Comments on: No more custom CMS!

By: Michelle Murrain

Michelle Murrain — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:01:08 +0000

@Paul, yes, this is true. Many nonprofits have chosen to use WordPress – it’s much easier to put together a simple web presence without developer assistance in WordPress than it is in Drupal, for sure.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:42:44 +0000

Many not for profits i have spoken to find drupal extremely difficult to use. It is not friendly to the actual administrator of the website, who wants an intuitive interface. Much of this debate seems to focus on the side of the developer when there are hundreds of non-technical content updaters struggling to use their CMSs.

By: Open Source vs. Proprietary: CMS

Open Source vs. Proprietary: CMS — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:43:36 +0000

[...] You already know what I think about option 1, so I won’t belabor it here. Many people have found that option 2, using a large package, which includes donation pages, event management, etc. can be a really good option, and I certainly don’t want to say that this is not a good idea – I think it can be – but it also can be quite costly – and for many organizations, it’s overkill. And there are open source options that can do much of the same work for much less money. [...]

By: How to deal with technology change

How to deal with technology change — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:44:06 +0000

[...] a custom CMS, written, maintained and supported by a single shop? (NEVER, EVER, EVER CHOOSE THESE. Here’s why. Luckily, they are an endangered species.) If it is proprietary, or software-as-a-service, are the [...]

By: Idealware

Idealware — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:53:20 +0000

Resource Roundup 3/6…

Tracking Decision Outcomes with Salesforce (ONE/Northwest)Interesting screencast – and I just love screencasts! – about a customization in Salesforce to track outcomes of advocacy actionsDesktop SMS Campaign Tools (MobileActive)Terrific, detailed guide…

By: Mike Gifford

Mike Gifford — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:05:18 +0000

Thanks for this post. Definitely agree on all fronts. I heard one story of an organization that ended up having to buy out the rights to the custom CMS that they had previously purchased (for their website), because the company that developed it went out of business.

Wanted to say that the best way to find modules at the moment is actually from http://drupalmodules.com/

By: Rokwan

Rokwan — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:05:55 +0000

Joomla, Plone, Drupal, phpNuke, Expression Engine…

Yes and No.

Yes and yes? WordPress… Cuz if you’re going to customize it anyway, and yes you are going to customize it, why not go with the simplest solution out there? Best and easiest out of box *content management* system out there.

By: Javier Barreira

Javier Barreira — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:38:57 +0000

I forgot to mention that while we loved using Drupal, we saved lots of time by finding the required modules using http://www.druplet.com

By: Javier Barreira

Javier Barreira — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:36:10 +0000

Certainly it takes time to build the expertise on how to use Drupal, yet it is much intuitive than Joomla. One thing that may be tough if finding which drupal modules is suitable for you – I’ve found druplet.com – which is a assisting site on finding the most popular Drupal modules, or any modules you may be interested in – with over 1000 modules Drupal is the most demanded and developed OpenSource CMS.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:40:13 +0000

It is certainly possible to migrate any website to a CMS like Drupal. The question is how easy it will be. To make it easiest, you’ll need the help of the current CMS vendor. Doing research on different CMS projects might help you figure out what one might work for you. Finding someone knowledgable about different CMS options is a good idea as well.