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Drupal vs. WordPress

Should you use WordPress or Drupal for your next project—this is a common and fair question to ask. I have been using both content management systems, and both have their pro’s and cons. Planning for your project’s needs is critical in determining which CMS be sufficient.

Both content management systems are a pleasure to work with, but each one is better suited for certain demands. Overall, both WordPress and Drupal offer an amazing experience, but which one is right for you?

Link: WordPress and Drupal Compared—The Pro’s and Cons of Each CMS

This blog you’re looking at is WordPress. For a simple site, such as small business or a portfolio, WordPress will meet your needs and more. If you want to build a community and have the resources to maintain it over time, it’s worth looking into Drupal. And both of them are free!

Best practices in blog design

Everything I’ve done with my blog design is intentional. I’m not saying that my blog design is perfect, and I certainly have other things I’d like to do in the future, but I wanted to share with you some thoughts about blog design, starting with my blog, but then showing some design ideas from other sites as well. Why should blog design matter? Because you want your blog to serve the purpose you’ve built it to serve.

Link: Make Your Blog Design Work For You

How CMS can help with SEO

If you want your site to show up prominently in search engines like Google, your website content management system can help – but not all CMSs are created equal. We suggest the features to look for to help with search engine optimization.

Link: Eight Ways a CMS Can Help with Search Engine Optimization

The four web designs that Jakob thinks are very bad

Bad content, bad links, bad navigation, bad category pages… which is worst for business? In these examples, bad content takes the prize for costing the company the most money.

Link: Four Bad Web Designs (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)

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