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<DIV>Hmm... Looking back over my work, I've only gotten two requests: 1) Fix my site, or 2) Build me a site.</DIV>
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<DIV>In the first case ("fix"), there have been three outcomes: 1) It was already Drupal and that's why they sought me out; 2) It was straight PHP/MySql; 3) It was some other CMS. In #1, I usually fix it, then push for a maintenance contract (unusally unsuccesfully). In case #2, I took the job and almost always muttered to myself, "This would be so much easier/better in Drupal." In case #3, I try to find them someone with expertise on that platform unless I can manage to convince them that Drupal is better (which I will be doing in an interview this week).</DIV>
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<DIV>In the "build" case, only one has specifically requested Drupal, and that was because the CIO was a Drupal hobbyist and his Java staff (9 people) told him it would take two years. Mostly by myself, the site was launched in three months, then I spent the next nine months responding to Marketing requests for new features and training someone to administer the site from then on.</DIV>
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<DIV>Of all the remaining sites I have done from scratch, no one has been unhappy that they could create and maintain their own content or that it was easy to (re-)organize.<BR> </DIV>
<P><FONT color=#ff007f size=4 face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><EM><STRONG>Nancy</STRONG></EM></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.</FONT></P>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> <A href="mailto:jeff@ayendesigns.com">jeff@ayendesigns.com</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT><BR>Interesting. All four of the last four direct-to-client sites I did <BR>asked me for Drupal specifically. I'm not sure which experience is an <BR>anomaly...probably mine. I don't know about the comparison, though. You <BR>could look at Drupal as the water in a bottle of web platforms, or <BR>Drupal as the bottle in a vending machine of web site drinks.<BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>