Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

x something, and a developer and user of Drupal since 4.7, I figured that with the release of Drupal 7, this would be a great time to do a comparison of the two. A caveat: I have more experience, especially with larger sites, in Drupal than in WordPress, so there are things that I may be missing.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Michelle Murrain , Drupal Developer, OpenIssue. x something, and a developer and user of Drupal since 4.7, I figured that with the release of Drupal 7, this would be a great time to do a comparison of the two. Drupal started out primarily as a web content development platform, with a strength in community features.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2009

Our pals over at Idealware have just released a pretty comprehensive report comparing some open source content managment giants — WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone. This report also includes our new directory of the consultants and firms who help nonprofit create websites and implement these Content Management Systems.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

I’ve already talked on this blog about Salesforce integration with Drupal , Plone , and others. It has become a powerful platform, and there is a lot you can do with it – but it was never designed with content or visual design in mind. First, what are the advantages and disadvantages of this approach?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

According to the 80/20 rule, the most important 20% of your content will cover about 80% of your users. Therefore, if you have a separate mobile version of your site, it should focus on the most important content and functionality. Think about that in comparison to your email open rates. Use responsive design.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 4, 2011

Content Management Systems are an essential part of the communications function of nonprofit organizations. The open source options are many, but the big four: WordPress , Drupal , Joomla , and Plone , stand out from the pack. There are a myriad of options, open source options are among the most popular, possibly the most popular.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

In fact, even if you just focus on the “big three&# open source CMS – Drupal, Joomla and Plone, 85% of nonprofits will likely have their needs fully met. Most custom CMS that I’ve seen lately are sorely lacking in features and/or usability, in comparison to what’s out there, and available. 2 admin 02.20.08

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