[support] Another Drupal vs WordPress question

[Keith Smith]

Creating a minimal CMS could take 100 hours.  I've done this.  Lots of 
work.  Plus side is if you do it correctly it will be secure and run for 
years without any modifications.  It will lightening fast and easy to 
install and configure.

Downside is it takes a lot of work and advanced programming knowledge 
such as .htaccess and one point of entry - your root index file.  And 
you will need to understand how to secure your code from direct access 
as well as sanitize any visitor input. And you will not have any free 
templates to work with.  It will be more difficult to grow a site using 
a do it yourself CMS.

Security is a real problem for open source.  Once a vulnerability is 
found all they have to do is find that app and apply the vulnerability.  
Grow your own CMS would not be open source so it would be more difficult 
to crack from this perspective.

We just saw this type of issue with Drupal about 4 months ago.

Drupal and WordPress are resource hogs.  A do it yourself CMS would be 
minimalistic and very efficient and would run on any server.

Any way you go you will have trade offs. One must be careful to not 
shoot one self in the foot so to speak.



On 2015-03-18 12:12, Drupal wrote:
> I’m gonna maintain the site(s) (one point, if there is dozen of the
> similar sites,does it make difference?), CMS, do updates... but “they”
> will maintain the content.
> Budget is low to nonexistent.
> There is no cost difference which CMS I’m gonna select.
> Some SEO work would/should be done, but not a decision making key.
> Is the CMS necessary? I was thinking about to code by myself but it
> would take more time and it’s always security issue - that’s why is
> community for :-)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> On Mar 18, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Borwick, James Bryce
> <BorwickJa at missouri.edu> wrote:
> 
>> It depends. Who is going to maintain it? And is there a maintenance 
>> budget? If it's a build and walk away situation, it may not be free 
>> for them when something breaks or the organization needs a design or 
>> content update. If the budget is low to nonexistent, what is the cost 
>> of Drupal vs. WP developers? Which are easier to find? For really 
>> basic stuff is a CMS necessary?
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] 
>> On Behalf Of Drupal
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 11:33 AM
>> To: support at drupal.org
>> Subject: [support] Another Drupal vs WordPress question
>> 
>> Hi to all,
>> Actually, I'm not asking which CMS is better or something. I use 
>> Drupal for almost 6 years but, still, I would put myself to "higher 
>> beginner" level. 90% of my websites are small, simple, intro websites 
>> I built for friends and "clients". Mostly with News, Basic, 
>> Events/Calendar, Webform, Forum... content types. Pretty standard.
>> So, my question is "When is Drupal to big for a website?" When would 
>> WP fit better? Or even when would home-made-code fit better? Where is 
>> "the line" you step over and have to use Drupal? If a small nonprofit 
>> asks you to build small website with some basic stuff, for free if 
>> possible, would you still build it on Drupal?
>> 
>> Thanks for any input,
>> afan
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Keith Smith