Feeling Smart Today
Posted on September 13, 2005 by agentrickard
Back in 2004, I was given the task of poking around the open source movement to look at software. Specifically, I was looking for tools that would allow for the rapid development of new ideas.
During that research, I fell in love with Drupal, an open-source CMS framework. Drupal does much, much more than I expected.
So when the opportunity to develop Bluffton Today came along, I lobbied hard for Drupal. I figure that the platform cut our development time by at least 3 months. Plus, it let us focus on the real issues of the site, not the tech issues.
So today I get to feel smart twice over, when I see that Bluffton's closest competitor adopted the same platform as did old favorite The Onion.
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I'm very interested in Drupal
February 14, 2006 by Scott Patterson (not verified), 5 years 50 weeks ago
Comment: 1
I'm very interested in Drupal and would greatly appreciate your advice. I'm starting a new community web portal for an audience of school teachers & administrators for a potential audience of nearly a hundred thousand professionals (I hope!). I'm new to the open source Content Management space...previous community sites I've been involved with have been developed using in-house developed custom applications (programmers), design teams, and IT staff. I can easily see the value in a CMS system...this seems to be the right approach to building sites.
I really admire what you have created with blufftontoday.com. Can you tell me a little bit more about the project? How much of Blufftontoday was created with available Drupal modules vs. programming? How easy is it to get going with Drupal? Will I still need to hire a programmer to make the dream a reality? Suggestions on how to start if you were starting with Blufftontoday.com today? Recommended ISPs?
Sorry for all the questions...I'm anxious to create exactly the sort of online community you've already accomplished on Blufftontoday.com.
Scott Patterson
http://www.creditunions.com/blog
[...] Tech note, BT runs on
April 2, 2007 by Second Goose ยป Moose Camp presentation (not verified), 4 years 44 weeks ago
Comment: 2
[...] Tech note, BT runs on Drupal 4.5. [...]
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