Is there a reason why i shouldn't use umbraco for my portfolio?
I know its a stupid question, and probably placed in the wrong place, but iss there a reason why i shouldn't use umbraco for my personal portfolio? It's basically going to be a few blog posts a month, a work about and contact section. I was going to use wordpress, but why follow the trend for designers!
Like asking a iPhone owner, why you should NOT buy yourself an iPhone!?
You're not going to hear anyone here saying, that you should NOT use Umbraco. Plain and simple, we all love Umbraco.
Wordpress is a great blogging tool, but if you want to go further and extend your portfolio later on, my choice of system would be Umbraco at any time.
I'm a former user of Wordpress - which I found FANTASTIC when writiting posts and installing quick addons - but i got tired of looking for addons and themes. I would rather design some myself, but never got a hook at the template-building. Umbraco = plain and simple xhtml and css, no sick php-codes and template-engines.
Its a good question. I love Umbraco, my clients love Umbraco, who doesn't? Its a great CMS!
My own personal website and blog both run WordPress - why? The hosting... I've got a dirty-cheap deal with DreamHosts, its all on a LAMP stack - super quick-n-easy to install WordPress on them (literally they had a 1-click install). I know PHP (for which I am continually bashed for by the .NET guys) - so WordPress themes were easy to develop. It just made sense.
With all that said, I am in the process of converting my personal website (not blog) over to Umbraco. I found cheap hosting with WinHost.com - not sure what they are like, but I've heard good things.
Anyway, I didn't mean to focus on the web-hosting.
Other factors are which technologies do you know? If its all the front-end tech: HTML, CSS, JavaScript ... then it is possible to build your entire website via the Umbraco back-office (I've done it a few times for clients). Meaning that you don't need to know a server-side tech (ASP.NET, C#, PHP)
@Lee Hosting not really an issue for me. I'm much more of designer than a developer yet have always been in a .NET enviroment( including SharePoint) so I'm much more comfortable with .NET than i am PHP (besides php just looks nasty :P). I'm trying to learn c# for some silverlight stuff i'm doing but thats another story.
So its sounds like umbraco is a good choice as long as you don't go too blogy, besides I'm tried of all the designers out there bashing everything else other than wordpress. Maybe, just maybe I'll start a revolution... :P
@ivor - the weird thing is that I think umbraco is much more flexible for designers. xslt and the masterpages system allow for so much flexibility that I haven't yet had a request from a designer we couldn't do, no matter how weird!
Is there a reason why i shouldn't use umbraco for my portfolio?
I know its a stupid question, and probably placed in the wrong place, but iss there a reason why i shouldn't use umbraco for my personal portfolio? It's basically going to be a few blog posts a month, a work about and contact section. I was going to use wordpress, but why follow the trend for designers!
Hi,
Like asking a iPhone owner, why you should NOT buy yourself an iPhone!?
You're not going to hear anyone here saying, that you should NOT use Umbraco. Plain and simple, we all love Umbraco.
Wordpress is a great blogging tool, but if you want to go further and extend your portfolio later on, my choice of system would be Umbraco at any time.
I'm a former user of Wordpress - which I found FANTASTIC when writiting posts and installing quick addons - but i got tired of looking for addons and themes. I would rather design some myself, but never got a hook at the template-building. Umbraco = plain and simple xhtml and css, no sick php-codes and template-engines.
So good luck with your umbraco portfolio! ;)
best regards,
hundebol
Lol like i said, stupid question, I guess the info i was looking for is why its would be good to use as a cms for a portfolio.
If you want cheap php hosting, use wordpress. If you want the flexibility of using umbraco then go for Umbraco.
Wordpress is a great blogging platfrom, but I've found it a pain to extend into becoming a CMS.
Go Umbraco! WOO YAY! ZOMG!!1 ;-P
Its a good question. I love Umbraco, my clients love Umbraco, who doesn't? Its a great CMS!
My own personal website and blog both run WordPress - why? The hosting... I've got a dirty-cheap deal with DreamHosts, its all on a LAMP stack - super quick-n-easy to install WordPress on them (literally they had a 1-click install). I know PHP (for which I am continually bashed for by the .NET guys) - so WordPress themes were easy to develop. It just made sense.
With all that said, I am in the process of converting my personal website (not blog) over to Umbraco. I found cheap hosting with WinHost.com - not sure what they are like, but I've heard good things.
Anyway, I didn't mean to focus on the web-hosting.
Other factors are which technologies do you know? If its all the front-end tech: HTML, CSS, JavaScript ... then it is possible to build your entire website via the Umbraco back-office (I've done it a few times for clients). Meaning that you don't need to know a server-side tech (ASP.NET, C#, PHP)
Let us know how you get on.
Cheers, Lee.
@Lee Hosting not really an issue for me. I'm much more of designer than a developer yet have always been in a .NET enviroment( including SharePoint) so I'm much more comfortable with .NET than i am PHP (besides php just looks nasty :P). I'm trying to learn c# for some silverlight stuff i'm doing but thats another story.
So its sounds like umbraco is a good choice as long as you don't go too blogy, besides I'm tried of all the designers out there bashing everything else other than wordpress. Maybe, just maybe I'll start a revolution... :P
@ivor - the weird thing is that I think umbraco is much more flexible for designers. xslt and the masterpages system allow for so much flexibility that I haven't yet had a request from a designer we couldn't do, no matter how weird!
Good luck, whichever route you take.
Ivor, excellent choice! Let us know if you come across any boundaries or limitations - we'll help you out with the revolution!
Cheers, Lee.
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