The "scale" thing with WP isn't about traffic, it's about complexity of
content, I'd say...
If http://www.number10.gov.uk/ and a whole bunch of other high-traffic sites
can cope, I'm pretty sure most museum websites could too, especially with
WP-cache and so on.
Where WP falls apart IMO is when complex multi-surfacing comes into play.
Simple stuff can be done by hacking it about a bit - using custom posts
types and featured images or even Pods CMS - but if you want to get really
relational, it gets hairy pretty quickly.
Having said that, I'm slightly unconvinced - again, after lots of hands-on
experiences - that ultimately people either *get* or *want* true
multi-surfacing. It's one of those aspirations (a bit like complex
workflows) which everyone puts in their specification because they kinda
think they should - and then when it comes to the day job, it gets
ignored... :-)
BTW - lots of people are signing up to the potential hack day. In answer to
Mia's question - I dunno yet :-)
Mike
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On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bonewell, Perry <
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> > I guess to some extent the right content management solution depends
> on the size of the museum. For example a smaller venue could use
> Wordpress, but if it was a multiple site local authority museum service
> I think Wordpress would buckle under the pressure and it wouldn't be the
> right solution.
>
> Scale is probably not an issue for WP - WordPress.com runs on WordPress
> after all:
>
> http://en.wordpress.com/stats/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Jim Richardson
> Sent: 18 August 2011 11:24
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: What would an open source museum CMS look like? - Wordpress
> Hack Day?
>
> I guess to some extent the right content management solution depends on
> the size of the museum. For example a smaller venue could use Wordpress,
> but if it was a multiple site local authority museum service I think
> Wordpress would buckle under the pressure and it wouldn't be the right
> solution.
>
> One size can't fit all, can it?
>
> The Wordpress Hackday sounds like a fantastic idea.
>
> Jim
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