Current Leading CMSs that are rocking the landscape of web-presence are Drupal and Joomla. In this blog post I am going to discuss to what extreme these two deliver their services. Let us look feature by feature.
Content Management:
Drupal CM is Very sophisticated. It allows unlimited category levels, tagging and categorization. You can also create multiple types of content, each with different features.
Joomla's CM is Weak. There are only three levels of content - Section >> Category >> Content is available. That's it. No cross-categorization. To get flexibility, use a Content Construction Kit extension.
Template / Themes:
In drupal we have very few already developed themes but we have great API to work with.
In joomla, perhaps the main attractiveness and powerful feature is its thematic appeal. Great free and commercial designs are available over the internet.
Community Features:
By default drupal offers the ability to expand user profiles easily and Organic Groups allows for powerful community-building.
Non-existent by default in Joomla but there are two powerful community extensions. Community Builder is free. Jomsocial is commercial but a powerful social application.
Shopping Cart:
The only real option in Drupal is Ubercart. Its a powerful, fully-featured ecommerce platform but may be overkill for small stores.
Joomla has only one major shopping cart: Virtuemart, but it considered buggy and difficult to work with.
SEO:
Drupal off The out-of-the-box URLs that work well and can be improved with one easy addon: Pathauto. The code is generally lightweight and well-optimised.
Joomla has Reasonable out of the box, but lacks the ability to really control URLs or metadata. Various SEO extensions are needed for those who really care about SEO.
Learning Curve:
Drupal's Learning Curve is Steeper than Joomla. Drupal's strength is in its flexibility and power, not its ease-of-use.
Jomla's Learning Curve is Shallow. One of the easiest CMS systems to learn and customize.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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