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Wordpress Vs Joomla as a CMS
I love Wordpress, I honestly do. I have tried Mambo and Jomla in the past but never got to using it extensively. The truth is even with Wordpress, my limited technical knowledge presented a high wall to climb, but I eventually got it.
But how popular is Wordpress, compared to other CMS (Content Management System) like Joomla and Mambo? Some people spit at Wordpress and swear by Joomla, which is “the new Mambo”. While they are all CMS, the way each is used is very different.
My friend Kidino did a study using Google trends, and it sure as hell looks like Joomla is starting to gain incredible popularity.
Right, I am using WordPress for this blog. It’s a great blog software. And for Joomla, it’s more towards portals and content management. Even so, there are people use WordPress for link directories, convert them into full-fledge content management, and more.
See the traffic trends above. You can read the entire post here.
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I feel Wordpress is personal and more of a publishing tool. The best out there and I love it!!
Joomla is a portal tool. Joomla is the best CMS out there in my opinion. The have superb support and the functionality is limitless. Rock solid.
I use both solutions as they are the best of breed. What I use depends on the what the requirements are.
Danny, have you been able to use them together with integrated authentication? Any suggestions on how that might be done?
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
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.
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.
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”.
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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!…
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