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- ETM0
- <Continuity
- they need a new site pronto. or theme rather.sherm
- meffid0
NOT WORDPRESS.
- <Continuity
- any CMS is susceptible to attack if you don't know what you're doing. like mac v pc, wordpress is just the biggest targetacescence
- targetacescence
- I'm with acescence on this one. WP gets hacked 'cuz it's the biggest target, but all CMS's have vulnerabilities.nocomply
- Nightshade0
^ Without wanting to get too technical, I was creating a database of books, and wrote a complex template which displayed them. I needed to do something the EE tags couldn't do, so I had to completely re-write the template from scratch in PHP. Cost me a lot of time.
With Wordpress- because their functions are based on PHP, it's easy to output the data from their functions as objects/arrays, and manipulate it yourself.
- Just to be clear, they are all based on PHP - Wordpress, EE, Joomla and Drupal. Nothing too special there.ukit
- Sounds like you didnt pay attention to how EE works, not that EE is crapTheBlueOne
- EE is more about a custom design than reusing templates and themes like wordpress.jeremydouglas
- Stugoo0
I dont like the way wordpress structures their site. I feel like the folders are just completely militant.
- Stugoo0
I dont like the way wordpress structures their site. I feel like the folders are just completely militant.
- and plus, if i wanted a blogging platform I would use one, I want a cms.Stugoo
- Haven't looked at Wordpress lately, eh?404NotFound
- ukit0
Still don't know what you mean. True they have their own proprietary tags for displaying content but you can bypass all that and use regular PHP if you want...and anyway that is only the display mechanism, it's just as easy to dive in to their functions and start tweaking stuff.
I think the learning curve might actually be the issue, I've worked with both of them pretty extensively and EE is definitely more flexible out of the box, although like you said it takes more time to get used to.
- mydo0
new features on wordpress move it further away from a blog platform and towards a CMS.
the new menu creator is scarily good and easy to use.i feel like telling most of my clients, what you need is a site built in WP in 5 mins as it's going to look better and work better than anything you can get for a few thousand bucks.
- TheBlueOne0
Expression Engine all the way for the feature set you are looking for...
..Hey, how many Wordpress sites got hacked recently? *cough, cough
- ukit0
No love for Blogger?
- yerolda0
Dreamweaver editable areas
- ukit0
- seeessess0
www.modxcms.com, love it :)
- Stugoo0
Shame Geocities is dead :(
- lukus_W0
I miss geocities :(
- ukit0
In all seriousness, I think Wordpress is great, interface is top notch, but like you say it's really best suited to either blogs or smaller sites.
If you need something slightly more robust I think EE offers the best balance in terms of ease of use, community support, extensibility.
Just be sure to get Pixel and Tonic (Brandon Kelly's) extensions, they add some basic functionality that is pretty key - almost like the other missing third of the CMS.
- There are also tons of add ons over here:
http://devot-ee.com/…ukit
- There are also tons of add ons over here:
- ukit0
I'm curious though, do people feel like they have to stick with PHP? Because Django is a great solution, it's what this site is built with in fact.
Or what about Ruby on Rails?
- kulor0
ExpressionEngine.
Version 2 comes with a dog-awful UI, but install one of the following and you'll be good to go:
http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/anti…
http://expressionengine-addons.c…
- Stugoo0
Thanks guys.
They both look really good. I've seen concrete5 before, but not used it.Which is easier to set up? I'm working in the UK
- i recommend download each and try installing to feel them out.sherm
- Honestly, concrete5 is dead simple to deal with, and I'm not a handy with anything PHP-related.Continuity
- dMullins0
There needs to be a god damn CMS thread. There's a new "OMG WHAT CMS TO USE???" thread every day.