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Drupal vs. Joomla vs. Wordpress - Speak Easy Drupal #01
In the very first episode of Speak Easy Drupal, the LevelTen staff compare and contrast a variety of content management systems. While the focus of this podcast is comparing Drupal, Wordpress and Joomla, attention is also given to open source vs. proprietary systems. You'll learn the differences between each CMS, strengths, differences, and when you should use each.
What's the Quick Takeaway?
The simple answer is that there isn't any. Each CMS has it's clear strengths and weaknesses. If you're looking for a quick answer, here's the lowdown:
Wordpress
Wordpress is great. It's easy to use, intuitive, and very flexible. That said, it's more of a blogging engine then a true CMS. Yes, there's work being done to make it work more like a CMS, but it requires a lot of bending to get it to work right. If you're looking for a site that's flexible and scalable, and you want to do more then blogging, look more at Joomla or Drupal. If you're on your first website, however, it might be a good idea to try out Wordpress.
Joomla
A good middle ground option between Wordpress and Drupal. Not as flexible as Drupal, but has better out of the box themes, and a little bit easier to use. Joomla, much like Drupal, has great community and developer support.
Drupal
Drupal is a great option if you have some familiarity working with CMS systems, and don't mind a more difficult learning curve. As one member of the Dallas Drupal Users Group put it, "Drupal takes longer to learn, but once you learn it, you won't want to build on any other platform." What's great about Drupal is that it gives you a blank slate, where you can create scores of different websites. There's a strong developer community behind it, and support is plentiful. The out of the box themes aren't quite as good as Joomla or Wordpress, but if you know what you're doing, you can create some fantastic designs.
About Speak Easy Drupal
Speak Easy Drupal is a Drupal podcast for the rest of us. In upcoming episodes, you'll learn how to set up and run your own Drupal website, add great functionality, and without any custom programming.
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Wordpress is good in terms of
Wordpress is good in terms of speed and plugins but its a blog. Drupal lies in between. So whats the purpose speed depends on that.
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cheaper alternatives exist.
cheaper alternatives exist. Why do you think Google wrote their own web server? Apache works, so why write GWS? Because it fits their needs best.
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All are best
All are best in their own terms. Joomla is big but more complex but slow. Wordpress is good in terms of speed and plugins but its a blog. Drupal lies in between. So whats the purpose speed depends on that.
I guess it depends on your
I guess it depends on your needs. There is no 100% solution out there for ANYTHING. When you figure out the needs you have, find the best solution by testing and evaluating the different options. Joomla is not perfect, nor will it ever be (Nothing against the devs, but it won't be perfect). Linux is not perfect, Apple is not perfect (I don't even need to mention MS).
The fact is, for a lot of needs, Joomla is a one stop shop. But not every need. There are instances when other better, cheaper alternatives exist. Why do you think Google wrote their own web server? Apache works, so why write GWS? Because it fits their needs best.
a bit biased?
It sounds like this was an attempt to show pros and cons of each but it also has a bit of biased added to it for Drupal. I work in all three platforms and definitely each has it's own market with some crossover but to be perfectly honest, Joomla is far ahead of Drupal...in fact as a beta tester of Joomla (ok perhaps some biased comments here by me), WordPress, and Movable Type, Drupal is about where Joomla was 2 years ago. Granted they are trying and working on making it better and yes, its a learning curve but everything has a learning curve period! So on that note, Joomla is more flexible than Drupal, not sure where you are getting your info or if you really have worked with Joomla enough (my guess not too much) but with quality extensions available (over 4500 to be exact), more flexible design levels, i.e. Template overrides are very well done, a strong popular community, but as for the admin area, this is the biggest difference and where Joomla beats it hands down!
I agree, Drupal is growing and definitely has it's benefits, but they are still behind and they need more extension developers. There's a lot more I can write but I would end up writing a complete article review. As I said, each has it's own market and it depends on what a user needs and of course, their html skill level is a big part too. So there are situations that WP works best, same for Joomla, and then for Drupal and it's up to a quality designer to help an individual or business explore which one is the best solution.