Comments on: Drupal to Wordpress: The Good, The Bad and the Exploited http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wordpress Exploited – 2.8.4 Release | CenterNetworks http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-67969 Wordpress Exploited – 2.8.4 Release | CenterNetworks Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:44:50 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-67969 [...] The Good, The Bad and The Exploited – My Move from Drupal to Wordpress centernetwork257:http://www.centernetworks.com/wordpress-exploited-284-release RSS [...] [...] The Good, The Bad and The Exploited – My Move from Drupal to Wordpress centernetwork257:http://www.centernetworks.com/wordpress-exploited-284-release RSS [...]

]]> By: norad http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-60537 norad Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-60537 One of the things I absolutely loathe about Wordpress and won't use it because of it, is their excessive use of wp- on files, in code, etc. Why must they attach wp- on everything, are they so insecure ? It's ridiculous, you can always remove them, but there's too many and if you move the wrong one, things will break. You would also need to remove then in each plugin you use, a real PITA. Until Wordpress acts like a real CMS, I will not consider them one. For now, they are a limited Blogging platform nothing more. Drupal rules the CMS realm. One of the things I absolutely loathe about Wordpress and won’t use it because of it, is their excessive use of wp- on files, in code, etc. Why must they attach wp- on everything, are they so insecure ? It’s ridiculous, you can always remove them, but there’s too many and if you move the wrong one, things will break. You would also need to remove then in each plugin you use, a real PITA.

Until Wordpress acts like a real CMS, I will not consider them one. For now, they are a limited Blogging platform nothing more. Drupal rules the CMS realm.

]]> By: Wordpress Security Tip - Change Your Theme Name | HTMLCenter Web Development Blog http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-50493 Wordpress Security Tip - Change Your Theme Name | HTMLCenter Web Development Blog Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:14:06 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-50493 [...] Our commentary on the good, bad and the exploited in our move from Drupal to Wordpress. centernetwork257:http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/wordpress-security-change-your-theme-name/ [...] [...] Our commentary on the good, bad and the exploited in our move from Drupal to Wordpress. centernetwork257:http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/wordpress-security-change-your-theme-name/ [...]

]]> By: In Case You Missed It - The Month of April in Review | HTMLCenter Web Development Blog http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-24403 In Case You Missed It - The Month of April in Review | HTMLCenter Web Development Blog Sat, 02 May 2009 00:24:45 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-24403 [...] CenterNetworks Switches to Wordpress [...] [...] CenterNetworks Switches to Wordpress [...]

]]> By: Ozofeliz http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-23567 Ozofeliz Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:54:06 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-23567 we began with drupal. It's great, we loved but.. wordpress is so so so so easy , especially for end user. the dashboard is great and is easy create new plugins and change the themes. we missed features like panels, but with a little of hack we can do it. we began with drupal. It’s great, we loved but.. wordpress is so so so so easy , especially for end user. the dashboard is great and is easy create new plugins and change the themes. we missed features like panels, but with a little of hack we can do it.

]]> By: Brian Blankenship http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-23299 Brian Blankenship Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:19:32 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-23299 I've used both, and think they're both great platforms. I would agree with you about WordPress being a full-fledged CMS. Something that might help (or might have helped) http://wphacks.com/how-to-move-wordpress-blog-new-domain-name/ It's a great article on migrating to WordPress. Also has a link in there: http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/wordpress-plugin-update-urls/ for auto-changing the URLs. Might have helped. Might not, but thought I'd pass around. It was very helpful to me. Cheers! I’ve used both, and think they’re both great platforms. I would agree with you about WordPress being a full-fledged CMS. Something that might help (or might have helped) http://wphacks.com/how-to-move-wordpress-blog-new-domain-name/ It’s a great article on migrating to WordPress. Also has a link in there: http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/wordpress-plugin-update-urls/ for auto-changing the URLs. Might have helped. Might not, but thought I’d pass around. It was very helpful to me. Cheers!

]]> By: Allen Stern http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-23075 Allen Stern Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:13:48 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-23075 Sure Amir - happy to help! I haven't enabled caching yet - want to make sure everything is in good shape first. Sure Amir – happy to help! I haven’t enabled caching yet – want to make sure everything is in good shape first.

]]> By: Amir Helzer http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-23069 Amir Helzer Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:40:12 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-23069 We're doing a project which is bringing WordPress a bit closer to a proper CMS. It addresses many of the things you've raised here, including broken internal links (our WP Sticky Links), site wide navigation and (not mentioned here) a multilingual system based on Drupal's i18n module. I'd love to hear what you think about it! BTW - regarding loading speed, caching is your friend. It doesn't matter which CMS you use, if you're using a good caching plugin / module, the site's pages don't go through PHP any more. They are served directly from the hard drive. Still pressed with server load? Apache's mem-cache module will make this even faster. We’re doing a project which is bringing WordPress a bit closer to a proper CMS. It addresses many of the things you’ve raised here, including broken internal links (our WP Sticky Links), site wide navigation and (not mentioned here) a multilingual system based on Drupal’s i18n module.

I’d love to hear what you think about it!

BTW – regarding loading speed, caching is your friend. It doesn’t matter which CMS you use, if you’re using a good caching plugin / module, the site’s pages don’t go through PHP any more. They are served directly from the hard drive. Still pressed with server load? Apache’s mem-cache module will make this even faster.

