[drupal-docs] Drupal vs Mambo

[Laura Scott]

What if the "what is Drupal" section were broken up into something like 
this:

Drupal is....

What you can do.... (a paragraph or two + its own sub-page) -- this 
would be a "benefits" discussion. Here also could be mentions of the 
distributions such as CS, Drupal for Artists, etc. This could be broken 
down into sub-pages, too. "Community-building," "Personal blogging," 
"Corporate websites," "Political campaigns," "Artist portfolios," and so 
on. (I would be delighted to help write these sections.)

What Drupal offers....
- for users
- for site administrators
- for web designers
- for developers

In other words, focusing on what Drupal can do for the person who knows 
nothing about Drupal (and you may have noticed that even the vast 
majority of slashdot geeks had never heard of it in the fundraising 
thread a few weeks ago) rather than pointing out the specs.

Parallel: You can sell a car by talking about features -- what size the 
engine is, what rating the tires have, and so on. Or you can sell a car 
by talking about benefits -- what it does for you, how easy it is to 
use, and so on. Both are valid, but the "benefits" side could use some 
fleshing out, it seems to me.

Laura
pingVision <http://www.pingv.com>

PS - I've been out of pocket for a number of weeks now, so I'd been MIA 
here. I hope I can jump in and perhaps help in this area.



Charlie Lowe wrote:

> Part of my interest comes in this discussion is that we need more than 
> just the one or two sentence general description; we also need to 
> reorganize/revise the "About" handbook. I'm starting to think that 
> what might work is a two to three sentence definition that hits all 
> audiences generally, followed by a paragraph or two for each audience. 
> Something like:
>
> Drupal is . . . . (a couple of sentences)
>
> For users, Drupal . . . (paragraph)
>
> For site administrators (paragraph)
>
> For web designers (paragraph)
>
> For developers (paragraph)
>
>
>
>
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