Title: WordPress or a CMF? Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # WordPress or a CMF? * [mikemanusama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikemanusama/) * (@mikemanusama) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-a-cmf/) * Hey all, * I am working on a job board site and am in charge of presenting new solutions for our website moving forward. Right now the website is ASP.NET and built on Umbraco and a bit outdated and we are looking to put a fresh new strategy in place to make the website easier to update without having to break the functionality it currently has. * My question is if the main goals for the site are to * a.) connect to a CRM (Salesforce) to handle all of the customers in the database b.) manage email lists and send out newsletters (via Pardot – which plays well with Salesforce) c.) trigger 2 different emails to 2 different people when a job is applied for * is this something that can be controlled in WordPress or does this too specific a case to let WordPress try and handle. I’v worked with Symfony in the past but not nearly enough to know how to build a complete web application off of it, and if some of these job board plugins can meet the requirements needed on this project I would much rather make WordPress the solution for the website going forward. * I hope the question wasn’t too broad – just looking for some feedback on what some of the more experienced people in here would recommend. Thanks in advance! Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * [Jason King](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasoncharlesstuartking/) * (@jasoncharlesstuartking) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-a-cmf/#post-6500687) * I think it’s wise to use good third-party CRM and e-newsletter tools rather than try to do everything in WordPress. * Salesforce integration is mostly one-way – for example, you can send data to SF via a web-to-lead form – unless you can pay a consultant to do some fancy coding. If you need to share user data between them, that’s not easy. * But for an email list that might be all you need. There are WordPress plugins to help you connect WP to SF. * Maybe look at [https://ifttt.com/](https://ifttt.com/) or one of the similar services that can be used to trigger actions (e.g. send an email) when some event happens on your website. * Thread Starter [mikemanusama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikemanusama/) * (@mikemanusama) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-a-cmf/#post-6500703) * Thanks for the input. The company is pretty set on using Salesforce and Pardot for their CRM and ESP. * Given that are you saying trying to make that all work in side WordPress is a bad idea and to consider a CMF or are you saying that building a WordPress site with SF and Pardot integration is capable – and that the email processes can be triggered by the ifttt software? * I am obviously not latching onto those comments as a definitive answer as I know there are factors that sometimes come into play, but assuming you know more than me, I just want to make sure if I start researching this as a viable solution, it is one that has the capacity of being done. Thanks again! * [Jason King](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasoncharlesstuartking/) * (@jasoncharlesstuartking) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-a-cmf/#post-6500714) * I’ve (with and without a plugin) used WordPress up to send data to Salesforce. For example, visitors fill out a membership form on WordPress and the data appears in SF as a lead. Simple to do. * But define “integration”. If you needed to connect WordPress and Salesforce user accounts to share data back and forth, I suspect that would be much more difficult. So you’d need to make a list of your needs and define them as processes that need to happen. * There have been occasions where IFTTT solved my problems of getting one tool to connect to another, but only to perform a specific task, not at any deeper level of integration, and some applications are supported much better than others. * At which point I probably reached the limit of my knowledge and defer to others’ suggestions… * Thread Starter [mikemanusama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikemanusama/) * (@mikemanusama) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-a-cmf/#post-6500717) * Well even at that I thank you for your input. On my to-do is to get a clear understanding of all the needs we have and see what processes need to be done behind the scenes in order to make it all work. Thanks again Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘WordPress or a CMF?’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [mikemanusama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikemanusama/) * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-a-cmf/#post-6500717) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics