Vbulletin CMs Articles or Thread Promotion to articles

[RichieBoy67]

I agree with your definition of a cms and I agree that Drupal is a true cms. I would also add Joomla and Wordpress to that category. They are all better in that aspect.

In the past we did have some issues with some mods and admins promoting threads to articles and many time they were not really articles and should not have been promoted. Now though it is mainly me that controls the cms and another admin every so often.

We have changed the structure of this site so that the cms page is no longer the first page people see when they visit. This really lessens the need but I am still not sure if this is something we will stick with. Before when people would visit the site they would see a huge title with a huge picture about an event or something else important and hopefully this would interest them enough to move on to the forum. Now though I think seeing the forums first is a better idea.

Ultimately I would like to keep the static articles separate and only in the cms. This would be difficult though with the amount of categories we have and most members who come to the site would not even notice the articles. This is the main reason for wanting some of them in both places.

As for promoting threads to articles I do it maybe once a week. We add new articles though just about daily but most of these are being added in the forum now and not in the cms at all.

Thanks very much for your advice and info. I would also love to see the widget you made for your daughter. It sounds interesting!