Comments on: Wordpress vs. Drupal and Rebuilding a Website

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:14:17 +0000

I am curious to see what people say about Drupal 6 - will it be much better than 5?

Stef

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:08:54 +0000

Just to let you know, Drupal 6 has been released. But - there always is a but… many useful modules have not been upgraded - apparently I was incorrect about backward compatibility.

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:41:30 +0000

Spam protection on Wordpress is excellent.

You can fine tune how comments are handled by the system and there is of course the Akismet plug-in that will take care of 98% of spam.

We have actually used akismet in other PHP projects to take care of the spam.

Stefan

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:19:38 +0000

Well, now that I have created a theme for a site I intended to use for a single blog site using Drupal, I’m considering switching to Word Press. One question - How is Spam controlled? It seems that anon users are free to post, and you don’t seem to be approved by a moderator.

By: theneemies

theneemies — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:32:51 +0000

Hi Stefan: D6 is currently in Beta. The RC is expected to be released in early 2008. Your understanding regarding the update is correct, there are a few UI changes, but its mostly an under-the-hood overhaul.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:38:34 +0000

For what my opinion is worth … I think going with WordPress is/was the best option. It’s leaner, meaner and should be able to do everything you need it do for killersites.com.

Now you just need to update the forum

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:15:24 +0000

What is the status of Drupal 6 at this time?

… From what I understand Drupal 6 is a major update where a lot of the core code base has been modified or even changed completely.

By: theneemies

theneemies — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:04:10 +0000

Wordpress vs Drupal comparisons are very valid given that Wordpress’ CMS capabilities and Drupal’s blogging features are growing and improving. We’ve added our own comparison piece explaining why we’re backing Drupal.

Drupal’s multisite capability would be perfect for running your family of ‘killer’ sites off a single code base, with single sign on, and all sorts of integration goodies.

For those who would like to take Drupal for a test drive, http://drupal.neemtree.com.au gives you a peek into using and administering Drupal.

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:48:21 +0000

To miss coffey,

What Wordpress was originally created to do is not as important as where it is today. The line between a true CMS like Drupal, and a blog like Wordpress, is becoming more and more blurred.

Wordpress has many CMS features and has become more than a simple blog.

Thanks for your input.

Stefan

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Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:55:25 +0000

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