Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal
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Joomla is a free and open source content management system (CMS) for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. It comprises a model–view–controller (MVC) Web application framework that can also be used independently.
Drupal, Joomla, and Wordpress
These three entirely different CMS are considered the best and are widely used by the designing companies across the globe. But have you ever tried to find out which one of these three is the best CMS when it comes to implementation and functionality.
We do get a lot of request at to convert a template to WordPress or Joomla or Drupal but no one has ever asked us to suggest them which one to use out of the three. However WordPress being the oldest CMS does not mean that it is on the top and the rest two are struggling but the fact is Word Press is at the top and ruling the blogging world while the other two are not doing so well in achieving the same but each CMS has its own Pros and Cons. No three CMS can be judged on the basis of their implementation. As I said earlier no three CMS are same.
Wordpress
WordPress is an excellent CMS when it comes to blogging and publishing your brain-work and thoughts. Wordpress is currently being used by 202 million websites. This particular CMS is commonly used as a basic content management system. It has many features such as widgets which can be arranged without editing the HTML, Search engine friendly, multiple categories to a blog post can be created and allows tagging of blog posts and articles.
WordPress is developed and predefined as a blog so its set up is not a very hectic process. WordPress also has multiple Blogging options or profiles, in built Comments and Pinging service etc. Integrated with all these supportive features WordPress is not considered as a Developer friendly CMS and this CMS might bring more bugs with its new upgrades but the best part about Wordpress is that it is easy to use and mostly people get a hang of it in no time.
Joomla
Joomla provides a platform to publish the content on World Wide Web. It's basic features are:
- 1. Caching
- 2. RSS feeds
- 3. Printable web pages
- 4. News flashes
- 5. Blogs Polls
- 6. Search
- 7. Language internationalization support
Joomla is Designer and Developer friendly as it offers a wider platform for developers to customize and introduce new features in the system and the capability to improve the look and feel of the website is surely widely accepted by designers all across. Joomla is capable enough to handle a vast community and has been in proper use since past 3-5 years.
Drupal
Drupal is used as a back-end system for different types of websites. It can be used for a small FAQ site or may be a large corporate website. Drupal has the ability to incorporate features like:-
- 1. Registering and Maintaining user accounts
- 2. Creating and Handling menus
- 3. RSS feeds
- 4. Customization of a layout
- 5. Internet Forum
- 6. Single or multi User blog
- 7. Powerful template system
Drupal is every developers heaven as it requires plenty of hard code to be done and a nightmare for designers offering a very few options to improve the look n feel of a Drupal website. Drupal is also not a very user friendly CMS. Websites like MTV UK, BBC, the Onion, Greenpeace UK etc use Drupal.
In the end, its up to you
It's difficult to recommend on CMS over the others without knowing what you plan to do with it. So basically, here's a very basic outline of what each should be used for. This by no means defines that boundaries of what each CMS can do.
- Blogging:
For everyday blogging, I'd say Wordpress is the right choice. It's very simple to use, and requires little configuration. - Communities:
To start a community with multiple users, I'd recommend Drupal and Joomla. Both are built with the idea of multiple users in mind, so you'll have very nice groundwork for setting up a community. - Most User Friendly:
Out of all three, I'd have to say Joomla is the most easy to use. It's very user friendly and has a multitude of tutorials and FAQ's out there. - E-Commence:
If you're looking to start a online store, I'd recommend using Joomla and Drupal. While both do not function as a store out of the box, with a few modules/plugins, it can become a fully functioning, very flexible, online store.
