Comments on: Yesterday’s Wordpress Cape Town meet was huge http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:27:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: bahce http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24993 bahce Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:44:07 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24993 Very good article, thank you! Very good article, thank you!

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]]> By: HenrĂ© Rossouw http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24221 HenrĂ© Rossouw Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:03:08 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24221 Hi Matt, thanks for your feedback. I thought Amagama ran on MU, but didn't know you guys were unhappy with it. Thanks for clearing that up. Hi Matt, thanks for your feedback. I thought Amagama ran on MU, but didn’t know you guys were unhappy with it. Thanks for clearing that up.

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]]> By: Matthew Buckland http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24218 Matthew Buckland Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:12:07 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24218 we opted for SU because the database architecture is simpler and more efficient, but more importantly because we needed thought leader to be tightly moderated centrally both on a post and comment level... we have xp in deploying wordpress MU on amagama.com -- but have to say, it's been an unhappy experience for us. we opted for SU because the database architecture is simpler and more efficient, but more importantly because we needed thought leader to be tightly moderated centrally both on a post and comment level…

we have xp in deploying wordpress MU on amagama.com — but have to say, it’s been an unhappy experience for us.

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]]> By: Henre Rossouw http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24211 Henre Rossouw Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:55:15 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24211 I'm looking at MU at the moment for one of my projects. It seems vastly superior to the single version and has some functional add-ons (more still in development), so it would be awesome to know why Matt and the gang opted not to go the MU route. I’m looking at MU at the moment for one of my projects. It seems vastly superior to the single version and has some functional add-ons (more still in development), so it would be awesome to know why Matt and the gang opted not to go the MU route.

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]]> By: Rob Mousley http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24201 Rob Mousley Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:48:05 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24201 I'd be interested in a comparison between WordPress and Joomla which what we use to power our site. Joomla has massive support and plenty of add-on modules but does sometimes suffer from the bugginess of Open Source. I’d be interested in a comparison between WordPress and Joomla which what we use to power our site. Joomla has massive support and plenty of add-on modules but does sometimes suffer from the bugginess of Open Source.

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]]> By: Nur Ahmad Furlong http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24200 Nur Ahmad Furlong Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:09:02 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24200 @ Sue, thanks for your comment, I don't get paid by wordpress of course, it is open source and therefore free, though i do use it to develop my own sites and the sites of my clients therefore adding value to their online investment by cutting out custom cms development. The post was with reference to a wordpress industry gathering and the gathering focussed exclusively on wordpress. In future I will post about other platforms, though my primary knowledge lies with the wordpress platform. In any case, you ar right, a comparative would be valuable and I'll try to put one together for a future post. @ Sue, thanks for your comment, I don’t get paid by wordpress of course, it is open source and therefore free, though i do use it to develop my own sites and the sites of my clients therefore adding value to their online investment by cutting out custom cms development.

The post was with reference to a wordpress industry gathering and the gathering focussed exclusively on wordpress. In future I will post about other platforms, though my primary knowledge lies with the wordpress platform.

In any case, you ar right, a comparative would be valuable and I’ll try to put one together for a future post.

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]]> By: Cynical Sue http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24199 Cynical Sue Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:02:35 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24199 Great product puff. How much did you get paid to write this? or do you get commission on sales? A discussion on the pros and cons of competitive products in this space would have been worth reading. But not this press release disguised as a blog. Great product puff. How much did you get paid to write this? or do you get commission on sales?

A discussion on the pros and cons of competitive products in this space would have been worth reading. But not this press release disguised as a blog.

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]]> By: matthew buckland http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24196 matthew buckland Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:42:06 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24196 Nur great post... but just a correction: believe it or not we run all the Leaders, including Tech Leader, on separate SINGLE versions of Wordpress... it's not wordpress MU, which we looked into but decided against... Nur great post… but just a correction: believe it or not we run all the Leaders, including Tech Leader, on separate SINGLE versions of Wordpress… it’s not wordpress MU, which we looked into but decided against…

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]]> By: nomad-one http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24187 nomad-one Fri, 30 May 2008 13:09:23 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24187 @Barry - in my humble opinion, there are huge barriers to getting started with something like Drupal, whereas wordpress offers free wordpress sites through wordpress.com for newbiews to get familiar with the platform. This is how I started using wordpress. Wordpress is super user friendly, drupal is not, takes time to figure out how to get something done. Wordpress' community has a completely different personality, people who are more open and easy to speak to whereas drupal guys tend to be alot more like introverted programmers. Keep to themselves. The 2 platforms solve different problems and of course drupal has some huge functional advantages over wordpress, though most of that functionality will never be used by the average to medium web publisher. If you want to get a site up fast and get your message out there, brand it, make it your own, wordpress beats most others. Drupal can be used to build social networks with it's many heavy features, but it's a bloated system that has a steep learning curve. Why do you think a large percentage, if not the majority of new websites being started today are wordpress based. Or for that matter why wordpress sites are starting to feature more than others in google searches for many topics. It's light, user friendly, social, quick, SEO friendly, and comes with a fantastically helpful user and developer community. Hope that helps! @Barry - in my humble opinion, there are huge barriers to getting started with something like Drupal, whereas wordpress offers free wordpress sites through wordpress.com for newbiews to get familiar with the platform.

This is how I started using wordpress. Wordpress is super user friendly, drupal is not, takes time to figure out how to get something done.

Wordpress’ community has a completely different personality, people who are more open and easy to speak to whereas drupal guys tend to be alot more like introverted programmers. Keep to themselves. The 2 platforms solve different problems and of course drupal has some huge functional advantages over wordpress, though most of that functionality will never be used by the average to medium web publisher.

If you want to get a site up fast and get your message out there, brand it, make it your own, wordpress beats most others. Drupal can be used to build social networks with it’s many heavy features, but it’s a bloated system that has a steep learning curve.

Why do you think a large percentage, if not the majority of new websites being started today are wordpress based. Or for that matter why wordpress sites are starting to feature more than others in google searches for many topics.

It’s light, user friendly, social, quick, SEO friendly, and comes with a fantastically helpful user and developer community.

Hope that helps!

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]]> By: Barry http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24186 Barry Fri, 30 May 2008 12:57:47 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/nurahmadfurlong/2008/05/29/wordpress-meet-3-was-huge/#comment-24186 What are the advantages of WordPress as a CMS platform over something like Drupal? What are the advantages of WordPress as a CMS platform over something like Drupal?

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