Linux.com: Drupal vs. WordPress - Which is better for blogging?

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Last week, Linux.com posted an article titled, Drupal vs. WordPress - Which is better for blogging?
How do Drupal and WordPress, the leading content management systems for blogging, compare for the average user? To find out, Linux.com used a preconfigure Drupal site from Bryght and a free site from WordPress.com to set up two similar sites. We compared the interfaces, the basic tasks of customizing a site, adding content, managing comments and spam, and reading site statistics, as well as the other available options. A pattern soon emerged. Consistently, Drupal offered more fine-tuning and tools for managing multiple blogs, while WordPress, although less configurable than Drupal, proved easier to use and navigate.
The article doesn't compare the "out of the box" CMS, but actually preconfigured sites from Bryght for Drupal and Wordpress.com from well the folks who brought you Wordpress.org. Much of what you see at Bryght is Drupal with various modules, however Wordpress.com isn't just Wordpress with plug-ins. In fact, Wordpress.com actually doesn't use Wordpress the application but instead uses Wordpress MU with a code base that is different from Wordpress the application.

Bryght: Best practices for maintaining Drupal installs

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"I finally got around to stopping by the IBM developerworks forums and leaving some feedback for the folks that are doing the great series of articles on developing a site with Drupal. They're diving all the way down into developing modules, including explaining Drupal's hook system, which is great to see... So, that little post about keeping all modules in your local "sites" folder is just the start of best practices. Pretty much every Drupal install I work with is multi-site."

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Bryght: Redesigning Bryght

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"We know we've got lots of work to do on Bryght -- a refresh of this website, new hosting options, new team members, and some new technology. The team recently sat down and had a bit of a roundtable discussion on what the new site should include.

Above all, we need to work on messaging. Meeting us in person, you'll get a fairly clear story: Bryght focuses on open source technologies, with Drupal, Jabber, and identity being the main areas (mobile is sneaking on to this list as well). Engagement and involvement with the open source communities around those technologies is part of our mandate, our work with SpikeSource and Drupal being one example of that (more on that relationship soon)."

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