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Drupal gaining momentum in NFP Sector

02 SEP 2011 | Posted in charity, CMS, membership organisation, NFP, open source, website | Author Alex McLachlan | 4 Comments

The open source CMS Drupal is being adopted by more and more NFP organisations. I recently did a comparison of the charities and membership organisations using Drupal and two of the more popular commercial CMSs. I was surprised by the level of market penetration by Drupal. I was able to find dozens of sites that use Drupal. When I tried the same for the two commercial CMSs, I had great trouble finding more than a handful.

Using "Click Here" for hyperlink text is bad practice for usability and SEO. This post explains why and provides best practice advice for better hyperlink text.

Reviewing a company's website is part of our strategic IT reviews more often than not. We normally look at whether the website is delivering all it could for the business strategy, whether the right connectivity to other business systems is in place and whether an appropriate CMS is being used. We also look at the structure of the website, the SEO and usability, and that is where we often encounter "Click Here" used as link text.

Changing to a new website Content Management System (CMS) can be a daunting project, particularly as the move to a better CMS is likely to encourage all sorts of new exciting features.

The problem this can raise is that adding the CMS implementation to the new functionality comes to a large project, with all the potential for delays, etc.

So, how can this be best managed? Incrementally is the answer.