A comparison of Wordpress, Drupal and Nucleus

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A comparison ofWordpress, Drupal and Nucleus

• Luc Van Braekel
• http//lvb.net
• luc_at_intersight.be
• 20 May 2006

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Some sites

• Made by others and by me
• WordpressGentblogt.be, Thesedays.be,
  iTeevee.be, taalrespect.be
• DrupalBrusselsJournal.com, 16plus.be,
  ofbyandfor.org, ourmedia.org
• NucleusLVB.net, iRadio.be, struikgewas.be,
  xiffy.nl

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What they have in common

• Standalone CMS/blog software
• PHP
• MySQL
• Free
• Open source
• Support forum
• Modular, object-oriented software design
• Extendable through API and plugins

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Wordpress

• Wordpress.org
• Founder Matt Mullenweg(Houston, TX)
• Since 2003
• Version 2.0.2
• Hundreds of thousands of blogs
• Most popular standalone blog software

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Drupal

• Drupal.org
• Founder Dries Buytaert(BE)
• Since 2001
• Version 4.7
• Not a blog system, but a CMS with blog
  functionality
• Very community-oriented
• Estimation 75.000 sites
• Civicspace

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Nucleus

• Nucleuscms.org
• Founder Wouter Demuynck(BE)
• Since 2002
• Version 3.2

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Comparison but for whom?

• Beginner install, configure, run!run write,
  tag, comment, trackback
• Intermediate tweak layout, install plugins,
  create sections
• Advanced community features, performance,
  modify code, develop plugins

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Beginners
 What can I do without installing plugins? 
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Intermediate
 How can I customize it to my needs? 
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Advanced
 From blog to community platform
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So?

• Beginner use Nucleus or Wordpress
• Intermediate depends on what is important for
  you
• Advanced Drupal

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Strong points

• Wordpress fast start, large developer community
• Drupal strong community features
• Nucleus strong symbolic layout specification -
  without meddling with PHP functions or files

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Weak points

• Wordpress documentation, plugins etc. spread
  out over numerous sites
• Drupal blog 1 user
• Nucleus small developer community

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QA

• Any questions?
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