Mike asks,
I came across your site as i'm a member of NWEN. My current site is built on a wordpress template and I want to change it as it's pretty rough. What are the pros/cons of having a site built with Drupal vs. word press?
Drupal provides powerful tools that makes it easy to do all sorts of changes to your web site, but one change is difficult: changing the content type of a node after you've created it.
Just the other day I got a request for proposal for hosting, complete with a statement that they knew of some hosting that would cost $15/month. The implication being that they were looking for a hosting proposal that would not exceed that amount.
Mel asks:
Why would I use Drupal instead of Microsoft Expression Web to create a website?
We regularly import content from old web sites and systems.
URLs are a critical part of all web sites, not just Drupal. However, in Drupal, the URL of a page determines a lot about how the page is built.
Damon Cortesi ( @dacort ) over at Untitled Startup recently wrote up a summary of recurring payment services provided for startups.
Well, we finally put the foot down with some of our clients who are clinging to their aging Zen Cart sites this past month, and convinced several to pack their bags for the bigger and brighter lights of Ubercart.
Chris Wilson over at Slate claims that the new Whitehouse.gov move to the Drupal content management system is the "triumph of hope over experience," basically slamming Drupal as not u
"I just want a simple, static website."
OK. Why?
"I don't want to spend the extra money on a CMS. I don't have time to manage a site. I don't know HTML. I just want something quick."
OK.
I get this question all the time: What's the difference between Drupal and Ruby on Rails, or another framework?
