A client sent me a link to this article on Slate.com that gave a fairly scathing review of one of the common open source content management applications called Drupal. While I’ve never used Drupal, after reading this article, I don’t think I ever will.

The article is called “Why running the White House Web site on Drupal is a political disaster waiting to happen.” It’s very well written and fairly entertaining – and it lists many of the issues that I have experienced with other complex content management tools like Joomla and Mambo. In fact, I’ve had such bad experiences with Joomla and Mambo, that I simply refuse to work with them, and now, after reading this article on Drupal, I’ll add that to my list of what content management systems to avoid.

The only content management tool that I do use, is called Web-Yep, and it’s a much simpler kind of content management application that keeps clients out of trouble and gives them just enough control over their content without the headaches. Sometimes, simpler is the way to go.

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