Re: Looking for folks to have a community technology conversation with
From: Jim Snyder-Grant (jimsgnewview.org)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:40:05 -0800 (PST)
I agree with Sharon that WordPress is much easier. Also much more limited.
But if Wordpress and its zillions of extensions can do what you need, it's
awesome. Many amazing websites are built with Wordpress.

-Jim, New View cohousing, Acton MA

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Sharon Villines
<sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>wrote:

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> On Dec 20, 2012, at 10:37 AM, "Hummel, Tracey S - (thummel)" <
> thummel [at] email.arizona.edu> wrote:
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> > Drupal would be excellent for a community website.  It is really easy to
> configure different types of calendars, set up social networking, room
> reservations, financial management/invoicing, etc.   Also, if one community
> configured a drupal site for cohousing, it could be cloned in minutes to
> create sites for other communities.
>
> I was able to learn Wordpress and put up a site in a couple of hours.
> Drupal has been beyond me.
>
> I find the Drupal language to be as obscure as programming language.
> Programmers probably don't realize this. I find the books on Wordpress
> written by the programmers to be impenetrable but just working with the
> program is enough. It seems intuitive. I first set up a site on
> wordpress.com, which are hosted sites before I set one up on our server.
>
> The new TimeBanking software from Timebanks USA is set up on Drupal and I
> just couldn't handle it. I didn't even have to set up the site, just learn
> enough to modify it. I found it very off putting.
>
> Whatever you use, it has to be something that can be handed over to other
> community members. If you have several Drupal users, then it might be a
> good choice.
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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