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I have been tasked with making a decision on whether to maintain a current website in Joomla or port it over to something like WordPress. The site currently uses Joomla 1.5 and I have been able to make the immediate updates needed by modifying the template and changing articles as needed. However, to really maintain this site properly I am going to need to understand Joomla a whole lot better, which means an investment of time and resources.
What I am wondering is if it is worth the time invested to delve into Joomla. I have read articles about a lack of leadership, long release/update cycles, and bloated code. Is Joomla in it's current state (v2.5) still competitive when compared to CMS platforms such as WordPress and Drupal? Are the problems mentioned issues of the past? Does Joomla bring any advantages to the table? Or is it pretty much past it's prime and no longer competitive.
I would really like to hear from other developers who are familiar with Joomla. Your thoughts would be helpful in deciding which path to take. Bulk up on Joomla or port it over to WordPress. Thank you kindly.
Joomla is really good CMS.
Its leadership issues have been resolved 2 years back. Now they are following attractive release strategy i.e. every 6 months they release a minor release. Every 18 months they release major version. With all such quick decision and implementation, Joomla is getting ready to explore its full potential.
Once you invest time your time in Joomla, you will love the way it handles lots of functionality. A lot of professional quality extensions are available with Joomla.
Maybe my answer may not help you very much. But I will say what I know.
Short answer can be that it depends on your needs but I advice you to study Wordpress and Joomla for a couple days and decide to understand which one
is better for you.
I have website based on Joomla, I am happy with my choice, however many things I must do manually (edit core files).
Both platform have many good things and couple of bad things.
Good luck.
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We're considering a new CMS for our huge 10-20,000 page site. We are not currently using any CMS, but have individual html pages with the content embedded(!).
Our site is mostly 'regular' content types, with a few discussion boards and some document handling. We also have a number of news sections/blogs and some profile directories.
We have few developers with limited coding skills and even fewer coders on the team. We've considered WordPress (which we're already using for a few sites) and also CraftCMS. CraftCMS seems more fitting to our needs because it's flexible and lean; we're impressed with what we've seen so far but are concerned that it's not open-source and that it's so new. WordPress seems cumbersome to the coding developers as much of the system is 'out of the box' and requires loading lots of plugins and things that you don't 'need' for a page.
Are there other similar CMSs that people can recommend for us to consider? Please don't tell me about your favorite CMS; please DO tell me about a CMS that you know of that may fit our needs. Comments on the CMSs mentioned above in the context of our needs are welcomed as well.
Thank you.
CraftCMS is as impressive as it looks, I've built 4 sites so far with it and the more I use it the more I discover thoughtful little details that make development easier. This is particularly true for content rich sites with lots of variables & different article types.
Compared to Wordpress and other similar systems I have used, you will be amazed at how few plugins are required even for complex layouts & implementations.
The newness concern is totally valid too. I waited for almost 3 years before doing any client work for that very reason. Wanted to see if a stable dev community would develop around it and to be sure that it would be financially viable for the developers. The creator recent addressed this issue and open source concerns on Hacker News here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12009552
ExpressionEngine 2 was always the choice for bigger, more robust sites. But when CraftCMS burst into the scene we felt it addressed some of ExpressionEngine's shortcomings. We we waited until Craft 2.0 to switch. Here a few reasons why:
TWIG templates: believe me, you want your templates to be as modular, and as clean, as possible. Twig is incredible powerful and it has great documentation.
Matrix Field: If you not used to, it takes a while to wrap your head around the concept of "Content Blocks". But once you do, tackling complex content is a breeze.
Great community: I know Wordpress has a giant community, but that is actually bad IMO. Of course you want the community to be big, but once it gets to size, it can be hard to know who to ask for help. Craft community is in that sweet spot where you can find (good) help pretty fast. I also find that projects that have a person/company behind the product are great on raining in community issues.
First Party E-Commerce support: about a third of the projects we work on it has some kind of commerce in it. Not having to rely on third-party plugins is refreshing.
We've also checked other offerings, such as Statamic, ExpressionEngine 3, and even some Node based CMS's. But Craft really does mostly a better job then the others.
I hope it helps!
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I just started out trying to put a web site together for my own business. Web design is not my primary job so I basically wanted it to get it up running as fast as possible. I wanted some flexibility with the layout design so I avoided cookie cutter templates.
I started out choosing Wordpress Thesis theme. As the time goes on, I have most of the site content lined up. However, I am struggling to put all the pieces together to make the site design look uniform and professional. I tried CSS a little bit, spending a lot time on aligning web elements, font sizes, color coordination that sort of things and felt it would take me forever to finish the site.
