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I am trying to decide on a CMS for a website I am developing. I have had a difficult time deciding and I would appreciate any help.
This is what I need.
-Video blog- i will be making videos which will be organized according to category. may have some text explaing the video as well
-blog
-ability of customer to pay a small fee
-message board initially but may got to social networking aspect
later on
-user accounts
-in box where users can acess their videos and possibly other information
-top notch security
-community with ability to share videos, info
I am thinking starting out with a design that integrates a wordpress for a video blog and then adding the other components later. This would be simple probabl work pretty well, and I could start out by concentrating more on the service. Would this be possible? could I just have the vlog as an integrated part of the site and build from there or would I be stuck with the wordpress architecture.
Other options include drupal. I think it might be hard getting the level of design I want with drupal. All the drupal sites seem to have a certain feel which isn't exactly what I am going for. The pluses is that it could probably handle the funcitonality I want to add later better.
I am also considering elgg and moveable type. But wordpress and drupal are on the top of my list.
Any thougths? Thanks very much! -
Hey,
You can achieve anything visually with Drupal. Drupal is very customizable. I've been theming Drupal for over a year now. Here are some sites I made recently http://aiburn.com and http://blogelephant.com
With CMS's I chose Drupal because it can do everything, its standards based, and has a tremendous growth track. I think its best to choose a CMS and stick with it. I learn more about Drupal on every project I do.
Thanks, -
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CommentAuthoradjustafresh
- CommentTimeJan 3rd 2008
While the design is nice, those two sites are almost identical--clearly using a variation on a single theme. I don't want to get into another HUGE Drupal debate with the Kool-Aid drinkers so I'll just say: anyone considering Drupal should understand that there is a fairly steep learning curve.
Given your short list, I'd certainly go with Drupal over WordPress though for what you're describing. While developers can stretch WP to use it as a basic CMS, it's very limited as far as content management systems with membership, permissions, user generated content, networking, etc. are concerned. -
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adjustfresh,
Good point about the sites I mentioned being similar themes. I'm working to get the sites up quickly and I want them to have a similar look and feel. So, the underlying html/css is very similar and the design itself has a similar style and approach. I just wanted to show that you can get good results with Drupal visually. It was also a good excuse to pimp my sites. I could point to some client work I've done that is different, but I guess I should point to work outside of what I've done for variety and to show deeper possibilities with Drupal, as I tend to build brochure sites and blogs. Lullabot is one of the best known Drupal companies. They have made some phenomenal Drupal sites http://www.lullabot.com/work
I don't want to debate either. I haven't had time to work with WordPress. I don't have any problem with it as a system. I actually want to get my feet wet with it this year as sometimes clients are already tied into Wordpress or really want to use it for their blog. It seems great for blogging. Drupal does have a reasonably high learning curve as you mentioned. Though, its worth learning because it is so extensible and can do so much. Also, I do custom xhtml/css work and convert to Drupal themes. So, Drupal working for someone that can only cut and paste php not actually code it means the learning curve isn't super high. Its just finding the tutorials on drupal.org or online blogs that walk you through how to change it visually.
I agree that with the list of what he needs Drupal is the better choice. And for long-term development if buckdw is going to be building these types of sites, and not just blogs, Drupal is the way to go. Thanks. -
It sounds like Drupal is a good fit for your requirements. More specifically:
- There are multiple video modules, including one which will convert your videos Flash.
- (Multi user) blogs
- What are your fee requirements? THere are paid subscriptions and pay-to-post modules.
- Forum (message board)
Registration and role based "Create Content" permissions are available out of the box with Drupal. For some artsy/media Drupal implementations take a look at:
- http://www.kellyclarksonweb.com
- http://www.pauladeanda.com
- http://musicbox.sonybmg.com
Let us know what you go with :)
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