[Nfb-web] Druple vs WordPress
Cathy Schroeder
cathy at sks.com
Thu Aug 6 21:04:00 UTC 2015
Hi,
Was just watching this conversation and decided to put my two cents in the
mix.
I am on the WordPress side of the fence. My choice of Word Press was made by
the person who put our web site up before me. Once I learned how to use it I
found it easy to interact with. In addition, you can find a Plugin to do
just about anything you want to have done. The key to Word Press, is picking
the correct Theme for what you are doing. I would also add that it has been
said thatWord Press powers 20 percent of the web sites in existence today.
The Word Press Community is very active and has a group that works hard to
make sure Themes are accessible.
If you are interested in learning HTML or Word Press, the Cisco Academy for
the Visually Impaired offers courses in both. They are taught by blind
people and all students are blind. I found them very helpful.
I believe the choice of platform depends on your support group and your
personal preference. We are all voluntiers in this organization and need to
behave professionally to each other. Just because one person prefers a
given platform does not mean that platform is the only good one out there.
Choice is what runs this country.
I will get down off my soap box now and just say everyone should pick the
platform that works for their environment.
I will be glad to give any assistance needed for HTML or Word Press. Just
ask.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-web [mailto:nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Andrews,
David B (DEED) via Nfb-web
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 1:07 PM
To: NFB Webmaster's List <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Andrews, David B (DEED) <david.b.andrews at state.mn.us>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Druple vs WordPress
Drupal, WordPress, et al, cPanel are available for those affiliates,
chapters, divisions etc., that have accounts on the Nfbnet.org server.
Dave
p.s. Fantastico F3 is an extra cost add-on, but is only about $30 a year,
and well worth it.
DA
-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-web [mailto:nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of erik
burggraaf via Nfb-web
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 11:59 AM
To: NFB Webmaster's List
Cc: erik burggraaf
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Druple vs WordPress
Hi peter,
I personally thinkg it's great. This group is dormant all too much of the
time. It's nice to see people come out of hiding for a topic.
Do you plan to do your own hosting, or do you plan to find a hosting
subscription somewhere? Most paid unix webhosting packages come with CPanel
and when you log into CPanel there is an applet called fantastico which will
run install scripts for hundreds of popular web tools including both drupal
and wordpress. Believe it or not, this is actually the easiest way for a
new user to install drupal.
Otherwise, if you built your own webserver then you have to download the
appropriate drupal package from the site, set up the appropriate squl
databases, directories and permissions, and so on. Except that there may be
a handy install script for that case too. I use a paid shared hosting plan
that came with cpanel and so I would just log in and use the script from
fantastico.
Best,
Erik
> On Aug 6, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Peter Feysa via Nfb-web <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
>
> Thank you. I seem to have opened a pandora's box on this topic. Please do
not laugh, but how do I acquire Druple? Do I go and buy it or do I download
it? Is it expensive.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Littlefield, Tyler via Nfb-web"
> <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler at tysdomain.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 7:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Druple vs WordPress
>
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>> I'm going to reply to this because I strongly dislike wordpress.
>> 1. I work for Acquia; we are one of the leading companies behind
>> Drupal; our CTO owns Drupal itself. We have been working on Drupal 8,
>> and part of my job is to look at accessibility. Everyone is really
>> interested in making things better. Drupal is 100% accessible,
>> straight out of the box--no extra themes. I recommend turning off
>> overlay for yourself, but everyone has this special weird wordpress
>> theme that's for accessibility.
>>
>> Drupal also has a cool little project called Drush, which basically
>> allows you to do really neat stuff through the command line. Anything
>> from updating the actual site, to updating user accounts, installing,
>> enabling modules, etc.
>>
>> I have a huge issue with Gabe's third point, because I've seen way
>> better drupal sites than he is apparently looking at. I get paid each
>> and every day to work on Drupal, so I'm not a hobbyist or volunteer.
>> I think there's better ways to push your prefered platform than
>> saying everyone who uses X is just a kid in a basement. But while
>> we're on this page, I'm going to look at his site:
>> The first graphic I see has an alt text that says screenshot with a
>> date. Not super accessible. The rest of the pages look about the
>> same, just short info with "write or visit" and an address, so
>> there's not a lot here to even really go through. Services is just a
>> big list of graphics with screenshot alt text.
>>
>> With all of this aside, I'm going to give you some reasons why I
>> myself love drupal.
>> 1. Out of the gate, Drupal feels like a website, not a blog. It is
>> really easy to set a lot of stuff up that takes a bit more effort in
>> wordpress. For example, with the views module, you can have an
>> announcements page up in minutes and start publishing announcements.
>> 2. You can order and configure blocks to customize exactly how your
>> page looks. I had a lot of trouble with this when I tried to use
>> Wordpress.
>> 3. Drupal itself in 7.x and most notably in 8.x includes a lot of
>> really awesome caching stuff (plug, I'm working on some of this).
>> This makes your site a lot faster and handles some of what something
>> like wp-supercache will do for you.
>> 4. I've found that I like both communities, but there's just an extra
>> bit of awesome in the Drupal community.
>>
>> As I said, I'm not a hobbiest and I know there are a lot of web
>> developers who are not. I think what you choose as a CMS (or in
>> Drupal's case, a CMF) is ultimately up to you; please let me know if
>> you have any questions and I'll do what I can to help you.
>>
>> - From your basement drupal hobbyist, Ty On 8/6/2015 1:14 AM, Gabe
>> Vega (Personal) via Nfb-web wrote:
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>> I am a wordpress developer who actually makes money and a living off
>>> what I do and let me tell you why and what the differences are.
>>>
>>> 1. I think wordpress provides me as a blind developer visual tools
>>> and themes and visual appeal to a site that no other cms offers. 2.
>>> I think that wordpress gives me the flexibility, accessibility and
>>> the customization via plugins to make my sites as fun, professional
>>> or as enterprise as I need them to be. 3. I believe another big
>>> difference between wordpress and drupal developers on this list is
>>> the wordpress developers on this list actually use wordpress as a
>>> job platform, and the drupal developers are just hobby or volinteers
>>> who really have no real world experience. Gabe
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Nfb-web
>>> [mailto:nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter Feysa, III.
>>> via Nfb-web Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 2:57 PM To: NFB
>>> Webmaster <nfb-web at nfbnet.org> Cc: Peter Feysa, III.
>>> <pfmcse2001 at att.net> Subject: [Nfb-web] Druple vs WordPress
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have been reading the latest email messages from this list and it
>>> seems like you favor Druple over WordPress. Please tell me the pros
>>> and cons. I am trying to decide which is best. Alsok, which screen
>>> reader works best with the two? NVDA or JAWS?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Peter Michael Feysa, III.
>>>
>>> Executor Director of Emerald Coast Lighthouse
>>>
>>> MCSE, MCP, CIW, A+ CompTIA
>>>
>>> Bachelor of Arts International Studies / Computer Science
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <http://www.eclfb.org/> Emerald Coast Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.
>>>
>>> `
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> - -- Take care,
>> Ty
>> twitter: @sorresse
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