Re:Ask HN: What is the most modern CMS?
by lovskogen on Saturday November 20, 2010 @03:48PM
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Wordpress with a theme is more like a service if you're not a webdev.
Drupal is too (with Joomla) what I'd call a full blown CMS. But would you say the interaction is worthy a title à Modern CMS? reply
Re:Ask HN: What is the most modern CMS?
by ilamont on Saturday November 20, 2010 @05:23PM
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It's boils down to a tradeoff between design simplicity and functionality.
Honestly, I haven't seen any Drupal designs/UXs that have really bowled me over. But I think the reason for that relates a lot to the fact that the sites that prefer to use Drupal want to take advantage of the additional functionality offered by modules. The modules often add a lot more boxes, navigational options, and other major elements (forums, e-commerce, etc.) that make the UX far more complex than what you might find on a Wordpress blog.
For blogging and news, Wordpress seems to have the most flexibility in terms of design. There really are some beautiful templates out there (see http://wordpress.org/showcase/ for some examples).
But Drupal goes beyond blogging. There must be thousands of available modules, offering all kinds of functionality, ranging from advertising support to "relevant content" boxes. (search http://drupal.org/project/modules to see some examples).