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title: "A Few Thoughts About... When Grav CMS (and not WordPress) in the Field of Education?"
date: 06/05/2017
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_I recently tweeted some key aspects of when to use the Grav CMS in the field of education, and I thought I would share them here:_

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(1/14) It&#39;s not WordPress or Grav, but when WordPress and when Grav. If WordPress meets all your needs as an educator, then that&#39;s AWESOME!🙌</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871757972116049920">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(2/14) However, sometimes Grav can be a better choice for tech-savvy educators (or students) especially when considering these key aspects:</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758025899614208">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(3/14) OPEN COLLABORATION: File-based Git Sync can be used with today&#39;s collaborative ecosystem services such as GitHub/GitLab, and...</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758054638931968">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(4/14) ...in addition to content files (ie Markdown &amp; images) Grav themes can be synced to enable collaborative authoring of site behavior.</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758083218919424">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(5/14) FLEXIBLE CONTENT: Markdown and HTML can both be used, and modular content is supported for easy reuse of content within a site.</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758112042176512">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(6/14) IMAGE MEDIA PROCESSING: Site images can easily be cropped, resized,  rotated, flipped, and even have various filters applied to them.</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758141360308225">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(7/14) EFFICIENT WORKFLOW: With file-based Git Sync you can mirror content to your desktop for editing &amp; deploy changes with GitHub Desktop.</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758165897084933">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(8/14) SITE CUSTOMIZATION: Grav is built to be extensible, and themes can be easily modified using the friendly Twig templating language....</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758195664060416">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(9/14) ...or if you are using Grav with a <a href="https://twitter.com/gantry_fw">@gantry_fw</a> theme then a visual theme builder is also available with drag-and-drop elements.</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758220494352384">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(10/14) READY-TO-RUN PACKAGES: Complete Grav sites pre-populated with sample content can be installed and running in as little as 1 minute.</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758247803465728">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(11/14) COMMAND LINE INTERFACE: In addition to the friendly Admin Panel a command line interface (CLI) is available for remote management.</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758271648067584">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(12/14) NO DATABASE BONUS: Since a Grav site only consists of files (no database) backups and even server moves are simple file copies.👍</p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758313112907778">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(13/14) Interested yet? Check out example <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpenEd?src=hash">#OpenEd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/getgrav">@getgrav</a> Packages such as Open Course Hub and ePortfolio Blog at <a href="https://t.co/sSQsbho2yW">https://t.co/sSQsbho2yW</a></p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758340514250756">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(14/14) More questions? Tweet them my way, or book a 15-minute chat about the potential of Grav in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpenEd?src=hash">#OpenEd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DoOO?src=hash">#DoOO</a>: <a href="https://t.co/wJaSRUfqp7">https://t.co/wJaSRUfqp7</a></p>&mdash; Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/hibbittsdesign/status/871758660598468609">June 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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