Making WordPress More User Friendly – A Usability Audit of Joomla, Drupal, Blogger, Tumblr, and SquareSpace
February 20, 2012 Take a look at how the WordPress new user experience compares to the competition.
WordPress, Drupal and Open Source Dominate 2012 Presidential Campaign Websites
January 2, 2012 With the election season heating up and the Iowa Caucuses happening in less than 48 hours, I thought it might be fun to take a look at the open source CMS platforms behind a few of the biggest names in [...]
Drupal in crisis?
September 11, 2011 Is Drupal, in many respects the main ‘competitor’ to WordPress, in crisis? According to Daniel F. Kudwien, it most certainly is, and it makes interesting reading when comparing and contrasting with the current status of WordPress. Kudwien outlines the development [...]
Drupal Wins Imaginary Fight with WordPress.com
Last night I saw a curious tweet from Dries Buytaert, creator of Drupal: His tweet links to How Hard is Drupal to Use?, an article which actually tells you nothing at all about the learning curve required for using Drupal [...]
Open source platforms (including WordPress!) on the decline?
I dunno about you, but it seems a week doesn’t go past where I don’t hear someone spruking the growth and importance of open source in the enterprise – or how OS principles are going to revolutionize how we work [...]
Open Source Social Networking Matchup: BuddyPress vs. Drupal Commons
When choosing an open source CMS for the backbone of a new social network, WordPress and Drupal offer two solid options. While both platforms offer numerous options for adding social networking aspects to your website, the packages available in BuddyPress [...]
9 Super Useful WordPress Multisite Plugins For Network Managers
When you first enable WordPress Multisite you may be surprised to find that the network management tools are fairly minimal. The purpose is to provide the basics and let networks add more management capabilities depending on your site’s needs. If [...]
Hey WordPress, Stop Treating Commercial Plugin Developers Like Second Class Citizens
I’ve noticed an alarming trend in the WordPress community concerning the treatment of commercial plugin developers and this has prompted me to weigh in on the topic. Keep in mind that this is an opinion piece. I welcome friendly discussion [...]
Customize Your Own WordPress Download Package For Quick Installation
The process of installing WordPress and then adding all of the plugins you need, one by one, can be a time consuming task, especially if you’re doing it several times per week. What if you could customize your own installation [...]
Important Factors to Consider in the WordPress vs. Drupal Debate
Yesterday I came across some recent slides titled “Why Drupal Should Be More Like WordPress”. As a longtime user of both platforms, I found this comparison to be very informative about why the WordPress community has grown to be much [...]
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