Our nerves are pretty flame-proof but when you start a post with "why my clients hate their site - because its drupal not wordpress!", you gotta expect something back!
Actually I understand that Wordpress developers get paid more on average due to there being a shortage of devs since so many people use the CMS. On the basis of that I would consider jumping ship. On Feb 2, 11:11 am, GetShopped <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for that Kent. The URL for the event ishttp://www.wordcamp.org.nz > > Sorry if I touched a nerve. You can do a seminar on whatever you like > - but I just sent an emial and there isnt actually going to be a > Drupal talk. So using your 20th century analogy is a good one because > thats how I felt the first time I saw the Drupal UI and vowed never to > show it to a client. My experience is that that clients (people like > my parents) want to feel comfortable when administering a site that > they might have to use everyday - this is exactly why around 10% of > the Web runs WordPress and why WP is so popular. People know that code > can always be improved and that is what is happening with WordPress. > I'm pretty sure you can't blanket one of the biggest Open Source > projects out there as having no good developers :P > > WordPress code is really coming along. The new core developers are > freaking awesome. WordPress is gearing up to drop PHP4. The future is > bright! > > Anyway its horses for courses. I really want the Drupal camp to come > along and see whats going on because at the end of the day both are > Open Source projects and I figure all our hearts are probably all in > the right places. WordPress peeps might get to meet some Drupal folk > and vise versa and we all might find ways to help one another out and > look at where both pieces of software fit into the wider industry as a > whole. > > Once there was a time when WordPress was better suited for a mere blog > but that time has gone. We use it to run a gaming portal, the New York > Times use it, and many many other huge sites use WordPress. Schools > and Universities are using WordPress for their internal Wikis and > social networking sites. > > Why are these businesses and schools deciding to use WordPress and not > Drupal? Its a valid question and it'd be fun talking about it > discussing it at WordCamp - and as a developer are you developing on > the CMS of the future? Its all stuff that can and should be talked > about... > > Heck I think a "Drupal WordPress Panel" would be awesome!!! Its one > thing discussing this stuff here but a panel would be crazy cool!!! > > Peace, > Dan > > On Feb 2, 10:43 am, Berend de Boer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>>>> "Kent" == Kent Parker <[email protected]> writes: > > > Kent> Can I do a seminar trashing Wordpress and promoting Drupal? > > Kent> I'm not joking. No actually yes, I am. Or not. Seriously > > Kent> I did a job on wordpress recently and it felt like I'd gone > > Kent> back to the 20th century but I'm sure some people like it > > Kent> since it is the most popular CMS of all. In some scripting > > Kent> languages however $popular != "good"; > > > It's all about the sweet spot I think. If you just want to blog, > > WordPress works very well. If you want to built a generic website, > > well.... > > > And let's admit: Drupal developers usually don't give the back-end > > much thought. > > > -- > > All the best, > > > Berend de Boer > > > Drupal 7 released, register for quickstart > > Xplain Hosting Drupal 6 to 7 seminar: > > > https://www.xplainhosting.com/d7quickstart -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
