Joomla! Drupal Or Other?
February 23, 2010 under FAQ
I’m about to build a site for a school, needing a forum(regulated), blog(s) static pages and ***ease of use*** for both end users and admin… I’ve been messing about with Joomla and Drupal over the last couple of days and I think I’m leaning towards Joomla, however web comparisons seem to favour drupal slightly.
In a related sub-question, which is easier to modify the look of?
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Have a look at ocPortal, it has all the features you are asking for without the need for any third party addons
one more in support of joomla.
if you find any feature lacking look at the site of joomla you are bound to find any suitable plugin.
Unfortunately, none of them: they are designed for “amateurs” who can’t write proper code. Same for Miva, Ruby-on-rails, Os-commerce, PhPMyChat etc…
They are “templates”, never easy to modify or adapt to your real needs.
Go further in your design, and soon, you will hit the classic wall: “to do this, you need to buy an add-on module”… and the costs start to rise.
Same for any web design editors…
As a final point, surfers “in the know” (and there are a lot of them), will instantly recognise the presence of these templates and conclude (rightly) that:
1. the site has been designed by an amateur,
2. the owner of the site is “cheap” (or has no financial ressources)
3. the site is un-reliable.
Your choice!
Joomla, no doubts about that. I tried them both, and Drupal is a lot messier and less flexible.
Joomla is the way to go.
The look is easier to modify in Joomla, and the documentantion / users manual are much better and well written.