When I browse websites I see people talking about that which CMS better than another, today I try to help you to choose right one
First of all we must know why we chose a CMS at all; I try to write 10 reasons that why we chose CMS
- 1- Easily update and modification
- 2- Not need a developer to do simple things
- 3- Lots of ready extension to use
- 4- Open source code
- 5- Easy access to developers worldwide
- 6- Search engine friendly
- 7- Easy design change and modify
- 8- Multi language support
- 9- Mobile support
- 10- Low cost maintenance
You can find lots of good CMS on the internet but there are 3 CMS that people always discuss it
- Joomla
- Drupal
- Wordpress
I have been working with these three for 5 years and I have lots of experience in managing developer and designer on lots of projects so I find Joomla is special, so you ask me why ?
For each big category that you compare between Joomla and others, you can find best extensions are for Joomla
So its mean developers prefer to work on Joomla to make a big thing.
|
Joomla |
Wordpress |
Drupal |
|
|
Easily update and modification |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Lots of ready extension to use |
Top on big extensions |
Top on simple extensions |
Not good extensions |
|
Open source code |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Easy access to developers worldwide |
Largest developer community in the world |
Good |
Normal |
|
Search engine friendly |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Easy design change and modify |
Really amazing template system Over 7 template framework available |
Bad template system |
Complicated |
|
Multi language support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Mobile support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Low cost maintenance |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
This is my opinion after 5 years of working with CMS systems
Finally
If you want to make just blog use Wordpress but keep in your mind that very hard to add something like a good shopping card or something inside it later
If you want to use just shopping cart use Magento and keep in mind it’s just shopping cart and very high developing fee and maintenance
And Drupal didn't have very much to say forget it
And if you want to make any kind of websites you can try Joomla, really its work
Shopping cart
Virtuemart and Redshop
Real estate
RPL IProperty JEA
Blogging
Easy blog
Directory
Sobi | Mosets Tree
Forum
Kunena
Help desk
MaQma Helpdesk
For Project management
Projectfork
Social Network
Joomsocial and Community builder
So go and find yourself and compare with any extensions available in another cms, have fun !
Also remember Joomla is a swiss army knife, so its mean you must know how to use it and its not like crazy Wordpress or complicated Drupal its a different world for smart people.