Comments on: Drupal Blog Publishing Platform Review http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub News, commentary, tools and tips about business blogging and the world of corporate blogs Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Sam Hassell http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-817172 Sam Hassell Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:11:35 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-817172 The real power of Drupal is found in its contributions repository. This is where the most innovative code is found. The real power of Drupal is found in its contributions repository. This is where the most innovative code is found.

]]> By: Psyantpic http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-68870 Psyantpic Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:07:52 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-68870 Drupal is an amazing system which will continue to grow in popularity as the needs of users grow. We are using Drupal for our web design systems as an easy way to upgrade a client's web site with added features. The template system provide a superb way for a company like ours to provide our clients with a varied selection of choices and to get an idea of what they want at the outset. Drupal's code is also a very well written meaning that very little needs to be done on our end to come up with a suitable end product for our clients. Other systems may fit better for users who have minimal requirements but their needs will surely grow and then they will be suck with the task of migrating to Drupal. We are glad to have picked Drupal as learning a system with such extendibility keeps our time to launch down and that means we can afford to charge our clients less. Drupal is an amazing system which will continue to grow in popularity as the needs of users grow. We are using Drupal for our web design systems as an easy way to upgrade a client’s web site with added features. The template system provide a superb way for a company like ours to provide our clients with a varied selection of choices and to get an idea of what they want at the outset.

Drupal’s code is also a very well written meaning that very little needs to be done on our end to come up with a suitable end product for our clients.

Other systems may fit better for users who have minimal requirements but their needs will surely grow and then they will be suck with the task of migrating to Drupal.

We are glad to have picked Drupal as learning a system with such extendibility keeps our time to launch down and that means we can afford to charge our clients less.

]]> By: joe http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-10983 joe Mon, 15 May 2006 20:41:01 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-10983 what do you think of the fact that blogs spread copyrighted material via file share sites? Example: I found a copy of Drupal Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites on files.ww.com what do you think of the fact that blogs spread copyrighted material via file share sites?

Example: I found a copy of Drupal Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites on files.ww.com

]]> By: wood canoe http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-6838 wood canoe Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:04:40 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-6838 <strong>wood canoe...</strong> wood canoe... wood canoe…

wood canoe…

]]> By: Stavros' Scratchpad http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-4379 Stavros' Scratchpad Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:56:27 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-4379 <strong>Looking for CMS solution...</strong> I'm looking for an enterprise leve portal/CMS solution. So this post will be an information gathering place. OpenCMS http://www.opencms.org/opencms/en/ Reviews OpenCMS Revisited Building Websites with OpenCms Open Source CMS Comparison JBoss Portal ht... Looking for CMS solution…

I’m looking for an enterprise leve portal/CMS solution. So this post will be an information gathering place. OpenCMS http://www.opencms.org/opencms/en/ Reviews OpenCMS Revisited Building Websites with OpenCms Open Source CMS Comparison JBoss Portal ht…

]]> By: Will http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-576 Will Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:16:32 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-576 Is there a plugin to accomodate multi-lingual sites. I need to develop a system that can run in Spanish & English. The same content, just displayed in differnet languages. Is there a plugin to accomodate multi-lingual sites.

I need to develop a system that can run in Spanish & English. The same content, just displayed in differnet languages.

]]> By: Mambo http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-575 Mambo Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:08:53 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-575 I've switched from Drupal to Mambo. Drupal is an excellent blogger, but not in tune the the needs of the masses. Drupal is certainly an up and coming platform for various types of content. But not what I consider a CMS. It's great that Drupal is growing. I wish the dev's@drupal would start listening to what is needed by those who write about what they need in a CMS. Multipage content in Drupal is no less than a nightmare. That is the reason I must scroll for miles to reach this comment form. Try turning a page in drupal. The only way it's possible is with the book module. I’ve switched from Drupal to Mambo. Drupal is an excellent blogger, but not in tune the the needs of the masses. Drupal is certainly an up and coming platform for various types of content. But not what I consider a CMS.

