I am of course still using Wordpress for this blog. I am only crossposting the articles to make a valid comparison being a a relatively new user of Wordpress as well.
I want to clarify that I am doing this without first checking the help files on either site. Why? I didn't check first because almost no one will search for a help file except to handle the installation. We look for help when we get stuck or we'll watch a video tutorial.
Posting to the blog function of Drupal vs. posting in Wordpress
1. Posting to the blog was easy.... hey wait, where is the visual HTML editor?
I selected the blog function that was hidden in the big mess of management links that appear on the Drupal installation when logged in to my Drupal installation and stated typing...
So far so good, right? Well I wanted to set a few words as a header. Yes of course I could do <H3>This would be a subheader</H3> but it seems a bit silly that I shouldn't have an option do to so 'out-of-the-box', doesn't it?
In fact, Wordpress lets me set those basic functions and of course I can copy & paste basic html code into the text as well as edit html in the post I'm working on.
2. HTML editor for Drupal
The Drupal had a module for adding an editor which was two part.
A. install the module files, and
B. install the actual editor inside that
I did all that but it still isn't working right so I have to experiment more.
3. Editing my posts in Drupal compared to editing posts (and pages) in Wordpress
When logged in, and viewing my blog, I am able to see an option to edit my posts, but I don't see it as being as easy as using Wordpress.
With Wordpress, my most recent posts appear in the administration panel in the 'dashboard menu'. I can click on them, edit, and click on save. With Drupal it seemed like one extra step.
4. Inserting special code into Drupal's post.
In my previously post I added a button for Google Adsense like the following:
Only it didn't work. It mangled the script so it wouldn't show!
Check out Google Adsense to earn money on your websites:
Check out Google Adwords to promote your website:
With Wordpad, I can click on the 'code' tab in the post and page editor and paste my code. I can then either switch back to the visual editor by clicking on the 'visual' tab, or I can finish editing in the HTML.
5. Call them what you want, I can't easily see where the Categories are!
I still am not sure where they are if at all in Drupal. I can assign keywords using Drupal but it seems very inferior to the categories side menu that appears when editing a page or post in Wordpress.
6. How to use Wordpress categories
Wordpress categories are very simple to use. If I write a post about Startrek Voyager, which is only of my all time favorite series, I can on the right type in the text box, Voyager, and click on the Add button. The newly added category will be automatically checkmarked (ticked for the British). I can repeat the process for the term Startrek. Later when I write another post about Voyager, I only have to click on the box to the left of the category word to select it.
Lets say you write a post and you forgot to select a Category? No problem edit the post and select the category and click on save.
Sorry Drupal, you're not doing very well in part II.
Adding Google Adsense to the blog & pages in Drupal vs. Wordpress
1. I want to pay the bills!
I wanted, of course, to add Google Adsense to my new Drupal install. As I had mentioned in Part I, I installed the Adsense module from Drupal's website. It is much easier to get someone to click on an ad than have them give a donation.
I had also done the same for a plug-in that I downloaded from Wordpresses website.
2. Both seem to work.
Both modules/plug-ins seem to work but I like the Wordpress one more since I can do all of my ad configuration in one page.
Then I can use the Widget function for sidebars to place the ad. (advert for Britsh :-) )
In Drupal there are currently no widget options, but I was able to select in which part of the screen I wanted to place the ad.
I can place an ad in the header, footer, content area, or in one of the sidebars.
3. Disadvantage of placing Google ads in posts and pages in Wordpress.
Here is finally a point for Drupal. While adding an ad to Drupal doesn't have widgets I AM ABLE TO put them in the content area without having to edit the template files. In Wordpress you can insert them in your posts using simple code but there isn't a way to automatically have them appear in your content area unless you ad simple PHP code into the template.
4. Disadvantage when inserting Google ads in Drupal.
Since Drupal doesn't have widgets which allow you to precisely place the ad before or after other widget items (Wordpress), Drupal has a less elegant, weighted approach where you have to choose a weight for the ad and the system compares the weight value with the others. It makes it more complicated and I'm still trying to use it.
In Wordpress using a sidebar widget I just drag and drop the ad before, after, or between the others and I know exactly where it will appear.
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