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@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@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Drupal Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 11:33 AM To: support@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?
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