It’s great that Drupal is growing. I wish the dev’s@drupal would start listening to what is needed by those who write about what they need in a CMS. Multipage content in Drupal is no less than a nightmare. That is the reason I must scroll for miles to reach this comment form. Try turning a page in drupal. The only way it’s possible is with the book module.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-574 Kevin Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:38:51 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-574 I often see references to Drupal, Mambo, Typo3, and all the other likely suspects. Theys eem tiohave their followings. Fair enough, but I am nearly completing an evaluation of several CMS's. The best one I have seen, in terms of flexibility, modularity, etc., is: Xaraya. Comments? - Kevin. I often see references to Drupal, Mambo, Typo3, and all the other likely suspects. Theys eem tiohave their followings. Fair enough, but I am nearly completing an evaluation of several CMS’s. The best one I have seen, in terms of flexibility, modularity, etc., is:

Xaraya.

Comments?

- Kevin.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-573 Anonymous Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:23:08 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-573 From all the CMS I used, drupal is the best one. Webmaster of: <a href="http://www.lisbon-guide.info" rel="nofollow">Lisbon Guide</a> & <a href="http://www.bestlovepoems.net" rel="nofollow">Love Poems</a> From all the CMS I used, drupal is the best one.
Webmaster of: Lisbon Guide & Love Poems

]]> By: sulleleven http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-572 sulleleven Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:57:53 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-572 decent review. thanks. i have been using drupal for about a month to test and compare to my previous experience with typo3 (amazing, yet slow). i like drupal. it is fast, logical and functionality is very extensible. The templating platform seems to be going through an overhaul, thank god. It's not that the templating system is horrible but it is not too logical and overly complicated. It would have been better to just adopt the smarty template engine or similar addon (which can be done on a per template basis). Just reading about the templating discussions can give you a headache but i look forward to a steamlined approach. decent review. thanks.

i have been using drupal for about a month to test and compare to my previous experience with typo3 (amazing, yet slow). i like drupal. it is fast, logical and functionality is very extensible. The templating platform seems to be going through an overhaul, thank god. It’s not that the templating system is horrible but it is not too logical and overly complicated. It would have been better to just adopt the smarty template engine or similar addon (which can be done on a per template basis). Just reading about the templating discussions can give you a headache but i look forward to a steamlined approach.

]]> By: Boris Mann http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-571 Boris Mann Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:08:19 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-571 You can in fact export to PDF: http://drupal.org/project/pdfview The book module has the much more useful "view as printer friendly" mode, which strips all extraneous graphics and allows easy printing. You can in fact export to PDF: http://drupal.org/project/pdfview

The book module has the much more useful “view as printer friendly” mode, which strips all extraneous graphics and allows easy printing.

]]> By: Shaghaghi.net http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-582 Shaghaghi.net Mon, 20 Sep 2004 01:25:19 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-582 <strong>Drupal Blog Publishing Platform Review</strong> Rick E. Bruner's Business Blog Consulting: Drupal Blog Publishing Platform Review... Drupal Blog Publishing Platform Review

Rick E. Bruner’s Business Blog Consulting: Drupal Blog Publishing Platform Review…

]]> By: Lurker http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-570 Lurker Sat, 18 Sep 2004 04:57:17 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-570 Unfortunately drupal has no pdf-export feature, what makes it uninteresting for most business sites. Also I do not understand why there is a "collaborative book" feature, if you can not export this book to a pdf file. Also writing a book is much more wiki like and everybody, who is interested in something like this should take a look at http://doc-book.sf.net The advertised book-feature was the main reason for me to test drupal. I was disappointed, that the term "book" was used in such a misleading way. Also, of course very important for a professional site, the integration af any shopping system is very poor in drupal. to the siteowner: talking about "CMS" without ever mentioning at least (the slow) TYPO3 or (the really cool) ezpublish is like a virgin talking about good sex... Lurker (still not an expert but wondering about the fact, that most people calling themselves "experts" do not even know the basics) Unfortunately drupal has no pdf-export feature, what makes it uninteresting for most business sites. Also I do not understand why there is a “collaborative book” feature, if you can not export this book to a pdf file. Also writing a book is much more wiki like and everybody, who is interested in something like this should take a look at http://doc-book.sf.net
The advertised book-feature was the main reason for me to test drupal. I was disappointed, that the term “book” was used in such a misleading way.

