FreeLists / webproducers / [webproducers] Re: request for proposal

[Andrew Boardman <boardman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great thread. Comment below:

>> I asked a client who is currently using Drupal how she felt about it
>> and
>> she was pretty negative. She felt it was clunky and unreliable
>> compared
>> to what she used in the past (which was a custom CMS) and she was
>> dependent on IT when she had a problem, something you're usually what
>> you're trying to avoid with a CMS.
>
> I can second that.
>
> Drupal is OK with you stick to its' template structure, but it's not
> as easy to create a flexible system that doesn't exactly follow suit.
> I have worked on three projects where clients were migrating away from
> drupal.
>
> Personally, I like expression engine. It's like a multi-blog wordpress
> engine (I find it easier to set up and deploy than WP), it can create
> static pages, has a great build in forum, mailing list manager, user
> rights and account administration, a gallery function and a wiki. It's
> based on PHP and does have a plugin architecture and low level paypal
> payment system, if you are looking for a payment system I wouldn't
> recommend it (bakesale is great in combination though.) Note that all
> of these features are part of the plugin architecture, so if you don't
> need them you don't activate them and the application stays lean.

Florian, we're thinking of transitioning from MT to EE, which is just  
getting rave reviews from designers and developers. It's impressive.  
Two questions:

* We have a project for which we're considering Drupal, in part  
because it allows the administrator to easily create and place pages  
and builds new navigation. MT can't currently do this easily but can EE?

* Related to your comment above, do you need to absolutely stick to  
Drupal's template structure? Is there really no good way of building  
pages yourself and integrating the hooks? If so, is there currently a  
lack of good templates out there?

Andrew.


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