[DUG-TO] wordpress

[James Walker]

On 9-Jun-09, at 4:29 PM, Charles Nahm wrote:
> Jane Zhang wrote:
>> I think wordpress is great for small or simple websites that does  
>> not require the staff to have technical knowledge to update the  
>> site. Drupal is more of a platform to develop custom applications  
>> for companies or organizations. My opinion is that wordpress is  
>> easier to install and update, but it does not offer the same  
>> flexibility to customize that you can get from Drupal. Drupal has a  
>> wider variety of contributed modules to choose from and a stronger  
>> support network of developers.
>> So, for basic websites, wordpress is going to be a better solution,  
>> but Drupal will offer more scalability.
>> just my two cents.
>
> First posting to the group, sorry if this is an elementary or stupid  
> question.  Can Wordpress and Drupal co-exist on a single server  
> (with WAMP)?  I'm just trying to experiment and learn about hosting  
> both (plus Joomla too) and would like to be able to do all of my  
> testing on a single server.


Absolutely - you can install each in it's own subdirectory. i.e. http://localhost:8080/drupal 
  , http://localhost:8080/wordpress .

Create a separate database for each one in phpMyAdmin and you should  
be all ready to go!

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