Design & Development Digest : wordpress

WordPress Welcomes Elvin (3.5)

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:30:00 GMT

It’s another edition of WordPress Wednesday here at Website Magazine and what better way to celebrate than with a new release! Version 3.5 of the popular blogging and CMS platform Wordpress is now available and there are quite a few changes that...(read more)

The 25 Best WordPress Plugins Ever

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:40:00 GMT

The year is coming to a close, and if 2012 has taught us anything, it’s that WordPress is still the most widely used free, open source content management system (CMS) out there. While the extensive adoption of the platform obviously benefits users...(read more)

Website Builders, Tools for Restaurateurs

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:30:00 GMT

From mom-and-pop diners to celebrity chef-owned bistros, there may be no better example of a brick and mortar that needs a Web presence, than restaurants. Today’s consumer demands access to hours, location, phone number, menu, prices and more –...(read more)

Wordpress Wednesday: Halloween Edition

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:50:00 GMT

It’s another edition of Website Magazine’s Wordpress Wednesday - and it's the Halloween edition! Let's celebrate by showcasing some "scary" cool plugins - those that should make you freak about your blog's security, fight...(read more)

WordPress Wednesday: Liveblog v1

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:35:00 GMT

Welcome to another wonderful edition of WordPress Wednesday from Website Magazine! Could we fit another "W" in that first sentence? Today, instead of profiling a specific category of plugins as we normally do, Website Magazine has decided to...(read more)

Top 3 Favicon Plugins for Wordpress

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:30:00 GMT

As I sit here typing this, I have three different browsers open with at least 10 different tabs up in each one (and that’s being conservative). Luckily, I have no problem opening up the right tab each and every time thanks to the Web’s unsung...(read more)

Take Your WordPress Site Mobile: WordPress Wednesday

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:15:00 GMT

Much of the appeal of the WordPress platform is that it makes it easy to create an affordable, functional, and often feature-rich website without requiring extensive knowledge of the “nuts and bolts” of website development. So when it suddenly...(read more)

WordPress Wednesday: Themes of a Social Nature

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:15:00 GMT

When Facebook burst onto the national scene and stopped being the exclusive domain of college undergraduates, its biggest selling point (and the attribute that helped propel its phenomenal success) was a clean, straightforward design. A far cry from the...(read more)

WordPress vs. Drupal: Web Pro's Follow the Money

Pete Prestipino — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:11:00 GMT

Freelance job search engine DoNanza released its quarterly State of the Work-From-Home and Freelancing Economy report which reveals how the rival CMS/Blogging platforms fared in the third quarter of 2010, most notably WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.

According to DoNanza, demand for professional CMS projects is showing significant growth with an average growth of 49 percent quarter over quarter. In Q3 2010, Wordpress projects at grew by 61 percent with Joomla growing at 38 percent and Drupal at 26 percent. As you can see, WordPress is the clear leader in terms of the number of projects (with more than 6 times the amount of projects in comparison to Drupal) but that is far from the most interesting insight to be gained from the report.

Most fascinating is that Drupal professionals earn the most. According to Donanza, when looking at the average project budget, opportunities for Drupal consistently came in with an average project budget of $915 (twice as much as the average WordPress project with $455 and Joomla Project with a $473 budget).

"Our DoNanza Universe data verifies the belief that most people start out with WordPress on their own" said Liran Kotzer, CEO of DoNanza. "Only 18 percent of total WordPress projects are site building, while 31 percent of Drupal projects are site building. It means that with Drupal people are seeking at-home-work freelance support from the get-go and not trying to build the initial site by themselves, as with WordPress."

So as a developer and designer, which CMS should you choose?

"More businesses and individuals will keep using CMS platforms as a way to express themselves and do business" said Kotzer. "Currently each of the platforms has its own relative advantages, and we are curious to see how the differences between them will play out in the future. In the meantime, all of us benefit from the competition by getting much more flexible infrastructures with advanced features."