I've been looking at Drupal Gardens. Any thoughts on them? Too new?
-----Original Message----- From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:er...@forestpost.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 9:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Web Content Management Systems I'll say this about my hosting experiences with Drupal: Not all hosting solutions are created equally. Drupal, and I assume Joomla, are very database intensive. Each page that's rendered makes numerous calls to the database. I host my personal Drupal sites on 1&1, and they are a tad slow, but it's fine for my needs. When building the Specs Howard site, we started with Start Logic, and they were HORRIBLE. I don't think their databases were optimized at all, and they said there was no optimization they would/could offer. Blue Host has been fantastic for them. Mind you, these are all based on shared hosting accounts ranging from $6 - $11 per month. Like all things, I assume you get what you pay for, for the most part. On Aug 5, 2010, at 9:13 AM, John Hornbuckle wrote: > 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. 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