We’re primarily a custom development shop. Any time I can think of that we’ve implemented open source content management platforms, we’ve spent a considerable amount of time under the hood tricking it out. I doubt that makes us much different than other custom development shops.
And yet, when I mention that we based a site off of a wordpress install, I always get the same reaction: “what?”
The popular opinion seems to be that the blogging app is popular only because of its low barrier to entry and five minute install.
I’d say there’s more to it than that. It’s flexible. And if someone can do this with a K-Car, just think what you can do with some freely available [blog] code.
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No criticisms here. I’m particularly fond of Drupal, myself. I think the install is more complicated than Wordpress, but any CRM’s going to take a lot off your workload. If you’re good with CSS and can work with PHP, Drupal’s going to do a lot for you.
-And I’ve seen a lot of really nice sites made with Wordpress.
I like drupal – it’s more sophisticated than wp. Seems that when we cross an imaginary sophistication threshold we cut over to custom development. A lot has been changing lately though.
Yeah, I start hacking when I hit that same threshold, so it’s not invisible so much as begging for customization ;)
Drupal is why I learned PHP :)
I’ve heard that before. I wonder how many open source apps are out there just begging to be paid more attention. Drupal’s probably on that list.
This is great info to know.