[Bradford] Degrees of integration?

[John Robert Hudson]

Hi Paul

WordPress is certainly more manageable than Drupal. I would envisage the key 
problems arising from any custom fields which particular organisations have 
used; I would also imagine that the different organisations have set up 
different profiles and different permissions, all of which will need to be 
harmonised.

I am guessing but I think the choice of WordPress or the MailChimp extension 
will be a trivial decision compared with the decisions about integrating the 
three different set-ups.

Unless one of the organisations is using Drupal and specific Drupal 
functionality, I don't see why you would need to compromise on functionality. 
In fact, you might find that, out of the experiences of the three 
organisations, you implement functionality which they did not think they would 
need when they set up their respective systems and which they have never 
implemented because of the time/effort/disruption needed to implement it.

John
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On Thursday 10 Mar 2016 18:34:15 Paul Colley wrote:
> 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. P.
> 
>       From: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
>  To: bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk; Paul Colley <pchcolley at yahoo.co.uk>
>  Sent: Thursday, 10 March 2016, 13:31
>  Subject: Re: [Bradford] Degrees of integration?
> 
> HI Paul
> 
> Re WP features, I think it is better to decide what you need because you are
> very unlikely to need every feature of CiviCRM and then check if what you
> want to do is available with WP. I just know that some features are
> mentioned in the documentation as only available in Drupal.
> 
> Obviously not up-to-date with the extensions! None of the setups I am aware
> of use Mailchimp! As you need the CiviMail module to implement the
> MailChimp module this seems a bit like having a dog and barking yourself -
> but perhaps people who are familiar with MailChimp will find it easier to
> use than CiviMail or maybe they need a feature of MailChimp which isn't
> supported in CiviMail.
> 
> John
> --
> 
> On Thursday 10 Mar 2016 12:29:29 Paul Colley wrote:
> > Hi John and thanks.
> > It sounds as if you know at least something of the 'few features' that are
> > not available in a Civi-WP setup? If you have a moment, are you able to
> > say
> > anything more? Your comment as to MailChimp sounds pretty final. Is this
> > in
> > spite of the couple of Mailchimp integration extensions that seem to have
> > been developed? I appreciate that not all extensions are created equal.
> > Cheers
> > Paul
> >
> >      From: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
> >  To: bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk; Paul Colley <pchcolley at yahoo.co.uk>
> >  Sent: Thursday, 10 March 2016, 9:34
> >  Subject: Re: [Bradford] Degrees of integration?
> >
> > Hi Paul
> > 
> > You can put CiviCRM on top of WordPress (or Joomla! or Drupal) but there
> > are a few features not available in WordPress. Unless you have very
> > specific needs, these are unlikely to make any difference.
> > 
> > CiviCRM comes with its own CiviMail module which gives you MailChimp like
> > functionality. You cannot link it to MailChimp.
> > 
> > There is a north of England CiviCRM meetup which meets from time to time
> > so, depending on your timescale, you could come to one of their meetings
> > or I could talk the issues through with you.
> > 
> > John
> > --
> > 
> > On Thursday 10 Mar 2016 00:14:16 Paul Colley wrote:
> > > Does anyone have any experience of / thoughts on the extent to which
> > > CiviCRM plays nicely with either/or/both of WordPress and Mailchimp?
> > > 
> > > I am aware of the forums and communities that exist around these wares,
> > > but
> > > thought I'd tap the hive mind anyway.  Cheers
> > > Paul ColleyBradford CVS