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Sometimes Simplicity in Only Skin Deep.

Submitted by Leo Klein on Fri, 1/27/12 (9:30am)

Some systems have a reputation for being simple, such as WordPress, but only as long as your needs are simple. The moment you need some high falutin' customization -- say, in this article, limiting access to blog posts to certain individuals -- things become way more complicated. I mean, you'd never have to go through this level of complexity in Drupal just to get to the same point. In fact, in Drupal, the capability is built in.

Limiting The Visibility Of Posts In WordPress Via Usernames

Controlling who is able to view a post is a simple task once the system is established. Limiting access to certain users has several applications, such as enabling a design studio to distribute artwork to its various clients, or enabling a small school to arrange for homework to be posted online using a cheap and easy solution.

UPDATE: Commenter Kyle Jones claims/alleges/would have us believe that there actually is a "plug-in" in Wordpress that achieves the same result. For the moment, we'll have to believe him

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Advice on Choosing a CMS

Submitted by Leo Klein on Sat, 5/14/11 (12:29pm)

[I sent out a version of this to the LITA List but I thought it worth posting here as well.]

Drupal and WordPress are the biggies and I'd be happy working with either. There are others and everyone has their favorites but whichever one you pick, it should be widely established and not some obscure boutique item that somebody's choosing because the local script monkey can only do perl or because the chotskies from the sales guy doing the presentation are awesome.

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Hunter College Library: Plone? Yuck! We Want Drupal!

Submitted by Leo Klein on Mon, 9/27/10 (6:34pm)

Hunter College (CUNY) had decided on Plone as their CMS but Danielle Becker, working in the library, wouldn't have any of it:

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The Joys of Content Management - In the Business of Dramatic Improvement

Submitted by Leo Klein on Wed, 3/31/10 (12:28pm)

The best definition of a trade or skill that I can think of is being able, through your 'expertise', to make a significant improvement either in people's lives or in how they get things done. This applies to many things; it even applies to Content Management.

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A Simple Case of Content Management

Submitted by Leo Klein on Thu, 7/30/09 (9:09am)

When people think of content management, initially they think of blog posts and calendar entries and schemes for keeping the content current.

That's what you'd expect any system to deliver. But what I've found, once you get beyond that point, is that the kinds of problems you routinely have to deal with often require customization. And that's a good thing!

I'll give you an example.

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