Comments on: Wordpress Vs Joomla as a CMS

By: John Rothko

John Rothko — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:05:01 +0000

Interesting viewpoints here. I agree with AnotherGuy on the update warning of WP, althuogh I do love to work with both systems. I actually wrote a Joomla vs Wordpress review myself which is not so much a pro-contra but rather a comparison of features.
Perhaps you are interested in the article?
Here it is: http://www.miracletutorials.com/wordpress-vs-joomla-review/ If you have any comments or suggestions, they are most welcome.

Thanks
john

By: pligg.com

pligg.com — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:57:35 +0000

Wordpress Vs Joomla as a CMS…

Wordpress is a wonderful blog if that’s all that you are doing and all you ever want to do. But if you want flexibility…go with Joomla!…

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By: AnotherGuy

AnotherGuy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:30:03 +0000

Yeah, you’re definitely right on that. Which is why we use Wordpress at work and for some people I still recommend it. It certainlys beats hand-coding static web pages are using dreamweaver / frontpage to do all of the work and create something messy or that doesn’t work in some browsers.

Unfortunately, when people get the warning that a new version of wordpress is available…they tend to freak and want to get the upgraded version immediately, thinking that their site is going to break if they don’t upgrade. It reminds me of the little girl who was building a tower of legos; every time she found a new piece in the box she would scream “It’s gonna fall! Hurry!” and I would have to rush and put the lego on top before “it fell”.

By: Gobala Krishnan

Gobala Krishnan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:35:22 +0000

I can understand where you’re coming from, as a developer you may find WordPress too limited for your needs. For the average user though, it’s a great tool to have and use to build better websites.

The only thing is that once you have things exactly as you want. you should not upgrade your WordPress cos then as you said things will just break.

By: AnotherGuy

AnotherGuy — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:18:24 +0000

Firstly, I am a Joomla! developer and have been using it as my hobby for the last two years. I also use Wordpress on a daily basis at work to build different websites for clients. I like to think I know a little bit about this topic.

I also very recently rebuilt my entire website in Joomla!, though before it was built in Wordpress. I did this because I was becoming annoyed at the fact that it would take me several hours to add new pages that would look and do what I wanted. Rather than having to create new page templates and css stylesheets, I chose to go with Joomla!

I also found a great article written on the Joomla! site (though it is not biased at all) that points out how Joomla!, Wordpress and Drupal are the top three CMS / Blogging systems out there. Choose any of them and you’re a winner…well, depending on what you want your website to do.

Joomla! is a Content Management system (not a portal, though it could be used as one…) This means that it is used to aggregate a lot of content and put it into a nice form on your website. This includes blogs, magazines, newsletters, articles, knowledge bases, tutorials, forums, and much more.

Wordpress is a blog. That’s it. That’s all that it ever will be succesfully. The code is written sloppily and with every upgrade the system breaks a plugin that has been installed, or a theme that has been custom designed. It’s also extremely dificult to make it do what you want, as I’ve spent many hours trying to do just that. Even something as simple as adding a gallery on a page that links to specific URL’s that you tell it to, and is displayed in a way that is not in the core code can be dificult and tedious to accomplish.

Granted, it’s a wonderful blog if that’s all that you are doing and all you ever want to do. But if you want flexibility…go with Joomla! or even Drupal.

By: stephen

stephen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:33:52 +0000

Danny, have you been able to use them together with integrated authentication? Any suggestions on how that might be done?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:52:49 +0000

Perl is an almost dead language. Check the usage statistics. “Original” has absolutely nothing to do with “Best”.

By: Mustafa

Mustafa — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:11:38 +0000

My choice is none of the above, I prefer using the original genuine Perl language for CMS, and therefore I chosen the open source, multilingual Perl CMS from WebAPP.

These are my reasons:
1.) Fastest
2.) Written in genuine Perl and NOT in PHP.
3.) Safe
4.) Stable
5.) Great support
6.) Universal compatible DB system
7.) Cache
8.) System restore
9.) Open source and free
10.) Infinite addon and resources from cpan.org as a small example.

Mustafa

By: Gobala Krishnan

Gobala Krishnan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:15:01 +0000

That’s true, they each have their own purpose. With Wordpress, you can also get Joomla-like function but definitely out out of the box. So instead of installing Wordpress and trying your best to make it Joomla, you may as well install Joomla in the first place.