Wow, I just saw the light turn on as to why people could get confused.. If we're voting to compete against this sort of thing - eg.. other CMS products, it's hard not compare in the overall picture.  I see the runner up in the competition we all voted in, yet, in reality, it's not the same, but it seems close enough to not do justice to what DNN is.  And, tt wasn't till I really read through some of these posts, I could see where people get very confused, especially new people, especially if they have tried other php solutions, especially if they are coming in with the idea it's the same but better for whatever reason.

There is some excellent material in this thread.   I think that perhaps it would be a good idea if some structured comparisons on what a CMS is compared to the DNN framework would really help give newcomers a better idea of comparing 'apples with apples' rather than the very obvious 'apples with oranges' that seems to be occuring here.

I did a quick search on wikipedia for CMS and WCM

It seems in wikipedia there is quite a bit of confusion as well, just at first glance..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_content_management_system

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_content_management

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_content_management_system

I"m not a wiki person, but I know many are and it's a popular resource for research and it's an interesting observation that it's being compared still very closely.

This is an interesting topic and I can see where people may be getting confused too.

Nina 

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I would appreciate that the original posters comment was quoted and a URL provided... otherwise my comment could be taken out of context. Actually I think that comment of mine is entirely accurate... if you wish to read anything negative, or think there are some sort of personality issues into it, or sacasm, well that's the eyes of the beholder, not mine. Clearly he didn't the solution was good enough for him, he had grand expectations of free modules (there was no mention of third party solutions).... and he made a valid point about store modules in my eyes.... He said he had enough of DNN (expressed pretty strongly) and well that's fine and he is allowed to express that opinion, just like i am with my opinion..... as long as I don't get too personal about it. I agreed that he should move on if he thinks DNN is not suitable. There was nothing personal about those comments, I did not call him an idiot and I don't think he's an idiot.

Actually you could have easily written pretty similar comments like the above with the orignal poster.... if you had chosen to.

As to your point about somebody who had only posted 9 times... that's was the point... Only 9 posts and it appears he's an authority on DNN. I could hardly claim that myself.

Did you not read my posts carefully? I wrote up specific points and in a list format for easier reading. Why didn't you ask me for some working code also!?

If someone wants to know how drag &drop works, there are many examples on the web. I 

am not a DNN 

developer or a Javascript expert. I use commercial third party UI frameworks to get the functionality quickly and reliably. I know DNN will not allow these dependencies.

(Yes I expressed my displeasure with Alex. He's just a tester and should stick to being one instead of acting above that role)