[Phpwm] WordPress

[Pete Graham]

Hi,

Wordpress can be very useful for some sites although it does have it's
limitations. It has many useful plugins, I particularly like the
Flutter Custom Content Types plugin http://flutter.freshout.us/ (which
is similar to CCK in Drupal). I used it to build this site
http://www.outsider.tv

I'd recommend CakePHP for more complex sites, I've been using it
recently and have been very impressed with it.

Thanks,
Pete

On 2 February 2010 11:53, Stephen Orr <steve at stephenorr.co.uk> wrote:
> I've found that Wordpress is a pretty good base for most websites. Yeah,
> it's not as powerful as a full framework, since you're not writing it from
> the ground up - but it's a pretty damned effective content management system
> as well as a blog, once you understand what you can do in relation to
> categories and tags etc. I've used it for that in the past, and I've wished
> on other projects where I built a bespoke system that I _had_ used Wordpress
> after all.
>
> A full framework will definitely be something to learn for the future, but
> for just a "website" then probably over-the-top.
>
> Steve
>
> On 2 February 2010 11:50, Mo Awkati <mawkati at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > ‘Web design’ is a very big field to handle entirely with Wordpress.
>>
>> >If your building a relatively static website then no Wordpress is not the
>> > way to go. HTML, CSS, JS and a bit of PHP for any dynamic elements will be a
>> > lot easier. You’ll need to know >these to build Wordpress templates too but
>> > having Wordpress in the way complicates it.
>>
>> >If your building a CMS controlled site with a relatively static structure
>> > across the site then yes wordpress is good.
>>
>> >If you want a Blog then wordpress is great.
>>
>> >Cheers
>>
>> >Mike
>>
>> Hi Mike
>>
>> My future endeavours will most certainly be dynamic websites, more user
>> interactive and includes all sorts of media. However, my Vicar ( I do our
>> church website) quite likes the idea of a blog, that is what prompted my
>> question; certainly will use WordPress for the blog.
>>
>> Mo
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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