Comments on: Choosing a website platform http://museuminaday.com/2009/10/27/choosing-a-website-platform/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:54:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Frankie Roberto http://museuminaday.com/2009/10/27/choosing-a-website-platform/#comment-45 Frankie Roberto Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:27:06 +0000 http://museuminaday.com/?p=97#comment-45 Wordpress actually has some fairly good support for adding other types of 'objects' (ie other than Posts/Pages/Categories/Tags/Links/Media files) - however, they require plugins or writing custom code. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wplistcal/ adds an 'Event' object (which then gets its own icon and place in the admin UI). However, it is still a little clunky not as abstracted as it could be (though will surely improve). May be worth considering over having to integrate two systems (Wordpress and Omeka) though. WordPress actually has some fairly good support for adding other types of ‘objects’ (ie other than Posts/Pages/Categories/Tags/Links/Media files) – however, they require plugins or writing custom code.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wplistcal/ adds an ‘Event’ object (which then gets its own icon and place in the admin UI).

However, it is still a little clunky not as abstracted as it could be (though will surely improve). May be worth considering over having to integrate two systems (WordPress and Omeka) though.

]]> By: Patrick Murray-John http://museuminaday.com/2009/10/27/choosing-a-website-platform/#comment-37 Patrick Murray-John Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:30:08 +0000 http://museuminaday.com/?p=97#comment-37 I've spent a fair amount of time with all but Joomla, and overall agree with you. The 'aggressive timescales' part is usually the reason to go with Omeka or WP over Drupal, at least if you are unfamiliar with it. Once you get into the Drupal rhythm, you can do some pretty cool stuff with quickly. But hoo-yeah, it takes a while to get into that rhythm. I'll second what Dave said about checking out the SimplePages plugin. Depending on what kinds of widgety WordPress features you want or need, it might work well. One additional criteria I'd like to throw in, though: "hackability"-- how easy it is to go into the code, understand how it works, and make tweaks and modifications to it. Here's how I'd score WP, Omeka and Drupal: WP: OMG KILL ME NOW! Omeka: Woo-hoo! This rocks! Drupal: Sometimes a steep curve, but rocks once you get the rhythm. So if you'll be doing PHP stuff beyond the theming, Omeka is a big plus there. Good luck! Patrick I’ve spent a fair amount of time with all but Joomla, and overall agree with you. The ‘aggressive timescales’ part is usually the reason to go with Omeka or WP over Drupal, at least if you are unfamiliar with it. Once you get into the Drupal rhythm, you can do some pretty cool stuff with quickly. But hoo-yeah, it takes a while to get into that rhythm.

I’ll second what Dave said about checking out the SimplePages plugin. Depending on what kinds of widgety WordPress features you want or need, it might work well.

One additional criteria I’d like to throw in, though: “hackability”– how easy it is to go into the code, understand how it works, and make tweaks and modifications to it. Here’s how I’d score WP, Omeka and Drupal:

WP: OMG KILL ME NOW!
Omeka: Woo-hoo! This rocks!
Drupal: Sometimes a steep curve, but rocks once you get the rhythm.

So if you’ll be doing PHP stuff beyond the theming, Omeka is a big plus there.

Good luck!
Patrick

]]> By: Dan Z http://museuminaday.com/2009/10/27/choosing-a-website-platform/#comment-35 Dan Z Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:22:30 +0000 http://museuminaday.com/?p=97#comment-35 Thanks Dave - that is indeed a good point. My reservation about using the plug-in is that the majority of site will probably be non-collections content, so ideally we'd like to have a certain level of sophistication when it comes to creating and managing content, categories and menus. Thanks Dave – that is indeed a good point. My reservation about using the plug-in is that the majority of site will probably be non-collections content, so ideally we’d like to have a certain level of sophistication when it comes to creating and managing content, categories and menus.

]]> By: Dave Lester http://museuminaday.com/2009/10/27/choosing-a-website-platform/#comment-34 Dave Lester Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:17:37 +0000 http://museuminaday.com/?p=97#comment-34 If you'd like to create "pages" -- there's an Omeka plugin called SimplePages that will help you create and manage them. Check it out! If you’d like to create “pages” — there’s an Omeka plugin called SimplePages that will help you create and manage them. Check it out!

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