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Website Solution Selection Guide
There are a number of factors to consider when deciding what technologies to use to build a website. Use your answers to the questions listed below to find the best tool for your website needs.
Content Contributors
Consider: Who will contribute content to your site?
Need | Can Do With Google Blogger | Can Do With Drupal Enterprise | Can Do with Drupal Lite | Can Do With Google Sites |
---|---|---|---|---|
Enable multiple people to contribute content | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Enable people without HTML skills to contribute content | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Enable different people to contribute and review or approve content | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequency of Changes
Consider: How much, and how frequently, will you change the content or layout?
Need | Can Do With Google Blogger | Can Do With Drupal Enterprise | Can Do With Drupal Lite | Can Do With Google Sites |
---|---|---|---|---|
Publish a large number of pages | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Frequently update content | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Easily change the layout | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Customize the layout with the help of my internal or contract web developer | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Content and Features
Consider: What types of content or features will you include?
Need | Can Do With Google Blogger | Can Do With Drupal Enterprise | Can Do With Drupal Lite | Can Do With Google Sites |
---|---|---|---|---|
Reuse the same content in multiple places on the site | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Publish or consume RSS feeds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Filter or categorize content | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Collect and publish visitors' comments | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Enable users to collaboratively create/edit content | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Use Google Custom Search to return search results of only pages in my site | No | Yes | No | No |
Measure traffic on my website with Google Analytics | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Add custom functionality with the help of my internal or contract web developer | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Use my own domain name | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
User Access
Consider: Who should have access to your website?
Need | Can Do With Google Blogger | Can Do With Drupal Enterprise | Can Do With Drupal Lite | Can Do With Google Sites |
---|---|---|---|---|
Publish content for the general public | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Publish content accessible with a password for a small group of individuals | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Publish content accessible with a password by for students, faculty, and staff on my campus | No | No | No | Yes |
Publish content accessible with a password for students, faculty, and staff on all campuses | No | Yes | No | No |
More Information
Learn more about UMN Website technologies:
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