Does anyone have a suggestion of a free tool suitable for beginner's skill level to reduce development time & compatible with Wordpress Thesis theme?
My line of business is selling products. So the site is pretty much like a product catalog with images, contents, news, & blogs.
I read a little on this site about CSS framework, also checked out jQuery-UI. just not sure if they are the right approach for what I want to accomplish.
Any suggestions are very much appreciated!
WebMatrix is a free and lightweight web development tool.
Create, publish, and maintain your website with ease. It is from Microsoft free tools.
you can download from Microsoft official website
http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/
Checkout Artisteer, it does a WYSIWYG theme edition and can render Wordpress themes. 99$ but worth the money.
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I'm creating a diving community, but I don't know if I should use Drupal or to create my community all on myself in PHP. I've never used Drupal and so I don't know how to create a theme. I have a design already. I also need a forum.
Any ideas?
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Drupal is great for community websites - but its a steep learning curve. If you know enough PHP to create your own site then you should be fine to get started with Drupal though. Why not install it and have a bit of a play?
Forums in Drupal are a bit average, but PHPBB integrates pretty well, and there are contributed modules out there to ease the integration somewhat.
Theming is a non-trivial task as well - but there are heaps of online tutorials like this one: http://www.lullabot.com/videos/advanced-theming-drupal-7 which explain a lot of the technical stuff. If you want to jump in, just start looking at the Bartik theme that comes with D7 out of the box. Again, dependent on your experience you should follow much of the broader idea of whats happening by following the code.
I'd also recommend (if you like to read paper rather than screens) pro drupal development (there is a Drupal 6 version, and a current Drupal 7 version as well). This book explains everything to a very fine detail and my copy is well and truly dog-eared from use.
Hope that helps in some way
Cheers
Steve
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I am developing a travels related website using cakephp. I have to put some tour itinerary/special vacation campaign etc. on it almost everyday. The template/format remain the same, just the content changes. So, I am guessing that I can use some content management system like Wordpress/Joomla here.
Till now I had been working mainly on static pages only, but from now I will work on including search functions, forums, members area, polls, etc. in the website.
Can somebody tell me if switching to these CMS technologies is a good idea?
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Joomla would be apt for you. Because Its going to be something like a website. Hence you can choose joomla, also there are lot of joomla templates available, you can customise to your needs.
Wordpress would not be right for you since its a blogging tool. Unless until you need blogging functionality you need not have wordpress.
There is also something like drupal,
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Yes, it is really a good idea. Using already built CMS saves time and increases the customization. For Wordpress, there are thousands of plugin which can transform WP into a CMS.
Also, security will be good if a CMS is used. You will get regular updates for stability.
Check this page: Need a simple CMS. Should I customise an existing CMS or build from scratch?
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I know the huge community of people behind WordPress has pushed it towards full-blown CMS territory over the past couple years, but I'm still unclear as to what extent. Would it be a good option to handle something like a small biz website with simple shopping cart for example?
Yes, you can use a spanner to bang in screws if you need to, but you might be better reconsidering.
WordPress may well be capable of running a small website with a shopping cart, and that's probably useful for people who have grown a blog up and are branching out into sales.
But why would you choose a blogging platform for your CMS when there are perfectly good CMS systems that target that role?
That depends on how small the site is and your intentions; Wordpress is perfectly fine as a cms. If you want a fairly simple site or need to have it moderated by non-techies, its perfect. Wordpress has amassed a huge amount of plugins, taking it from a blog engine to an entire platform. Here's a very rough power vs simplicity scale:
easiest to use
ascii art
microsoft paint
wordpress
joomla
drupal
self written cms
Tapping out your own html in binary on a telegraph key for each HTTP request
most powerful
Its advisable to use the simplest one that will fit your needs for a long time.
Something to consider—something I've come to notice, at least—is the savvy-ness or level of familiarity the client may have with WordPress. Directly related to it's growth is it's saturation. It's likely that whomever is in charge of managing the sites content has spent some time with WordPress and would be more effective continuing with it.
That said, from what little I've read about WordPress 3, one of the biggest hurdles to clear, custom post/content-types, is present in the core. To what extent, I'm not sure. Probably better to leave that in the hands of a diehard WordPress dev.
It's certainly true that there are dedicated CMS that pack more of this, or more of that, but don't discount the value of experience. The right tool for the job needs to be the right tool for the job.