Matt Cropp 🌲🌲

My day-job org recently did a marketing consultant thing, and one of the recommendations was to move from our aging drupal install to a platform more easily managed by non-technical peeps (Wordpress was their recc.).

Before doing that, my sense is that #Drutopia is looking to occupy that niche. @FreeScholar and others, any insights on resources to familiarize myself with that and learn enough to be able to pitch it as a Wordpress alternative to our board?

Apr 25, 2018 at 7:27pmWeb
Show threadMatt Cropp 🌲🌲Apr 25, 2018
@FreeScholar also, @clayton
Show threadClayton DeweyApr 25, 2018

@mattcropp @FreeScholar sure thing! so as you know Wordpress is open source and user-friendly so it may very well be a good fit.

It really comes down to what you want to do with your site. If you want a higher ceiling, then Drutopia could be a better fit than Wordpress.

Here is what Drutopia currently offers - https://www.drutopia.org/about/drutopia-base

Wordpress could do much of this, but not as well as Drupal can. Also, we're working on a public roadmap. I'll ping you when that's ready.

Drutopia Base | Drutopia

Show threadEmily Alice 🔮Apr 25, 2018
@mattcropp Not a helpful contribution, just a relevant anecdote.... My sibling has been a partner at a top Drupal design firms for ~15 years. I talked with him a few years ago about increasing frustrations I had with all the Drupal sites I was managing for "low-budget" (lol) orgs, they were becoming *less* user-friendly. His broader response was re: developers adapting to serve large enterprises cuz $, but his immediate response was funny/sad - "Yea, Drupal is only for people with money now."
Show threadClayton DeweyApr 26, 2018
@emily @mattcropp I appreciate the anecdote and unfortunately i've heard similar. there is definitely a battle raging over the soul of Drupal. It has moved in the enterprise direction, for sure, but there is still a strong indie/grassroots contingency, including in key leadership and contributor positions. I think with the backdrop fork, rad folks asking the hard questions, and selfless contributors building relevant tools, that we're seeing the project shift back towards smaller org needs.
Show threadGrahamApr 25, 2018
@mattcropp I've heard this story before, rather a lot. Yes, WP is friendly out of the box where it takes some work to make Drupal friendly. But it can be done, and I'd argue that would cheaper than dumping Drupal and moving to WP. Drupal is increasingly pitched towards larger orgs with deeper pockets, but you can do Drupal well on a modest budget, and it is generally way more flexible than WP in my view.