This article was originally posted on StylizedWeb June 2, 2011. StylizedWeb is a web design, WordPress and tutorials blog, maintained by Ross Johnson who also runs a web design company and design blog.
Ross was asked to defend WordPress against 400lbs gorilla Drupal at local marketing group LA2M. Having used both systems for some time, Ross had a strong sense as the pro’s and con’s of each platform (neither is perfect). Of course WordPress was his top choice and he had reasoning to back it up which he communicated to the group of 70+ attendees. Interestingly enough, as the discussion was not so much a debate as panel that answered questions, he noticed an interesting pattern. Much of the supposed benefits of Drupal were expressed in such a way that it made WordPress seem incapable of those benefits… which was not the case. Unable to rebut before the next question, many viewers (and the pro-Drupal speakers) didn’t get to hear this. To address this he felt it would be best to outline these common misunderstandings in this blog post.
- WordPress is Incredibly Scalable
- WordPress is NOT Just Posts and Pages
- WordPress is NOT Just for Simple Sites
- WordPress Has Great User Management
- WordPress Can Address Your Workflow Needs
- WordPress Can Rock E-Commerce
You can read the full article over at http://stylizedweb.com/2011/06/02/6-things-disenters-dont-know-about-wordpress/
