Comments on: Drupal to Wordpress springtime migration

By: Matt Henderson

Matt Henderson — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:45:04 +0000

Here’s one reason I’m planning to migrate *back* to WordPress from Drupal:

Drupal, as a personal blogging system, has a long way to go, especially in the area of usability. It’s amazing to me that the platform has reached version *6* without having at a moderately useful comment moderation system. And I know, I could hack and piece things together, and get it working anyway I could possibly desire. But that’s not the point.

For me, using WordPress feels like using Mac OS X, while using Drupal feels like using Linux.

Here’s some additional reading:

http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability

By: Simone

Simone — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:40:07 +0000

@all : I’m planning to migrate from Drupla to WP too.
I have upgraded to D6 but I’m still missing most important modules such as akismet (still in beta) and xmlsitemaps…
I think Drupal is a great CMS, unfortunately module developement/porting is slow, 6 months after 6.0 release most of the modules aren’t ported yet.

By: georges

georges — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:11:21 +0000

@chris, no plugin, hand made html.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:59:29 +0000

What are you using for your Merchtable? Is this a Wordpress plugin?

By: georges

georges — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:32:21 +0000

@Juanzo, I don’t know that I have much more insight to offer. Drupal has served us well, and is a robust solution with many uses. Similarly, Wordpress is a solid contender in the narrower segment of blogging. As “kourge” points out, we’ve been running an older version of Drupal (4.5) for some time now. Our configuration is less than optimal and we simply don’t have in-house competencies to take on an upgrade or to fix some of the problems we’ve been encountering. The path we chose made sense for us given our resources and needs. I encourage everyone to make their own decision based on their particular circumstances.

By: Juanzo

Juanzo — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:08:30 +0000

I agree with kourge on this georges. I don’t see a clear reason to migrate from Drupal to WordPress.

Perhaps you could elaborate a bit more to explain the reasons if you don’t mind.

By: Cute Jasmin

Cute Jasmin — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:34:20 +0000

Very interesting migration.

Ubuntu, IBM and Yahoo run their websites on Drupal.

You should have upgraded to Drupal 6 instead of Wordpress. It would have been easier to port.

By: kourge

kourge — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:04:44 +0000

I think the only valid arguments I see is of familiarity birders have and the fact that songbirdnest.com is built with Drupal 4.5.
Drupal is currently at version six and supports OpenID (bundled in core), has a healthy module ecosystem, allows choice between many template systems (there’s even a LOLCAT template engine), and also supports Akismet through a third-party module.
After reading Dagur’s link, I’d like to point out something. It is argued that if caching is so commonly needed for WordPress, then why is it that wp-cache isn’t bundled in core as part of the distribution? In this field, Drupal shines. As major revisions carry on, important functionalities that are considered standard are simply merged with core into a core module. For anything else, you can simply build your own tailored system with more third-party modules.
This is in fact the same mechanism of Firefox; there’s a healthy ecosystem of extensions, and if some functionality that an extension provides is deemed to be worthy enough to be part of the default user experience, the extension is merged with Firefox. Session restoring is one prominent example.
I’d also like to make one final argument about moving away from Drupal. Drupal is a very flexible system, to the point that it’s almost like a base for lego blocks; you get the core and you build anything you want. If you were to decentralize services and tie them up loosely using a unified authentication service, it is much easier to manage several customized Drupal installations than to tailor all sorts of different systems. Drupal’s not just another CMS; it’s a platform.

By: georges

georges — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:55:33 +0000

@tylerstyle Currently most large organization such as AOL, Google and Yahoo are acting as OpenID providers, i.e. they allow their user's credential to be used on other OpenID sites, but don't necessarily allow users to login with OpenID on their properties. The sites that accept OpenID are perhaps not as prominent but their number is growing. You can look at the my openid directory and openid directory. Most notably, 37 signals the provider of the popular Basecamp, Backpack and Highrise applications supports it.

By: Dagur

Dagur — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:03:14 +0000

Behold WordPress, Destroyer of CPUs:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001105.html