support March 2015

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Re: [support] support Digest, Vol 147, Issue 7
by Roger 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

On 19/03/15 04:35, support-request(a)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

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Another Drupal vs WordPress question
by Drupal 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

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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Re: [support] Another Drupal vs WordPress question
by Drupal 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

The thing is there is big chance I’ll build in the future dozen (or even several dozens) small websites for small nonprofits, so it’s about decision which way to go, considering maintenance, speed, updates, theming, easy for users to learn to maintain the content, etc. So, right now, for a website or two, I would not worry about it. But I believe it would be good to think a little bit for a sake of future, right? On Mar 18, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Patrick Avella <me(a)patrickavella.com> wrote: > This thread is getting out of hand. > > Use what you are most comfortable with, or what your client is most comfortable with. Usability is mostly familiarity, and this extends to maintenance + development times for developers. If you have a lot of experience with drupal but none with wordpress, it will almost always be more efficient (both in terms of speed and best practice) to build with drupal. This is also vice versa. > > There are very few concrete reasons why to choose one CMS over another as it all tends to be dogma based. Almost all of them sport similar features. At the end of the day all that matters is the opinions of your stakeholders. Exceptions to this are few and far between as all major CMS have enterprise level services available. > > > > So basically, use what feels right! > > Cheers, > Patrick > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Don <donald(a)fane.com> wrote: > For a small, fixed, brochure site I'd go with html. > For a low budget blog site with no shopping cart, WP. > For an easy to maintain mom & pop shop CMS, I would recommend joomla though I haven't used it in a while. > > For a site with a secure shopping cart, multiple authors and editors, or more complex setup then I'd recommend Drupal. > > 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 > > > -- > > -- > -Don Pickerel- > Fane Software > <Fane-th.png> > > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] >

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Drupal 7 cron does not appear to be running.
by Keith Smith 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

Hi, I am rather new to Drupal. I have configured cron to run via crontab on HostGator. Appears to be running, however the status report shows that is has been a while since cron has run. Drupal 7 on HostGator reseller account. (I know HG lacks the resources to run Drupal adequately... Hoping Boost will fix that.) Any help much appreciated. -- Keith Smith

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cron access denied
by Jim Ruby 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

Hi, using the latest version of drupal 7 I can not run cron and yes I have the key and tried from configure / cron clicking the button and also the link to cron with the key. I have read all sorts of things including changing permissions of cron.php to 775, 755, 644 and nothing works. I'm wondering if I have a module causing this problem. I am using the following modules. I have disabled the nodeaccess module and rebuilt the permissions and still access denied. Backup migrate Ctools Entity Entity reference Faq Filefieldpaths Filefieldsources Globalredirect Nodeaccess Pathauto Pathologic Privatemsg Rules Token Views Webform Any suggestions on how else I can troubleshoot this and get cron working?

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Strange Caching Problem
by Steve Kessler 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

I moved a multi-site configuration from one server to another. The sites are all working well accept that on of the sites keeps needing the cache to be cleared. Multiple times per day we have issues with CSS not showing correctly and the admin tool bar disappearing. When we clear the cache it all comes back. We only have this problem on one of the sites in the multi-site configuration . We have gone through lots of diagnostic steps to try and figure out what is going on and cannot tie the cache needing to be cleared to anything specific. For example it does not coincide with cron running. We have tried turning off caching option (/admin/config/development/performance). Any suggestion on what to check or what could be going on is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Steve -- Steve Kessler Owner and Lead Consultant Denver DataMan, LLC 303-587-4428

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