I agree with Collins on this one. CMSes are already built and functional. Unless you come up with a unique CMS that functions differently and provides an easier service, then why build another? Plus not all of us are strong developers/programmers. You should focus on the business strategy as David said earlier. At the end of the day, it is all about business making profits. Regards.
personally i do support the use of CMS'es for a very simple reason, its practical. I think claiming that its better to use a custom built cms to , say run a blog is myopic at best. there is no substituting the millions of man hours spent on making wordpress what it is. At best learn to customize wp to optimally be a good blog.
The same applies to components and plugins, it is about knowing how to use them properly, one because it makes economic sense (enables one to bootstrap first, have something out there and further it if / whenit picks up) and two, because it takes an aweful lot of time to come up with something similar.
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Kelvin <kjayanoris@gmail.com> wrote:
@Jacob, I agree with you pretty much completely.
However, don't you think that when you are really really new and just starting out there is a good case to use a CMS. It may have several benefits:
- may be the fastest way to get out a working prototype (in line with the MVP idea <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product>) - may be much, much cheaper
For instance, did you know that Groupon started out as a simple wordpress site/blog<http://www.tomloverro.com/2010/08/19/groupon-1-0-started-on-a-wordpress-blog/> ?
I am not saying that using CMSes makes sense all the time but I do think sometimes it makes better sense to start out using a common, easy CMS and then get more custom when you get traction/funding/revenues. Ama aje?
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On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Steve Obbayi <steve@sobbayi.com> wrote:
@David I object, Actually BBC uses a custom CMS developed by a team working for the BBC although a small part of BCC website is powered by Drupal. CNN also uses a custom CMS built in-house.
----- "David Mugo" <raidarmax@gmail.com> wrote:
If a CMS covers the need of what the person needs, then why re-invent the wheel? Did you know that CNN, BBC and other content publishers use Wordpress for publishing? Its only customized to meet their needs.
If you wanna build your own its alright but I think I would rather spend time on strategy than development.
David.
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Jacob Ayienda <jacobayienda@gmail.com<jacobayienda@gmail..com> wrote:
I meant to say premium components similar to those in joomla. I highly
doubt any investor will buy out a site built on a publicly available cms. That is why facebook is unbeatable even with the billions available to its competitors i.e google
On 1/1/11, Kelvin <kjayanoris@gmail.com> wrote:
I won't defend it! I'm as much against it as anyone.
My question is: how can one be sure that they are actually using pirated stuff?
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On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Collins Areba <
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> I actually dont see a problem with using a CMS, actually its the > allegation > about pirated premium content that i would love to hear you
defend....
> > > On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Kelvin <kjayanoris@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What's wrong with using a CMS? >> >> Kelvin >> www.likechapaa.com
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