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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Mikkel Breum

Mikkel Breum — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:23:00 +0000

With Views (part of the ToolSet bundle from wp-types) you can build qustom queries and custom views using a point and click interface. Now add the possibility to code your own short codes (custom php that will execute in place of shortcodes placed in the view templates), and you can create anyting. There is also the Drag and draw template building framework HeadWay from HeadWay Themes. When you combine WordPRess, HeadWay and ToolSet’s Custom post types and custom views builder, you have something very flexible, powerful, and easy/fast do develop in. I’d like to see a cmparison with Drupal (any modules added) against the WP setup I described here. For extended post-to-post relations add in the free Posts2Posts plugin for WordPress by scribu.

Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Jackson poet

Jackson poet — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:22:00 +0000

Thanks so much for this analysis. It’s time for the third version of my site and it has to be WordPress or Drupal. I still haven’t quite made up my mind but I’m inclined to take your advice of starting with WordPress and then migrating to Drupal if I need the extra features.

Comment on 5 Moodle 2 features that waste admin time by Tameside College

Tameside College — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:31:00 +0000

Cohorts is a really good plugin and it works well for us. I think it is meant to work this way:

A course contains information. A cohort contains students.
Create x amount of cohorts and add the students to them.

This allows you to use cohort sync with a course.

When a student joins, add them to the cohort.
When they leave, remove them.

This change is pushed though to the course because it is synced with the cohort.

It is best to use a program to sync your cohort additions/removal with your MIS system.

That is how we have done it and it works really well.
If you need some guidance, get in touch

Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Saurabh Saxena

Saurabh Saxena — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:23:00 +0000

Both WordPress and Drupal are equally great CMS platforms but depending
on your organization’s information management needs and technical
resources, you will see that in the end there are definitely clear
distinctions between the two.

Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Rod Potter

Rod Potter — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:14:00 +0000

A very good comparison. One thing i’d point out is that WordPress has vastly improved custom content types in core. We’re now seeing some great plugins like ToolSet (wp-types.com) that add the ability to define custom Types, custom Views, front-end content forms and set Access control rules. We’re using this on a WP Multisite installation with 500 active sites. Users who want or need additional content types and content views are building them themselves.

As of WordPress 3.51, there is very little that can’t be done in WordPress (with a small number of plugins). It comes down to what you know and what your users want to use.

Comment on Use Google+ Communities to run Google Hangouts with your tutorial groups in a large online course by Shoeb @ Conference Calls

Shoeb @ Conference Calls — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:28:00 +0000

Google Hangout is really great toll for video conferencing and you explained in very easy way. Thanks for sharing..

Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Allen_JT

Allen_JT — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 07:37:00 +0000

Have you ever given the thought of WordPress and Drupal working together to build a common platform that can cross-plug functionality in either one OR be a new platform that gradually combines the strengths of each? WordPress -> Common Migration <- Drupal

Comment on Use Google+ Communities to run Google Hangouts with your tutorial groups in a large online course by Use Google+ Communities to run Google Hangouts with your tutorial groups in a large online course | Integrated Learning and the Future of Higher Education | Scoop.it

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:15:42 +0000

[...] This is a really useful blog that lays out some strategies for integrating Google+ Communities into large online courses. I am a big fan of Google+ Hangouts (and now Hangouts on Air), so it is worth delving into Google+'s every expanding utility as courseware. I am definitely looking into how this might integrate into my forthcoming Film Noir MOOC starting on 3-11-13. (https://www.canvas.net/courses/investigating-film-noir?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=00d2bfda-0f33-4a7b-b757-1663c9560b64) [...]

Comment on “Why didn’t anyone tell me about this?”: What every learning technologist should know about accessible documents #ALTC2012 by “Why didn’t anyone tell me about this?”: What every learning technologist should know about accessible documents #ALTC2012 | Accessible online learning: supporting disabled students | Scoop.it

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:47:14 +0000

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Dominik Lukes (@techczech)

Dominik Lukes (@techczech) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:49:04 +0000

Dave, for a university library site, I would probably still recommend Drupal. I’ve been playing more with QueryWrangler and while it will let you do basic Views, it is nowhere near powerful enough.

