Choosing Between Drupal and WordPress

April 16, 2008

That choice was the theme of a talk recently given at a conference in San Francisco. You can see a video of the talk at the blog of either of the presenters. Andy uses Blogger, Selena uses WordPress. I found the video via Kieran, who uses Drupal.

Here’s my summary of the 18-minute video.

  • Preamble. We’re not trying to pick a winner, but to highlight the differences between D and W.
  • Getting site started: W+.
  • Managing site as it grows more complex: D+.
  • What does the software want to do with data? D: whatever you like. W: publish it.
  • Who’s the focus of the community? D: developers. W: users.
  • Wrapup.
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2 Responses to “Choosing Between Drupal and WordPress”

  1. andy Says:
    April 17, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    Hey there Andrew, thanks for taking the time to watch our video, I know it wasn’t short!

    Your outline is spot-on, we may even steal it :D

    Yes, our blogs are in WP + blogger, but we have a lot of Drupal in our lives, some included in the presentation’s screengrabs.

    I use Drupal for community management, and application stuff. What’s your favorite use of Drupal? WordPress? We’d love to hear about other people’s preferences and habits.

  2. Andrew Says:
    April 17, 2008 at 1:30 pm

    Andy, glad you liked the outline. Since I use CC-by for this blog, I actually encourage “stealing with attribution.”
    I haven’t used Drupal. That’s mainly because of the learning curve you describe.

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