Drupal and Joomla are the two I seem to be hearing the most about in researching this topic.
I'm also considering moving to a hosted solution... Hosting websites really isn't a core competency of ours. John -----Original Message----- From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:er...@forestpost.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Web Content Management Systems I don't have any experience with Joomla, other than knowing it's a competitor of Drupal. I think it's like choosing between cable television providers. They're both going to give you about the exact same channels, for roughly the same price. You'll probably like the look and feel of one more than the other, and make your choice based on that. And it seems people choose one camp or the other to work with. I have no negative feelings toward Joomla. I just don't care to learn it at all right now because Drupal has suited my every need so far. On Aug 5, 2010, at 8:52 AM, Terry Dickson wrote: > Eric, Thanks for the info. We have recently had a consultant pitching > us on using Joomla to build our website. Do you have any experience > or comparisons in how Joomla compares to Drupal? I have heard they > are very comparable. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:er...@forestpost.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 7:45 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: Web Content Management Systems > > My company specializes in developing Drupal based websites > (drupal.org). It's an open source CMS, that is extendable through > numerous contributed themes and modules. The latest site we did was > for a local college. (specshoward.edu) > > Pros > Tons of contributed functionality. > Easy to setup. > PHP based. > Highly customizable. > Free. > > Cons > To be honest, I really haven't found any. I've been able to find > existing code for almost anything we wanted to do. I just tweak from > there. > > On Aug 5, 2010, at 8:38 AM, John Hornbuckle wrote: > >> We don't currently use a web content management system-we're using >> old-fashioned hand-coded HTML for our web content (although I've >> found myself offloading an increasing amount of content to 3rd >> parties like Flickr and YouTube). I like the control this gives us >> over the minutiae, but I've come to realize that level of control is >> less important than having abilities such as easily managing content >> and painlessly overhauling the look and feel of the site. Plus, I'm >> the guy responsible for our website, but I'm not a web developer by >> any stretch of the imagination--and coding websites has grown a lot >> more complex since the days of <blink></blink> when I started. I have >> too many hats to wear to get the requisite expertise for today's >> websites. >> >> So, I'm looking for feedback from others (especially any school >> districts / educational entities out there)... What web CMS are you >> guys using, and what are the pros/cons of it? >> >> >> >> John Hornbuckle >> MIS Department >> Taylor County School District >> www.taylor.k12.fl.us >> >> >> >> NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written >> communications to or from this entity are public records that will be >> disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail >> communications may be subject to public disclosure. >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > > Eric Brouwer > IT Manager > www.forestpost.com > er...@forestpost.com > 248.855.4333 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > Eric Brouwer IT Manager www.forestpost.com er...@forestpost.com 248.855.4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
