Drupal is a free, open-source content management system written in PHP that competes primarily with Joomla and Plone. The standard release of Drupal, known as Drupal core, contains basic features such as account and menu management, RSS feeds, page layout customization, and system administration.
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ExpressionEngine
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ExpressionEngine is a content management system from EllisLab in 2002, a successor to pMachine Pro, a blogging system, which is written in object-oriented PHP and uses MySQL for data storage. ExpressionEngine is their flagship Content Delivery Platform.
Front-End Web Developer, Office of Mediated Education
Chose Drupal
WordPress would be the best alternative to Drupal that I've seen, but in my experience, Drupal is better at complex websites that need a lot of customization. WordPress would be much better suited for a blog than Drupal.
I only briefly looked at Joomla, and I wasn't impressed.
EE has a very basic setup, where as wordpress and drupal, you're working to fit your design in the structure, EE lets you fit the CMS in your design.
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Chose ExpressionEngine
Looking at Drupal (as an open source alternative), we felt it was too constrained in its templates. We know that you can build any sort of site with Drupal, but out of the box, it felt like we were being shoved into various blocks in the pages, and we didn't like that.
Before using EE, I had experience with WordPress and Acquia Drupal. ExpressionEngine, in my opinion, is easier to learn and use than Drupal, but not more than WordPress. Additionally, it is more secure than either of the other two. However, I also found it less well documented …
The learning curve on EE was less intense than those for Zend Framework, drupal or WordPress. Setup and config for highly-custom sites is quicker and quite simple. Having the ability to quickly make the control panel UI look nice for end-users is a huge plus and is often …
I feel ExpressionEngine is on par with the major CMS systems, WordPress, Drupal, and Craft. It's used by many companies exclusively and is trustworthy. Lately, I've been building more sites with WordPress and still prefer how ExpressionEngine handles certain aspects, such as …
Before finding ExpressionEngine, I'd always been frustrated by the shoddy, convoluted front-end code created by other content manage systems or their plugins. ExpressionEngine does a fantastic job in separating the content from the code, allowing you to build custom templates …
I've used WordPress for much smaller sites with a very limited budget and fast turn-around time. WordPress does well at installing, adding a theme, minor customizations and launch in a very fast timeframe. This can all be realistically done in a single sitting. ExpressionEngine …
ExpressionEngine was selected prior to my hiring. We are likely switching from ExpresionEngine to WordPress or Drupal in the near future to save money on custom modules.
WordPress: When I bought Expression Engine, WordPress didn't have the member management features of EE. They've now caught up on that score. EE still beats WP on templating and design options. WordPress has a much strong community. WordPress is more likely to be a hacking …
As stated previously, EE allows you to fully customize the structure of your site and CMS. WordPress comes with more built-in functionality out of the box, while Drupal is somewhere in between the two.
While other options can be cheap or free, EE costs a bit. However, it isn't as expensive as a product like Sitefinity. It's secure. Reliable. Stable. Has a very supportive and talented community of developers and designers. And it's very scalable. I call it the Honda of content …
Wordpress - back end CMS coding in EE is much nicer than the Wordpress. It is not a system to build layouts - something like Drupal might work better. Define the editable regions beforehand - customers wanting to design their own site within the CMS might need to look elsewhere.