Posted by kevcol on May 1, 2009 at 6:19pm
Hmm, this is an interesting development: http://buddypress.org/about/
More competition could be good for Drupal.
Hmm, this is an interesting development: http://buddypress.org/about/
More competition could be good for Drupal.
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I had a brief look at
I had a brief look at WordPress MU before settling on Drupal as the platform for my community site. Unlike regular WordPress, the multiuser version is extremely complex to set up and work with and doesn't have half the documentation that either WordPress or Drupal carry.
At the same time, wouldn't it be nice to have an out-of-the-box social networking module for Drupal that had all the requisites: status updates, built-in profile wizard with links to other common networking sites (Twitter, Digg, Facebook, and ahem MySpace. It'd be nice to give users the ability to choose their own themes and allow them to set up on a subdomain too.
A standard way of establishing friendships and messaging between users would be desirable as well, wouldn't it?
I know that's quite a big wishlist for a social network, but it would really take the pain out of setting up a social community site. I'm all for having an out of the box solution because it would eradicate the timesink in researching ALL the available modules for each feature and choosing which one is most appropriate/most likely to continue being developed in the future!
Drupal is like a box of lego
Drupal is like a box of lego pieces and it shouldn't come already setup as you wish as that would take the fun out of using it IMHO. Buddypress is like ubuntu it wants to hold users hands and Drupal reminds me of Gentoo it lets users take control of their hardware and software. I rather put the pieces of the puzzle together myself TBH.
bending technology to fit businesses.
I know what you're saying,
I know what you're saying, but to take your example of Ubuntu - it's an example of something quite complex being repackaged and made easier for regular people to grasp. The end result, hopefully, would be that more people would try out Ubuntu and it would increase the user base of that OS.
It would be a similar concept for Drupal - increase the user base by making it easier to deploy a standard build. We're already halfway there with Drupal installation profiles, which are a step in the right direction.
Isn't there room for both approaches? I like to tinker under the hood of Drupal a lot, but sometimes I think it would be nice to have something with a standard feature set to get up and running quickly.
Isn't there room for both
Of course, that's why Drupal supports installation profiles, isn't it? I agree with your statement, and actually I'd say Ubuntu is just such an installation profile: anyone can remove or add things after installation, but it gives one a great kickstart.
Tandy
Your comment reminds me of my first computer from Tandy Corporation. I assembled the pieces with a soldering iron. LOL
BuddyPress is good if you
BuddyPress is good if you have a WP Mu installation because it is basically a group of modules for WP Mu. Although last time I checked, you could allow the visitors to choose to create a user account with or without a blog.
But if you want more flexibility, Drupal is still my pick. Although I'm also a big WP fan, but I know enough to pick which tool is right for the job.
To be fair, WP has a more powerful blog engine though.
not quite there yet...
i am trying to do the same thing.. want to get a module or set of modules from drupal to add as one package to do the same thing as WP-MU + BuddyPress... is there not a solution like this out right now for drupal?