Comments on: The Merits of WordPress https://paulrandall.com/2010/07/30/the-merits-of-wordpress/ Experimenting for a living. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:48:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: jamie knight https://paulrandall.com/2010/07/30/the-merits-of-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:05:23 +0000 http://prandall.com/2010/07/30/the-merits-of-wordpress/#comment-562 hiya paul

interesting post, i have written a couple of small CMS system and mostly agree. for many many sites an off the shelf solution (WP, textpattern symphony etc) is great, but for certain niche sites (tiny microsites, sites with sign up requirements etc) then a niche CMS can do the job.

Having your own CMS is a lot of work (i have one, but i still only use it on 50% of sites i do!) but it can be very rewarding, it can make that 2-3 hour wordpress site and complex client support a 10-20 min integration job with minimal interface and support issues.

I dont think there is one CMS perfect for everything, slowly i am starting to use multiple systems depending on what the site is for / will do. Right now i am using a combination of perch, textpattern my own CMS and occasionally symphony (which is more of a framework than a CMS).

Great post!

Cheers,

Jamie + Lion

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