Behind The Washington Post's redesigned Web site
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Behind The Washington Post's redesigned Web site
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Re: Behind The Washington Post's redesigned Web site
#2> I was deluged over the past 10 days with reader e-mails saying that The Post’s redesigned Web site, which debuted on March 13, "stinks." Some used less polite language. The mail ran about 8 to 1 negative.
What an eloquent of putting it! I might steal it some day.
Re: Behind The Washington Post's redesigned Web site
#3No one ever got fired for buying Méthode.
http://www.eidosmedia.com/EN/Page/Uuid/1d3be57a-af49-11de-9d...
Re: Behind The Washington Post's redesigned Web site
#4It doesn't help that the redesign looks like a free WordPress theme.
Re: Behind The Washington Post's redesigned Web site
#5No one ever got fired for buying Méthode. http://www.eidosmedia.com/EN/Page/Uuid/1d3be57a-af49-11de-9d...
Yeah, I wonder why Ellington didn't get more traction.
Re: Behind The Washington Post's redesigned Web site
#6No one ever got fired for buying Méthode. http://www.eidosmedia.com/EN/Page/Uuid/1d3be57a-af49-11de-9d...
I just read the page you linked to, and can't help to wonder how the post can shell out upwards of $7 million for that. I'm sure the number includes training, integration etc. but it seems to med that a drupal system with some caching, and a few hackers to create newsroom specific modules would be able to do much the same for a fraction of the cost.
Am I missing something obvious?
Re: Behind The Washington Post's redesigned Web site
#7No one ever got fired for buying Méthode. http://www.eidosmedia.com/EN/Page/Uuid/1d3be57a-af49-11de-9d...
They charge extra for the horrendous urls.
Re: Behind The Washington Post's redesigned Web site
#8No one ever got fired for buying Méthode. http://www.eidosmedia.com/EN/Page/Uuid/1d3be57a-af49-11de-9d...
I just read the page you linked to, and can't help to wonder how the post can shell out upwards of $7 million for that. I'm sure the number includes training, integration etc. but it seems to med that a drupal system with some caching, and a few hackers to create newsroom specific modules would be able to do much the same for a fraction of the cost. Am I missing something obvious?
To be fair I imagine there's a pretty complex asset management layer, a ton of legacy code and content migration, and also it sounds like there's a paywall scheme for some content.
Re: Behind The Washington Post's redesigned Web site
#9No one ever got fired for buying Méthode. http://www.eidosmedia.com/EN/Page/Uuid/1d3be57a-af49-11de-9d...
I just read the page you linked to, and can't help to wonder how the post can shell out upwards of $7 million for that. I'm sure the number includes training, integration etc. but it seems to med that a drupal system with some caching, and a few hackers to create newsroom specific modules would be able to do much the same for a fraction of the cost. Am I missing something obvious?
You're missing the fact that online publishing is only a small part of what the system has to handle. It has to integrate with the print design tools and publishing systems.
Re: Behind The Washington Post's redesigned Web site
#10No one ever got fired for buying Méthode. http://www.eidosmedia.com/EN/Page/Uuid/1d3be57a-af49-11de-9d...
I just read the page you linked to, and can't help to wonder how the post can shell out upwards of $7 million for that. I'm sure the number includes training, integration etc. but it seems to med that a drupal system with some caching, and a few hackers to create newsroom specific modules would be able to do much the same for a fraction of the cost. Am I missing something obvious?
It's probably a ginourmous enterprisey system with undoubtely many Oracle databases.