Comments on: Drupal http://techticker.net/2008/09/02/drupal/ educational technology, eLearning & emerging technology Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:04:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Drupal Theme Garden http://techticker.net/2008/09/02/drupal/comment-page-1/#comment-1929 Drupal Theme Garden Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:10:26 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=358#comment-1929 Thanks for this overview of Drupal - Drupal is one of the best (or just the best - see awards - http://drupal.org/Drupal-Wins-Best-Overall-2008-Open-Source-CMS-Award-Packt) open source CMS Thanks for this overview of Drupal – Drupal is one of the best (or just the best – see awards – http://drupal.org/Drupal-Wins-Best-Overall-2008-Open-Source-CMS-Award-Packt) open source CMS

]]> By: JM Drupal http://techticker.net/2008/09/02/drupal/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 JM Drupal Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:40:15 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=358#comment-1154 Great introduction. And more recently most of the important modules [CCK/VIEWS/Panels] are ported to Drupal 6.4. Nevertheless - there are probably still a lot of site developments where it makes sense to go for Drupal 5.10 instead or face the necessity to develop to much functionality which already exists for 5 but not yet for Drupal 6. Great introduction. And more recently most of the important modules [CCK/VIEWS/Panels] are ported to Drupal 6.4. Nevertheless – there are probably still a lot of site developments where it makes sense to go for Drupal 5.10 instead or face the necessity to develop to much functionality which already exists for 5 but not yet for Drupal 6.

]]> By: Mike Bogle http://techticker.net/2008/09/02/drupal/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Mike Bogle Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:03:18 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=358#comment-781 Drupal is definitely a powerful platform, there's no doubt about it. The more I experiment with it the more opportunities I see and ideas I get. That said though there are other CMS's and comparable frameworks that are worth considering too depending on your project, and in particular the expectations and technical abilities of the project's administrative and user communities. <a href="http://elgg.org" rel="nofollow">Elgg</a> and <a href="http://joomla.org" rel="nofollow">Joomla</a> are the two main ones that come to mind, but realistically <a href="http://wordpress.org" rel="nofollow">WordPress</a> and even <a href="http://buddypress.org" rel="nofollow">BuddyPress</a> might be options as well depending on the circumstances. If you take this one step further, in the educational realm frameworks like <a href="http://moodle.org" rel="nofollow">Moodle</a> or <a href="http://sakaiproject.org/" rel="nofollow">Sakai</a> may prove more appropriate at times too. Drupal is absolutely a powerful option, but I think the ultimate decision should be needs-based. I'm looking at all of these options right now - which is an incredibly challenging task given the depth each individual platform has - but this does seem to be one of the ways online community development is headed. Many clients/users realise there are numerous options and expect consultants or eLearning people will have a broad knowledge of all the possibilities. So it's a matter of developing a tool box of options that can each be called upon when necessary. Drupal is definitely a powerful platform, there’s no doubt about it. The more I experiment with it the more opportunities I see and ideas I get.

That said though there are other CMS’s and comparable frameworks that are worth considering too depending on your project, and in particular the expectations and technical abilities of the project’s administrative and user communities. Elgg and Joomla are the two main ones that come to mind, but realistically WordPress and even BuddyPress might be options as well depending on the circumstances.

If you take this one step further, in the educational realm frameworks like Moodle or Sakai may prove more appropriate at times too.

Drupal is absolutely a powerful option, but I think the ultimate decision should be needs-based.

I’m looking at all of these options right now – which is an incredibly challenging task given the depth each individual platform has – but this does seem to be one of the ways online community development is headed. Many clients/users realise there are numerous options and expect consultants or eLearning people will have a broad knowledge of all the possibilities. So it’s a matter of developing a tool box of options that can each be called upon when necessary.

]]> By: Protoscopic http://techticker.net/2008/09/02/drupal/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Protoscopic Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:52:39 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=358#comment-780 I have been using Drupal, not because it's easy, but because it has the potential to do a lot of things. It makes some very difficult things easy, but it also makes some trivial things hard. At the end of the day though, if you can get through the learning curve, I believe it has the potential to allow you to do basically have one CMS you use for practically all your sites. I have been using Drupal, not because it’s easy, but because it has the potential to do a lot of things. It makes some very difficult things easy, but it also makes some trivial things hard. At the end of the day though, if you can get through the learning curve, I believe it has the potential to allow you to do basically have one CMS you use for practically all your sites.

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