]]> By: Dave http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-23057 Dave Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:02:31 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-23057 Dave says: April 22, 2009 at 12:14 pm To Allen Stern - RE: Drupal to Wordpress: The Good, The Bad and the Exploited I have had wordpress installed, but have been hacked routinely since January where malicious file links are added to our urls, many of which are porn and torrent file links. Wordpress is a part of my main content website and was being used for a Q & A post. I have disconnected most of the links to this area with the exception of the sitemap page. If I cannot discover how to fix this I will be forced to pull wordpress completely and use an in-house system that I have developed to avoid any vulnerabilities. My guess is that this is happening to a lot of people who have wordpress, they just do not know it because they do not have the google webmaster tools installed on the back end. Although wordpress and all the other free cms systems are great, I believe that they are sitting ducks for malicious hackers who could easily exploit their weak spots by using automated robots, it’s really not difficult when they understand what to do, and they (the hackers) obviously do. Before I totally pull down my wordpress and say goodbye to any free cms for ever, I would like to know if you could share more about what you discovered with the Include file and if you really feel that the fix is solved and will never happen again, otherwise I’m forced to shut it down. Thanks Dave says:
April 22, 2009 at 12:14 pm

To Allen Stern – RE: Drupal to Wordpress: The Good, The Bad and the Exploited

I have had wordpress installed, but have been hacked routinely since January where malicious file links are added to our urls, many of which are porn and torrent file links. Wordpress is a part of my main content website and was being used for a Q & A post. I have disconnected most of the links to this area with the exception of the sitemap page. If I cannot discover how to fix this I will be forced to pull wordpress completely and use an in-house system that I have developed to avoid any vulnerabilities. My guess is that this is happening to a lot of people who have wordpress, they just do not know it because they do not have the google webmaster tools installed on the back end.
Although wordpress and all the other free cms systems are great, I believe that they are sitting ducks for malicious hackers who could easily exploit their weak spots by using automated robots, it’s really not difficult when they understand what to do, and they (the hackers) obviously do.
Before I totally pull down my wordpress and say goodbye to any free cms for ever, I would like to know if you could share more about what you discovered with the Include file and if you really feel that the fix is solved and will never happen again, otherwise I’m forced to shut it down.
Thanks

]]> By: Web Content Blog » Wordpress as a CMS http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-22953 Web Content Blog » Wordpress as a CMS Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:59:26 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-22953 [...] article discusses CenterNetworks going from Drupal to Wordpress and this one discusses Danny [...] [...] article discusses CenterNetworks going from Drupal to Wordpress and this one discusses Danny [...]

]]> By: mahalie http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-22932 mahalie Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:01:57 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-22932 Like previous comment, I would like clarification on which system was exploited. I'm assuming Wordpress. I adore the strides WP has made in the user experience realm, it's amazing and I use it for a lot of small biz brochure-type sites. Drupal, is amazing as well for it's power, it's a CMS on the edge of being a framework and Wordpress is a blogging tool on the edge of being a CMS. So you pick the right tool for the right job. I do find it ironic that you made the conversion and immediately suffered security problems, tho! Both communities (WP & Drupal) have something to learn here. I wish Drupal and Wordpress would have a love child! Like previous comment, I would like clarification on which system was exploited. I’m assuming Wordpress. I adore the strides WP has made in the user experience realm, it’s amazing and I use it for a lot of small biz brochure-type sites. Drupal, is amazing as well for it’s power, it’s a CMS on the edge of being a framework and Wordpress is a blogging tool on the edge of being a CMS. So you pick the right tool for the right job.

I do find it ironic that you made the conversion and immediately suffered security problems, tho! Both communities (WP & Drupal) have something to learn here. I wish Drupal and Wordpress would have a love child!

]]> By: Pat Neill http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-22905 Pat Neill Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:29:54 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-22905 Agree with a lot of what is said here. I've often thought about making the switch from Drupal to Wordpress, but one thing keeps me on Drupal - Security. What I love about Drupal is that they have a very active security team that proactively e-mails you with about newly discovered security exploits in the core and contributed modules. Wordpress doesn't have anything like that. WIsh they did. Agree with a lot of what is said here. I’ve often thought about making the switch from Drupal to Wordpress, but one thing keeps me on Drupal – Security. What I love about Drupal is that they have a very active security team that proactively e-mails you with about newly discovered security exploits in the core and contributed modules. Wordpress doesn’t have anything like that. WIsh they did.

]]> By: Allen Stern http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-22901 Allen Stern Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:09:53 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-22901 Sean - you will always get the captcha and the entry word will be the pet name for your former employer Sean – you will always get the captcha and the entry word will be the pet name for your former employer

]]> By: sean percival http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-22895 sean percival Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:54:54 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-22895 Congrats allen! I so happy, even happier I wont have to enter a captcha after this comment too :) Congrats allen! I so happy, even happier I wont have to enter a captcha after this comment too :)

]]> By: Joe http://www.centernetworks.com/drupal-to-wordpress/comment-page-1#comment-22894 Joe Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:53:01 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15355#comment-22894 As an avid fan of your work, let me welcome you to the world of Wordpress. I look forward to seeing how you use it to forward the site's intiatives. I have been using WP from the start on my site, and have no regrets whatsoever. As an avid fan of your work, let me welcome you to the world of Wordpress. I look forward to seeing how you use it to forward the site’s intiatives. I have been using WP from the start on my site, and have no regrets whatsoever.

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