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By: Kevin Tea

Kevin Tea — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:39:54 +0000

Dave, I am not very techy – as you know – but WordPress and Thesis with OpenHook gives me a flexible package even I can work out most of the time. If I hit a snag the Thesis forums are a mine of information.

By: Kevin Tea

Kevin Tea — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:38:34 +0000

Erica did designed the banner about a month or so ago.

Thanks for the tips about other CMS platforms. I played with Joomla for this site but WordPress fitted the the bill better.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:07:26 +0000

Very good breakdown.

A simple way to understand Joomla and Drupal are that they are better platforms for conducting “many-to-many” interactions.

WordPress is the undisputed winner at “one-to-many.”

By: Robert Bravery

Robert Bravery — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:49:51 +0000

Did you change your banner?

Brilliant article there Kevin. I would agree with Drupal and Joomla. AS CMS type websites, they could be over kill. Works great if you have a primary website that you want to integrate a blog into. Both are PHP based. For the Windows and .NET folks out there I would suggest DotNetNuke for a CMS, DasBolog is getting good reviews for a .NET blog platform.

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uberVU - social comments — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:51:57 +0000

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By: Kevin Tea

Kevin Tea — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:44:18 +0000

I like Thesis because it flies in the face of the perverted belief that you have to spend hours screaming abuse at the monitor and risking cardiac arrest to feel that you have done something really worthwhile and satisfactory! Using ThesisHook I can do almost anything like add artwork, banners etc sometimes in seconds.

By: Mike CJ

Mike CJ — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:54:59 +0000

Thanks for the mention Kevin! And as a Drupal blogger, I'm delighted to be called someone with a brain the size of a planet. I think I might try and rank for the term!

Seriously though, I have no axe to grind as I don't use WordPress, but it does seem to me that Thesis is impressive, and I see another theme called Headway, which a lot of people are recommending now.

By: Kevin Tea

Kevin Tea — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:24:59 +0000

I like Joomla and compared to a corporate CMS I used called Tridion it is dead easy but it needs time and effort to kick it into shape. WordPress and Thesis have saved me time and hair!

By: EricaMueller

EricaMueller — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:16:56 +0000

I think you said that very well! WordPress is the best. Joomla and Drupal may be grand, but for a beginner, I would never recommend them. The learning curve is just too great. (heck, I haven't even ventured there yet!)

Thanks for the mention. Looking forward to the next post!!

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