Is WordPress right for this project?

  • Steve Puddick

    (@stevepuddick)


    14 years, 5 months ago

    Hey everyone, I am new to WordPress and just wondering if it is suitable for this project:

    Needs: Member login area

    – 140 members
    – require unique usernames and passwords for each
    – administrator privileges to set accessibility levels for each member
    – ability to brand (at least with corporate colour) the login and interior (top banner etc. basic stuff)
    – ability to post Word, PDF, Excel etc
    – ability to make/leave comments

    Would WordPress be suitable for this or would another CMS like Drupal be better? Thanks for any input.

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  • driz

    (@driz)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    I think your better off building your own custom solution! By the time you have hacked WordPress to do what you want you could have your own system in place.

    stvwlf

    (@stvwlf)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    You can easily do what you are looking for in WordPress through using a few free plugins.

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bm-custom-login/

    comments is inherently built in to WordPress. You just have to use posts in a creative way to create the base on which people will leave comments.

    not sure what you mean by this “ability to post Word, PDF, Excel”

    If you are working in a group you might consider Google Apps as repository for that part of the project. You can pass document links within WP, have the docs open in Apps.

    kymac

    (@kymac)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    I’m no WP expert, but I think WP will do most of what you want out of the box (with the right theme).

    • Member login area – use AJAX login widget, clear ‘Anyone can register’ in Settings
    • 140 members – No problem. Some sites have thousands of registered users
    • administrator privileges – built in admin function
    • brand login and interior – not quite sure of the reauirement, but many themes allow customization of the header
    • post Word, PDF, Excel – don’t know how WP would do this
    • make/leave comments – built in

    Check bluegrassmiataclub.com, my club site. I do not allow anyone to register and the Members->Membership List is restricted to registered members.

    Thread Starter Steve Puddick

    (@stevepuddick)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    thanks a lot for the input. Very Helpful.

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