Drupal vs Joomla - Which CMS is Better?

**bogart** · 12 November, 2009, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by Sami4u

Hi,

Wow! Joomla hard. The first time we disagree on something. Joomla was the first site I worked on.

I found it to be easy to run. I have never used Drupal.

I was using Joomla and trying to modify an extension. It was too much of a bother and I shifted to drupal. It's much easier to set up your layout with drupal moving blocks.

You can also make major changes to types of pages by creating a custom file called [yourcontenttype].tpl.php file

Originally Posted by Sami4u

After the boss closed down the site and store. Is when I started my WP site I was told that was the best for blog and I do agree but WP is much harder to learn for me then Joomla was.

Butterflies Forever

Sami

Joomla is easy to add content. Did you change the template?

Wordpress can be tricky to mod a template. But, it's the best blogging platform in my opinion.

**Diesel** · 12 November, 2009, 06:55 AM

I don't know much about Joomla, but obviously it's good for those who are developing projects in this platform. Personally I'd prefer Drupal. Some reasons I can say so you may consider Drupal for your SEO-based Web development projects.

* Advanced URL Control
* Custom Content Types and Views
* Revision Control
* Taxonomy
* User Management
* Page Titles and Meta Tags
* Excellent Documentation
* PHP Template
* Drupal Cookbooks
* Large and Friendly Community

**bogart** · 12 November, 2009, 07:18 AM

The seo tags and 'seo friendly' page names put drupal out in front for me.

**Sami4u** · 12 November, 2009, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by bogart

Joomla is easy to add content. Did you change the template?

Wordpress can be tricky to mod a template. But, it's the best blogging platform in my opinion.

Hi,

No I did no work on the template it was made by a local web designer from the town. All I did was ad post admin the forum and handle the sales. Learnt all I could about site promotions.

You sure are right about the WP templates not forgiving at all. But I am learning how to slowly.

Butterflies Forever

Sami

**Snak3** · 12 November, 2009, 08:44 AM

Hmmm...interesting discussion but it still leaves me confused :P

Well, i've found joomla sites(templates i.e.) to be a bit more attractive. Am not aware of the back-end of either of them though.

**Will.Spencer** · 12 November, 2009, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by bogart

Why did you kill off the Joomla? I'm working on a Joomla site at the moment.

Ahh... that was an old post. I switched back to Joomla.

I have Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal sites -- in addition to static sites.

I think I hate every CMS ever created.

**bogart** · 12 November, 2009, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Will.Spencer

Ahh... that was an old post. I switched back to Joomla.

I have Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal sites -- in addition to static sites.

I think I hate every CMS ever created.

I switched over to Drupal. It's working better for me on my current project. Wordpress is good. But all the CMS have issues.

**TopDogger** · 12 November, 2009, 11:36 AM

I have tried both Drupal and Joomla. IMHO, the learning curve is too long and the benefits are too few.

When you have a one-horse consulting company, standardizing on a single CMS platform has benefits. I already have substantial experience with WordPress, so that will remain my choice until I see a larger benefit from something else.