<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457622365270_57257" dir="ltr">To give all this a bit more context, these are just some of the questions arising from an imminent three-way merger. Civi is a given - it is already being shared by the three organisations. WordPress is viewed as a more manageable option than Drupal (I realise that they are not wholly comparable). Mailchimp is already being used quite extensively across the three organisations. The initial impression I get is that you can mash the three together but you will have to compromise on functionality. I could easily be wrong.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457622365270_57257" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457622365270_57257" dir="ltr">P.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457622365270_57383" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457622365270_57382"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457622365270_57381"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457622365270_57380"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457622365270_57379"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457622365270_57378"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk; Paul Colley <pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 10 March 2016, 13:31<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Bradford] Degrees of integration?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457622365270_60140"><br>HI Paul<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Re WP features, I think it is better to decide what you need because you are <br clear="none">very unlikely to need every feature of CiviCRM and then check if what you want <br clear="none">to do is available with WP. I just know that some features are mentioned in <br clear="none">the documentation as only available in Drupal.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Obviously not up-to-date with the extensions! None of the setups I am aware of <br clear="none">use Mailchimp! As you need the CiviMail module to implement the MailChimp <br clear="none">module this seems a bit like having a dog and barking yourself - but perhaps <br clear="none">people who are familiar with MailChimp will find it easier to use than CiviMail <br clear="none">or maybe they need a feature of MailChimp which isn't supported in CiviMail. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">John<br clear="none">--<div class="yqt1856604479" id="yqtfd81038"><br clear="none">On Thursday 10 Mar 2016 12:29:29 Paul Colley wrote:<br clear="none">> Hi John and thanks.<br clear="none">> It sounds as if you know at least something of the 'few features' that are<br clear="none">> not available in a Civi-WP setup? If you have a moment, are you able to say<br clear="none">> anything more? Your comment as to MailChimp sounds pretty final. Is this in<br clear="none">> spite of the couple of Mailchimp integration extensions that seem to have<br clear="none">> been developed? I appreciate that not all extensions are created equal.<br clear="none">> Cheers<br clear="none">> Paul<br clear="none">> From: John Robert Hudson <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com" href="mailto:j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com">j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com</a>><br clear="none">> To: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk" href="mailto:bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk">bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>; Paul Colley <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk">pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br clear="none">> Sent: Thursday, 10 March 2016, 9:34<br clear="none">> Subject: Re: [Bradford] Degrees of integration?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Hi Paul<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> You can put CiviCRM on top of WordPress (or Joomla! or Drupal) but there are<br clear="none">> a few features not available in WordPress. Unless you have very specific<br clear="none">> needs, these are unlikely to make any difference.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> CiviCRM comes with its own CiviMail module which gives you MailChimp like<br clear="none">> functionality. You cannot link it to MailChimp.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> There is a north of England CiviCRM meetup which meets from time to time so,<br clear="none">> depending on your timescale, you could come to one of their meetings or I<br clear="none">> could talk the issues through with you.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> John<br clear="none">> --<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On Thursday 10 Mar 2016 00:14:16 Paul Colley wrote:<br clear="none">> > Does anyone have any experience of / thoughts on the extent to which<br clear="none">> > CiviCRM plays nicely with either/or/both of WordPress and Mailchimp?<br clear="none">> > <br clear="none">> > I am aware of the forums and communities that exist around these wares,<br clear="none">> > but<br clear="none">> > thought I'd tap the hive mind anyway. Cheers<br clear="none">> > Paul ColleyBradford CVS<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>