[support] support Digest, Vol 147, Issue 7

[Roger]

On 19/03/15 04:35, support-request at drupal.org wrote:
> I also think that Drupal is probably the most secure of all the different platforms. I've been porting a customer from Drupal to WP (because WP is easier to maintain donchya know) and I've been kind of horrified at the WP code.
> >
> >On 3/18/2015 12:33 PM, Drupal wrote:
>> >>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
No! Drupal is not too big, even with a small number of  modules, it's 
not huge. It is more complex and far more secure. But it has one 
drawback. It loads all the code and modules into server memory, even 
when some modules are needed intermittently or less. This has caused me 
php memory issues for years and unfortunately modules rely on modules 
which rely on modules to get one small thing done they are all loaded.

If, and I stress, if, you can find a Drupal theme too suit the purpose, 
stay with Drupal, I would.

Inspection shows that of hundreds of Drupal themes out there they all, 
with minor color or display variations, look virtually identical. 
Building or modifying a Drupal theme is, for me a horrendously 
complicated problem, and I've been doing it for a number of years.

Roger