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Wordpress is a no. It would not be easily maintained in the long run. If you want to use a CMS type deal then check out Drupal. I'm not an expert on Drupal and

by f1gm3nt 16y ago

Wordpress is a no. It would not be easily maintained in the long run. If you want to use a CMS type deal then check out Drupal. I'm not an expert on Drupal and have only been playing with it for a very short time, but you could create your own module to do this and then take advantage of the other features. If you want to make sure something is more custom I would look at using symfony PHP framework, Ruby on Rails, or Django. My personal favorite is symfony. You can also add the Zend Library to that framework. Most of my framework experience has been with symfony. Keep in mind there will be pros/cons to any framework you use.

x0ner 16y ago
I wouldn't discredit wordpress right away. I will agree that it gets tough to maintain (one of my current sites is tangled in the Wordpress framework), but if you look at blogs he is trying to replicate then you can see their all Wordpress based. Check out these: http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ http://www.beachcreeps.com/ http://www.beachcreeps.com/ http://latenightmistakes.com/ http://latenightmistakes.com/ http://whitetrashrepairs.com/ http://whitetrashrepairs.com/ The list goes on. The area he is stepping into is ran by non-techies who churn and burn. I have spoke and pitched ideas with them. Their usually later 30 year olds who have latched on to a cookie cutter framework template (Wordpress) and pump out ideas with little or no care if they fail. Investing a lot of time in this strictly from a goal of making money is not worth it. If the goal is to learn, maybe make money then I say you choose something that you are really interested in and could see yourself using later.
- signal 16y ago
  I disagree about the blog similarity. I'd really like it to be a one page app to start. Emphasis on app. The idea is not to compile a blog full of images but to compare and play with the idea of comparison in a quick, addictive way. A blog I would make on Wordpress in a heartbeat, I wouldn't bother you guys about a blog =)
signal 16y ago
Agreed, I know the 'which framework?' discussion is a slippery and horrible slope, so I'd like to avoid that and focus on getting to point B. It looks like my best bet for ease/flexibility/help is Drupal, but I may see how far I get with Django just for kicks. PHP bothers me because all I hear everywhere is how terrible it is (though it's easy and most people use it). This is one project I'd like to actually see evolve into the reality of its conceptual form, so long term evolution and elegance would be a big plus.
- f1gm3nt 16y ago
  To me Rails is terrible (hold off on the flames), but it's only because I have used php for 10+ years and all the Rails 'experts' seem to want to compare a framework to a language. I haven't played a lot of Rails so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I have played with Django even less, but it may be worth looking into as well as checking out Google App Engine. My area of expertise is with custom applications and planing those applications. For what you want I feel that you can either use Drupal or a number of different frameworks. Drupal can be used with a custom module. It will be easy to find a programmer that can create one for you and it would be easy to find someone that can create a custom theme for the site. Since you will be using Drupal, you would have access to all the features of it. You may run into issues when you start working on your mobile app. Frameworks (symfony, Django, Rails, etc) will give you more flexibility when it comes to more custom options such as your rating system and more detailed user profiles. Most of my experience is with symfony and I am going to assume that other frameworks have some of the same functionality. Frameworks might be a better fit since you want to incorporate a mobile app. The reason I would not use Wordpress is because for all you want to make, it is just not a good fit. Wordpress is mainly used for blogs (see one of the above comments) but what you want to make is a lot more then just a blog with some pretty pictures. There will be some type of interactivity on the site such as rating images. I hope this makes more sense then my original comment =)

by f1gm3nt 16y ago

x0ner 16y ago

I wouldn't discredit wordpress right away. I will agree that it gets tough to maintain (one of my current sites is tangled in the Wordpress framework), but if you look at blogs he is trying to replicate then you can see their all Wordpress based. Check out these: http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ http://www.beachcreeps.com/ http://www.beachcreeps.com/ http://latenightmistakes.com/ http://latenightmistakes.com/ http://whitetrashrepairs.com/ http://whitetrashrepairs.com/ The list goes on. The area he is stepping into is ran by non-techies who churn and burn. I have spoke and pitched ideas with them. Their usually later 30 year olds who have latched on to a cookie cutter framework template (Wordpress) and pump out ideas with little or no care if they fail. Investing a lot of time in this strictly from a goal of making money is not worth it. If the goal is to learn, maybe make money then I say you choose something that you are really interested in and could see yourself using later.

signal 16y ago
I disagree about the blog similarity. I'd really like it to be a one page app to start. Emphasis on app. The idea is not to compile a blog full of images but to compare and play with the idea of comparison in a quick, addictive way. A blog I would make on Wordpress in a heartbeat, I wouldn't bother you guys about a blog =)

signal 16y ago

Agreed, I know the 'which framework?' discussion is a slippery and horrible slope, so I'd like to avoid that and focus on getting to point B. It looks like my best bet for ease/flexibility/help is Drupal, but I may see how far I get with Django just for kicks. PHP bothers me because all I hear everywhere is how terrible it is (though it's easy and most people use it). This is one project I'd like to actually see evolve into the reality of its conceptual form, so long term evolution and elegance would be a big plus.

f1gm3nt 16y ago
To me Rails is terrible (hold off on the flames), but it's only because I have used php for 10+ years and all the Rails 'experts' seem to want to compare a framework to a language. I haven't played a lot of Rails so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I have played with Django even less, but it may be worth looking into as well as checking out Google App Engine. My area of expertise is with custom applications and planing those applications. For what you want I feel that you can either use Drupal or a number of different frameworks. Drupal can be used with a custom module. It will be easy to find a programmer that can create one for you and it would be easy to find someone that can create a custom theme for the site. Since you will be using Drupal, you would have access to all the features of it. You may run into issues when you start working on your mobile app. Frameworks (symfony, Django, Rails, etc) will give you more flexibility when it comes to more custom options such as your rating system and more detailed user profiles. Most of my experience is with symfony and I am going to assume that other frameworks have some of the same functionality. Frameworks might be a better fit since you want to incorporate a mobile app. The reason I would not use Wordpress is because for all you want to make, it is just not a good fit. Wordpress is mainly used for blogs (see one of the above comments) but what you want to make is a lot more then just a blog with some pretty pictures. There will be some type of interactivity on the site such as rating images. I hope this makes more sense then my original comment =)