New to CMS -- need help
I started coding HTML over 20 years ago, and incorporated CSS when it came along. I'm ready to join the 21st century and use a CMS. Since I run a pro bono business, I tend to use open source products. I do not know any modern programming languages, including PHP. I've been total that WordPress would be a good fit (even though I have no interest in blogs); however, I've also heard that it is a resource hog and has security risks.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
Megan posted this at 01:29 — 8th August 2013.
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What do you need it to do? If it's not a blog, then you're right, Wordpress might not be the best choice. It completely depends on what your site needs. I do a lot of work with Drupal, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for every site.
As a sidenote, I've been doing a bit of Wordpress customization for a client lately, and I can't believe the amount of PHP used in the templating system. I can't believe it's so popular, to be honest.
Megan
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timjpriebe posted this at 15:40 — 10th August 2013.
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Without knowing the site's specific needs, it's hard to say if WordPress would be a good fit or not. And obviously, any open source software is going to have security risks. However, in my personal experience, I've found that insecure WordPress set-ups typically fall into one or more of the following four categories:
1. Insecure plugins
2. WordPress isn't being kept up to date
3. Basic security measures were not taken
4. The actual web server was not secure
99% of the time I've run into WordPress being a resource hog, it was a poorly written plugin, not WordPress itself. Because of that an #1 above, I always recommend keeping plugins at an absolute minimum.
Megan is absolutely correct, there is a lot of PHP in the themes. Some basic PHP knowledge is helpful, and I've found that advanced PHP knowledge will let you do some pretty cool things.
Tim
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Megan posted this at 01:13 — 11th August 2013.
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timjpriebe?? Is that a ghost??? Nice to see you here again
timjpriebe posted this at 03:55 — 11th August 2013.
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Thanks! Nice to be seen.
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