It really depends, if you want to do any integrations. If all you want is some pages for library users to read and all the actual work is done on the OPAC, then WordPress is fine. But if you want integration, then Drupal would be the one to go for. I’m sure you already know about the group of Drupal users in the library world: http://groups.drupal.org/libraries.

Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Dave Comeaux

Dave Comeaux — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:17:59 +0000

Thanks Dominik! I think this is the most informative article i have seen on this topic. I am leading the redesign of a university’s library system (currently in Drupal 6), and I’m really on the fence between WP and Drupal 7. Your article’s got me leaning WP, but I’m concerned about the lack of a “Views” alternative. I will start testing in the next few days and see if WP can do the job!

Comment on An innovator’s dilemmas: On the resistance to technological innovation in education by Andrew Little

Andrew Little — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:42:58 +0000

Just found your blog from an Audrey Watters post. Really compelling view points that should be more mainstream. I agree that technological advancements are not as fast as one would think, however design implementations are moving fast. Here is what my team has been working on(http://kck.st/QdGOts). I think you’ll find it interesting.

Comment on What’s good and what’s missing in GoToWebinar and alternative solutions for delivering live online lectures by ray masa

ray masa — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:55:08 +0000

Thanks for the review. I have been pulling my hair out trying to find a good platform at a reasonable price. Tried meetingburner for a while now. It works well for a single presnter, but not if I have multiple presenters. The price point is right, buut just singed up for gotowebinar trial, as I like it better, except I don’t like their price.

Tried Hang out on air, had a few issues with lag (about a 10 second delay), but overall like it a lot. If I can find a simple solution to add chat functionality to it, than I think I will use it more.

So, the search continues for that perfect platform at a right price.

Comment on Make your own audio book using text to speech – Save your eyes, time by mark

mark — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:22:01 +0000

http://www.readthistext.com will convert any Ebook format into an MP3 audio file, you can listen to it online for free or download. The voices are good quality and are comparable to most voices on proffesional audiobooks

Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Lars

Lars — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:12:03 +0000

Thanks for very informative post! Very helpful to me!

Comment on “Why didn’t anyone tell me about this?”: What every learning technologist should know about accessible documents #ALTC2012 by citymoodle

citymoodle — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:59:16 +0000

Load2Learn was discussed on BBC R4 In Touch last week … http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01mk5bt/In_Touch_11_09_2012/

Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Drupal nebo wordpress

Drupal nebo wordpress — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:39:11 +0000

Souhlasim s článkem, jde prostě o tom, že WP jde pomalu dopředu, ale je to spíše podobné joomle, na které taky jde udělat skoro vše co na drupalu a je levnější na vývoj. Na drupalu ocenuji profesionalitu modulů, kvantita nikdy nenahradí kvalitu – u joomly je zvykem, že 90% komponent je polofunkčních lameřin na straně kodu i funkcí.

Comment on 10 (now 12) Things I learned at the Moodle Moot 2012 by 10 (now 12) Things I learned at the Moodle Moot 2012 | 21st Century skills of critical and creative thinking | Scoop.it

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:32:11 +0000

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Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:09:12 +0000

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Drew

Drew — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:02:48 +0000

Absolutely perfect, Thanks heaps Dominik.
I have been looking through all the pros and cons of each and found this post to be the most fairest and factual yet. I can see for me being new to crms, which crm I’ll be going with (even though I am a programmer 13yrs coldfusion, php and ruby on rails).
Would love to chat more. Please feel free to use my email address to hook up.

Many thanks again.

Comment on Five features of Moodle 2 that take up most of our support time by Moodlemoot Dublin 2013 - Blogs and Stuff

Moodlemoot Dublin 2013 - Blogs and Stuff — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:47:43 +0000

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Comment on The Drupal/WordPress choice: A guide for individuals, small organizations and the Internet by Debating the MOOC Backlash: Notes from A Primitive Screwhead

Debating the MOOC Backlash: Notes from A Primitive Screwhead — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:41:08 +0000

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