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Sitefinity vs Wordpress
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We're looking for a new CMS and out development company suggested Sitefinity. I've had great success with Wordpress. Is either system better. I love worpdress but have had no experience with Sitefinity. Thanks!
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I have never used either, but from a developer point of view Telerik (makers of Sitefinity) are excellent, telerik are from Bulgaria (Bulgarians are big on programming). I cant speak highly enough of them. I have done plenty of work on Telerik MVC Controls and have been very impressed,
Sitefinityis ASP.NET, where Word press is PHP, I do know that they are looking to move sitinfinity to ASP.NET MVC, MVC is superior to ASP.NET Webforms, and far superior to php. MVC is also very SEO friendly, it has a clean separation of concerns giving very clean html, no post backs or viewstate, Already they are using the MVC Routing engine that gives full control over urls, no messy file names or parameters, you can make your URL say whatever you want, it does not have to match your folders.
If you intend to further develop your site in the future, I would go with Telerik
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wordpress ALL THE WAY. unless its a specific or unique situation where sitefinity might be more useful (which i can't think of).
Wordpress is by far the best CMS to code/design for AND it is the most user friendly for our clients. The learning curve is much smaller on WP than on any other CMS i have used. and i have use A LOT of horrbile ones before.
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I agree with William and Malachi as well.
WordPress is the world's number one CMS. It is free, offers the most extensions and support, is easy to use and you are familiar with the software. If you ever need work done on your site, there are plenty of experienced developers who can help.
I have reviewed about a dozen CMS solutions and have never heard of Sitefinity. It may be a great solution but even if it was, your selection of themes, extensions, updates, etc. will never be close to what WP offers. If your current developer left you for whatever reason, your list of experienced developers who can work with you would be severely limited.
My solution would be stick with WP unless you are provided with an exceptionally compelling reason to move. If that is offered, also be sure to understand what WP offers that Sitefinity does not. The main reason I would use another CMS rather then WP is because WP is best for blogs and simple sites. If you require more features, my preference is for Joomla.
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Agree with William. WP is pretty much king of the castle right now in terms of CMS. I also recommend taking a look at joomla and drupal. I personally love WP and recommend it to everyone, but some projects really do require different strengths. I'm also a big fan of opensource.
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Would really depend what the actual website is going to be. Bare in mind Sitefinity isn't free so it's likely that the development company will make some cash by selling you on that system.
Personally, I would never go with it but don't know much about it. However with Wordpress you've already used it and it's constantly being updated with tonnes of new (free) features. So I would recommend you test SiteFinity out but would be sceptical about why the web development company is offering you that.
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