<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Drupal vs, Wordpress? | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/feed/</link> <description>Drupal vs, Wordpress? - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business</description> <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:56:06 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23700</guid><title><![CDATA[Bob Gaynor replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23700</link> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:46:22 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/marketinggeek/" title="Bob Gaynor" rel="nofollow">Bob Gaynor</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Every technology should have its own Apple vs. Microsoft debates, and Wordpress vs. Drupal or Joomla is a perfect example. One side hardly ever converts the other. Each of these packages appears to be better under [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23449</guid><title><![CDATA[Lori Highby replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23449</link> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:30:10 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/lorihighby/" title="Lori Highby" rel="nofollow">Lori Highby</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a class="mention" href="../../../../../members/jasonwiser/" title="Mention Jason Wiser" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a> I agree with <a class="mention" href="../../../../../members/ecumenix/" title="Mention Thomas Flügge" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/ecumenix/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/ecumenix/' rel="nofollow">@ecumenix</a> on this argument.&#160; Drupal is an extremely robust system that comes with much more muscle than Wordpress.&#160; It is a bit more sophisticated and not as easy to initially set-up as a [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23432</guid><title><![CDATA[Chris Loeser replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23432</link> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:38:09 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/chrisloeser/" title="Chris Loeser" rel="nofollow">Chris Loeser</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> From my experience(s), Drupal &#038; Joomla are both too fat &#038; take too long to load. We ran some splits, same 8 page site template... same servers... load times varied, but during peak usage (10:30 - 1) &#038; (3:30 - 6) [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23421</guid><title><![CDATA[Thomas Flügge replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23421</link> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:34:50 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/ecumenix/" title="Thomas Flügge" rel="nofollow">Thomas Flügge</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a> Hey everybody, it's always a great thing to be the first one disagreeing. So here I go. I think WP is not comparable to Drupal, because they are not meant to be used for the exact same thing. WP is an [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23287</guid><title><![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23287</link> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 03:50:52 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/" title="Dea Irby" rel="nofollow">Dea Irby</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I love wordpress and guess you know that this SME site with it's clubs is a wordpress site. <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23239</guid><title><![CDATA[Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23239</link> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:59:40 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/" title="Jason Wiser" rel="nofollow">Jason Wiser</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow">@amyhallbiz</a> yeah great to point out those numbers.&#160;<div></div><div>With get_post_meta and customized loop functions, you can have loops inside loops, multiple loops on a page, etc. And this is relatively simple. It is real easy [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23211</guid><title><![CDATA[Abigail Gorton replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23211</link> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:52:31 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/abigailgorton/" title="Abigail Gorton" rel="nofollow">Abigail Gorton</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a> As a web developer I have gained new clients who came to me because they could not figure out how to maintain the Joomla / Drupal systems that someone built for them.&#160; I could barely figure it out [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23210</guid><title><![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#38; MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23210</link> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:48:17 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/" title="Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert" rel="nofollow">Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a>&#160; I too, sing the praises of WordPress! It's easy to use, once you understand it. Easy to update content, and we all know Google wants the newest best content there is. Easy to modify and customize. [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23202</guid><title><![CDATA[Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23202</link> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:06:39 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/" title="Jason Wiser" rel="nofollow">Jason Wiser</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> The general assumption is that Drupal is more robust. I have yet to be proven this is the case. So I ask this question everywhere looking for the real truth. Unlike&#160; <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow">@rich-brooks</a> , I am a WP evangelist. I started [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23196</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23196</link> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:49:08 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/" title="Kristy C. Cartier" rel="nofollow">Kristy C. Cartier</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a> I used Drupal for a few months in a previous position. It was ok for posting basic text but I found it unwieldy for adding images. That's my 2 cts.<div></div><div>Now I use a generic CMS system to update my [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23186</guid><title><![CDATA[Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23186</link> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:48:04 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/" title="Rich Brooks" rel="nofollow">Rich Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a><div></div><div>I'm not evangelistic about one platform or the other, as I believe that if you've got good designers and developers on your team you can make any decent platform (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc.) [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23083</guid><title><![CDATA[Melissa Agnes replied to the forum topic Drupal vs, Wordpress? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/#post-23083</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:36:07 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/melissaagnes/" title="Melissa Agnes" rel="nofollow">Melissa Agnes</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/drupal-vs-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">Drupal vs, Wordpress?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> 100%, absolutely!<div></div><div>Hi Jason!</div><div></div><div>I have a small interactive agency and we specialize in WordPress as our CMS platform. None of our websites look like they're set up on WordPress, and all of them are so multi-functional [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>