Comments on: IT’S YOUR TIMES: WHY BOTHER?

By: CT

CT — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:09:37 +0000

Your first paragraph exemplifies why I consider Drupal not worth the effort. Why should you have to uncheck anything — shouldn’t the default already be an unchecked setting?

I didn’t dig too deep into it, but the inflexibility I found had to do with basic but (to me) vital stuff, like easily configuring layout, generating clean permalinks, customized comments, etc. It struck me as requiring a lot of work simply to get to stage zero, so I passed.

But granted, not every content management system is ideal for blogging. If i were starting up something like It’s Your Times, I might find Drupal to be the way to go. But not for a blog.

By: Mike Cohen

Mike Cohen — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 04:10:05 +0000

The “attached file” notification simply means they’re doing something wrong. When they attach a file they should UNCHECK the box that says whether it should be listed. The only time a file needs to be listed is if it’s a media file that should be downloaded rather than displayed inline. The first listed file will appear as an enclosure in the RSS feed, which makes podcasts very easy.

Drupal is very flexible and it does a lot more than simple blogging (for which I prefer Wordpress). Drupal is well suited to complex community-based or portal sites and can be extended with additional modules such as a gallery, e-commerce, etc.