Also, of course very important for a professional site, the integration af any shopping system is very poor in drupal.

to the siteowner: talking about “CMS” without ever mentioning at least (the slow) TYPO3 or (the really cool) ezpublish is like a virgin talking about good sex…

Lurker
(still not an expert but wondering about the fact, that most people calling themselves “experts” do not even know the basics)

]]> By: Gunnar Langemark http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-569 Gunnar Langemark Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:44:52 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-569 Your comment function lost my personal info after previewing. I'm Gunnar, and I'm the author of above comment. Your comment function lost my personal info after previewing. I’m Gunnar, and I’m the author of above comment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-568 Anonymous Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:43:02 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-568 If you - after reading this - feel like more, then you MUST read Boris Manns long reply linked above (<a href="http://www.bryght.com/node/view/86" rel="nofollow">http://www.bryght.com/node/view/86</a>). One "feature" which is apparently hard to understand is the taxonomy system in Drupal. This system is NOT anything like MT. It is a REAL professional system. Read Boris' explanation. I also need to add that Drupal is excellent in portal setups - intranet or otherwise. It is excellent as a community system. In fact Drupal is NOT first a CMS and secondly a blogging system. Drupal is first a Community System - and very few (if any) systems are better than Drupal in that respect. And you can include ANY commercial product here. I work professionally with Microsoft Sharepoint Server systems. They are cool, but I like Drupal better. If you – after reading this – feel like more, then you MUST read Boris Manns long reply linked above (http://www.bryght.com/node/view/86). One “feature” which is apparently hard to understand is the taxonomy system in Drupal. This system is NOT anything like MT. It is a REAL professional system. Read Boris’ explanation.
I also need to add that Drupal is excellent in portal setups – intranet or otherwise. It is excellent as a community system. In fact Drupal is NOT first a CMS and secondly a blogging system. Drupal is first a Community System – and very few (if any) systems are better than Drupal in that respect. And you can include ANY commercial product here. I work professionally with Microsoft Sharepoint Server systems. They are cool, but I like Drupal better.

]]> By: Dries http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-567 Dries Mon, 13 Sep 2004 04:25:41 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-567 If you announce this review in the 'news and announcement' section of the forums on drupal.org, I'll promote your post to the front page. If you announce this review in the ‘news and announcement’ section of the forums on drupal.org, I’ll promote your post to the front page.

]]> By: Boris Mann http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-566 Boris Mann Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:01:08 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-566 First, thanks for the mention! Second, I posted a *really* <a href="http://www.bryght.com/node/view/86" rel="nofollow">long commentary</a>. First, thanks for the mention! Second, I posted a *really* long commentary.

]]> By: Christopher Mackay's weblog http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-581 Christopher Mackay's weblog Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:49 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-581 <strong>Drupal Review Posted</strong> Tantramar Interactive clients <a href="http://www.jarche.com/" rel="nofollow">Harold Jarche</a> and <a href="http://www.bales.ca/" rel="nofollow">Cameron Bales</a> have posted a detailed review of Drupal (an open-source content-management system), based on Tantramar Interactive's inst Drupal Review Posted

Tantramar Interactive clients Harold Jarche and Cameron Bales have posted a detailed review of Drupal (an open-source content-management system), based on Tantramar Interactive’s inst

]]> By: bales.ca http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-580 bales.ca Sun, 12 Sep 2004 21:25:22 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-580 <strong>Drupal Review - up now</strong> <a href="http://www.jarche.com/" rel="nofollow">Harold's</a> and my <a href="http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html" rel="nofollow">review</a> of <a href="http://drupal.org" rel="nofollow">Drupal</a> is up at Business Blog Consulting. The Reviews Rick is posting seem to Drupal Review – up now

Harold’s and my review of Drupal is up at Business Blog Consulting. The Reviews Rick is posting seem to

]]> By: jarche.com http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub#comment-579 jarche.com Sun, 12 Sep 2004 21:05:09 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html#comment-579 <strong>Drupal Review</strong> <a href="http://www.bales.ca" rel="nofollow">Cameron Bales</a> and I just wrote a review of the <a href="http://drupal.org" rel="nofollow">Drupal</a> content management system for Rick Bruner's <a href="http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2004/09/drupal_blog_pub.html" rel="nofollow">Business Blog</a> Drupal Review

Cameron Bales and I just wrote a review of the Drupal content management system for Rick Bruner’s Business Blog

]]>