VerticalWave Solutions

Drupal vs Joomla vs WordPress

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:48:19 +0000

When it comes to open source CMS, the best and most popular solutions on the market today are Drupal, Joomla and WordPress. All three are very good systems and have been used in building numerous websites for different purposes, but which one should you use for your next project?

Well, that’s not the easiest question to answer. From my experience, it all depends on your scope/requirements and who’s going to be administering and maintaining your website in the long run.

For example, if you’re looking to build a complex website with lots of features and functionality, your best bet would be Drupal. No question about that. Drupal can handle whatever you throw at it. It’s flexible, scalable and feature-rich. Look at it more as a framework, than a CMS.

Joomla on the other hand is a good system, but not nearly as scalable and flexible as Drupal. I see it more as a compromise not really worth making.
It has some great modules, that work flawlessly out of the box and a good, intuitive administration interface. But it lacks performance, themeing and SEO.

And there’s WordPress, a great, simple, blogging CMS. For any presentation or fairly simple website, there is no better solutions than WordPress. Even though it can accommodate more complex websites, even e-commerce/product catalog sites, it’s best use is for simple, straight to the point solutions.
It features a very easy to use administration interface, thousands of plugins and themes. You can get a website up and running litterally in just a few hours.

Here’s a couple of very interesting reads for anyone interested to find out more.

Article 1 | Article 2 | Article 3

Drupal For Government Projects

admin — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:55:04 +0000

There’s been a lot of talk lately about Drupal being adopted by governments around the world for a variety of projects of different seizes and scope. Words such as openness, transparency and visibility are redefining the ways in which governments are structuring their administrations.
The Open Source social publishing platform Drupal is turning these concepts into reality with successful government projects popping up all over the place. Drupal’s modular framework allows for scallable and collaborative environments while maintaining the security and reliability governments are used to.
Here’s a list of recently launched government related website using Drupal.

Here at VerticalWave, we’ve just started helping government related agencies and organizations such as Echo Ontario: Improving Women’s Health In Ontario adopt Drupal painlessly and successfully. We’re looking forward to working with others in the near future.

Echo Ontario Website & Directory Launched

admin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:25:47 +0000

We’re excited to announce the release of the new Echo Ontario website & directory on Drupal CMS. Our team has worked tirelessly to deliver this new project on time and budget. Great job guys!
On this project we’ve also managed to integrate Drupal with Microsoft Dynamics CRM online. Real time communication and updating of Echo’s CRM with researcher and health professional profiles from Drupal. Another first for our team.
We’re becoming experts at integrating Drupal with SalesForce and Dynamics. Good times!

Epikoo.com – Water Sports Resource & Social Network Launched!

admin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:06:47 +0000

VerticalWave Solutions is proud to announce the launch of a new water sports resource and social network Epikoo.com.
The VerticalWave team has been working on this new Drupal project for the past year and we’re very excited to finally see it live online.
Epikoo.com is an online information resource and social network for water sports such as kiteboarding, windsurfing, surfing, wakeboarding and SUP. From the beginner looking to get into a new sport to the more experienced individual looking for more information on specific gear, events or location.
Articles, News, Videos, DVDs, Events, Gear, Destinations and so much more to make your life easier and more fun. To help you spend more time enjoying the sport and less time researching online.

VerticalWave welcomes Drupal7

admin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:02:15 +0000

The whole team welcomes and is excited about the newly released Drupal 7.
Drupal 7 comes with a variety of framework improvements and opens new possiblities in terms of development and what can be achieved with the Drupal platform.

Drupal 7 is a truly revolutionary release that saw both the size and diversity of our contributor community grow exponentially. Through the formation of and strong coordination among the Usability, Accessibility, and Design teams, Drupal 7 addresses a number of our project’s longest-standing limitations and opens up access for more people to enjoy the strong web publishing framework we have all come to love.