Re: Answering a recurring challenge from clients

@Zaky: I think you missed a very important point before having a dig
at various developers in the CakePHP community.

The question was about a client asking for Drupal, so we're not
talking about a Mail Server are we? I am 150% certain that everyone
in the community would use an established Mail Server rather than
developing their own, if that was the remit of the job.

However, there is a grey area when a client asks for a Blog. If that's
really all they want then yes, Wordpress will do the job brilliantly,
but I find it's often the case that they want a few extra modules
(Events, Advanced User Management, Basic Email Lists etc.). In this
case the client's requirements are clearly better served by a CMS
rather than a Wordpress blog integrated into other systems. So to say
that anyone asking for a Blog should get Wordpress is not the most
clear cut argument either.

Also I find it amazing that you think an architect should get involved
as an impartial third party on all jobs. What sort of clients are you
dealing with on a day to day basis? Most of my clients are Charities
or SMEs and they find it difficult to afford a decent developer
without the extra cost of employing an architect.

Your 2nd last comment takes us full circle, back to the original
question, which others have tried to answer before you:
"I also saw Joomla developer that recommend Joomla where not
suitable."

If the original poster believes a bespoke CMS built on the CakePHP
framework would be a better fit for his client than the monstrous
Drupal (which someone else may be wrongly recommending), how does he
go about putting this to the client in a well structured and
understandable manner?

I think LunarDraco did a great jb of answering this, and it appears to
me that you simply dismissed his reply as putting his own needs before
the clients.

Paul.

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