WordPress as a CMS
I’ve taken a liking to WordPress as a CMS lately, and I’ve been using it for a lot of clients that want a simple easy-to-use backend without compromising extensibility. A year ago I was moving clients into Joomla, but after working with WPMU every day at the College and customizing with themes and plugin modifications for a few new side projects, I’ve certainly been converted. I’ll even be attending WordCamp NYC next month to further my knowledge of WordPress through some of the advanced sessions there.
As for the redesign of the site? Yes, I’m using WordPress.
2 comments for this entry:
I’m glad to hear you’ve taken a liking to WordPress. I had a few things to choose from in 2004/2005. We looked at Drupal and it came down to a choice between Drupal and WordPress and I went with WordPress. I just felt it was an easier system for users to interact with and manage and that Matt and his co-developers had the right vision of Web publishing.
I’m going to be taking Voices to BuddyPress at the end of this semester. Is it too late to change what Alumni is planning? Could Alumni go with BuddyPress and develop something like http://buglenotes.com?
11.16.09 on 2:36 pmHi Jon,
Yes, Drupal is a little heavy for the beginners, but I have some high hopes for 7.0 (once it finally comes out). I agree that after seeing Matt speak about WP it made me appreciate the vision and the community even more.
BuddyPress is a powerful addition to WordPress, and it would be great to see more examples of Alumni sites built using it. The Alumni office has a yearly contract with the current provider, so I don’t think it’s too late for further research and suggestions. Did you get good notes from the session that mentioned it?
11.16.09 on 10:29 pm