This weblog is no longer being maintained. All information here has been ported to EclecticEchoes.com. This site (heupel.com/eclectic) remains only for archival purposes.
After playing with Drupal 4.4.2 for about 3 hours today, I am really pleased with it as a CMS. I think it will fit my needs really well. Actually I will wait until they release 4.5 later this month to begin working in full on the project, but I will continue to get familiar with Drupal and the many contributed modules. In particular I like the role based permissions, collaborative book and discussion forum features. The availability of the discussion forum built into the CMS will save a considerable amount of work trying to integrate a seperate forum system into MT or Wordpress.
I ran out of time (energy actually, had to dye and steam last night, ended up being up all night… now surviving only on Thai Iced Coffee but the sugar rush is fading fast…) but I will do more tire kicking this weekend after the Stonington Fair commemorating the anniversary of Stonington’s victory over a squadron of British warships in the War of 1812. This year a canon salvaged from the wreckage of one of the attacking ships will be unveiled after being fully preserved / restored and donated to the town.