podcasting Picture galleries File uploads and downloads and much more. Drupal is open-source software distributed under the GPL (“GNU General Public License”) and is maintained and developed by a community of thousands of users and developers. If you like what Drupal promises for you, please work [...]