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ileage may of course vary, but I found it very bloated, and the varying qua=
lity is really a problem within the main codebase, not just within extensio=
ns. That may have changed in the 2 years since the last time I played with =
it, however.<br>
<br>Zend Framework though - agreed. I prefer CakePHP, but since I'm now=
writing "enterprise" software, I've found that clients like =
the magic buzzword approach of ZF.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 2 F=
ebruary 2010 13:38, Ian Munday <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:ian.=
munday at illumen.co.uk">ian.munday at illumen.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; borde=
r-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">After years of ma=
intaining an in-house framework, I moved our important applications to the =
Zend Framework last year. =A0Pretty much all that had been built into our i=
n-house framework could be replaced with Zend Framework equivalents, the re=
sult being that we got a more robust and better tested base from which to b=
uild our applications. =A0I can't see why people (in small to medium en=
terprises at least) would persist with maintaining in-house frameworks in t=
he medium / long term given the quality of those that are already available=
and the ROI you can gain by using them.<br>
<br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0<a href=3D"http://framework.zend.com/" target=3D"_blank">ht=
tp://framework.zend.com/</a><br>
<br>
Having said all that, I've found Joomla to be very capable and able to =
accommodate virtually all our website needs over the last couple of years. =
=A0(Note I say websites rather than web applications.)<br>
<br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0<a href=3D"http://www.joomla.org/" target=3D"_blank">http:/=
/www.joomla.org/</a><br>
<br>
Joomla might not have the same level of visual polish in the back-end inter=
face that Wordpress has, but ultimately I think it is more capable. =A0It a=
lso uses templates and has a large number of extensions available, albeit o=
f varying quality. =A0Or you can write your own (although the how-to isn=
9;t brilliantly documented). =A0Some of the best examples of templates and =
extensions that can be used with Joomla are at the YOOtheme site:<br>
<br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0<a href=3D"http://www.yootheme.com/" target=3D"_blank">http=
://www.yootheme.com/</a><br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0<a href=3D"http://tools.yootheme.com/" target=3D"_blank">ht=
tp://tools.yootheme.com/</a><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<font color=3D"#888888"><br>
Ian<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br>
On 2 Feb 2010, at 12:03, Pete Graham wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> Wordpress can be very useful for some sites although it does have it&#=
39;s<br>
> limitations. It has many useful plugins, I particularly like the<br>
> Flutter Custom Content Types plugin <a href=3D"http://flutter.freshout=
.us/" target=3D"_blank">http://flutter.freshout.us/</a> (which<br>
> is similar to CCK in Drupal). I used it to build this site<br>
> <a href=3D"http://www.outsider.tv" target=3D"_blank">http://www.outsid=
er.tv</a><br>
><br>
> I'd recommend CakePHP for more complex sites, I've been using =
it<br>
> recently and have been very impressed with it.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Pete<br>
><br>
> On 2 February 2010 11:53, Stephen Orr <<a href=3D"mailto:steve at step=
henorr.co.uk">steve at stephenorr.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I've found that Wordpress is a pretty good base for most websi=
tes. Yeah,<br>
>> it's not as powerful as a full framework, since you're not=
writing it from<br>
>> the ground up - but it's a pretty damned effective content man=
agement system<br>
>> as well as a blog, once you understand what you can do in relation=
to<br>
>> categories and tags etc. I've used it for that in the past, an=
d I've wished<br>
>> on other projects where I built a bespoke system that I _had_ used=
Wordpress<br>
>> after all.<br>
>><br>
>> A full framework will definitely be something to learn for the fut=
ure, but<br>
>> for just a "website" then probably over-the-top.<br>
>><br>
>> Steve<br>
>><br>
>> On 2 February 2010 11:50, Mo Awkati <<a href=3D"mailto:mawkati@=
yahoo.co.uk">mawkati at yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> =91Web design=92 is a very big field to handle entirely wi=
th Wordpress.<br>
>>><br>
>>>> If your building a relatively static website then no Wordp=
ress is not the<br>
>>>> way to go. HTML, CSS, JS and a bit of PHP for any dynamic =
elements will be a<br>
>>>> lot easier. You=92ll need to know >these to build Wordp=
ress templates too but<br>
>>>> having Wordpress in the way complicates it.<br>
>>><br>
>>>> If your building a CMS controlled site with a relatively s=
tatic structure<br>
>>>> across the site then yes wordpress is good.<br>
>>><br>
>>>> If you want a Blog then wordpress is great.<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Cheers<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Mike<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi Mike<br>
>>><br>
>>> My future endeavours will most certainly be dynamic websites, =
more user<br>
>>> interactive and includes all sorts of media. However, my Vicar=
( I do our<br>
>>> church website) quite likes the idea of a blog, that is what p=
rompted my<br>
>>> question; certainly will use WordPress for the blog.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Mo<br>
<br>
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