A very common question from Beginners is whether I should choose Drupal or Joomla or other CMS?
I had to make this tough decision 2 years back and I thank myself everyday for choosing Drupal over other CMS. I am glad I did not quit when I found some things difficult.
Drupal has a superior architecture and very SEO friendly. It can cater to your needs, it can be used for a simple FAQ site or a very large million visitor site.
Here are some Key pros and cons of the two systems.
Drupal
* Rock solid & high quality platform
* Real multi-site-feature (only one installation for several sites)
* Any Kind of user groups & user permissions, OpenId compliant in Version 6
* Can run membership and community sites, not only CMS etc
* Powerful templating system. Any XHTML or CSS template can be easily converted to Drupal.
* Drupal needs a little time investment to realize all the huge possibilities of Drupal
* Clear, high quality code and API (easy to integrate with other solutions etc)
* Flexibility and no known limitations
* Many high profile sites use Drupal (e.g.: MTV UK, BBC, the Onion, Nasa, Greenpeace UK, New york observer. )
Joomla
* If you are not techy its good to start
* Easy install & setup with your mouse
* Easy learning curve
* Cannot integrate other scripts etc. to your site
* Generally you cannot create high-end sites, without investing huge amount
* No SEO out of the box, URLs are not search engine friendly.
* Server resources utilization is more compared to drupal
* Only one site per installation
* No Single Log-in to several sites
* No User groups & permissions
* More intuitive administration user interface
* Some polished modules for things like calendars, polls, etc.
* Modules cost you money
If you are still not satisfied, I suggest you read the following
http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,4364.0.html
Good article comparing Joomla and Drupal
Comments
Totally Agree
You got to love Drupal, once you get through the initial learning curve. I have created 35+ video tutorials for some one to easily get started with Drupal CMS
Yes
Many years ago before I knew what I was doing, I hated drupal and briefly thought about using joomla. It has been painful but I really couldn't have built my local business directory buythatlocally.com in anything else.
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Joomla as a CMS and drupal
Joomla as a CMS and drupal more as a blog are good I like both and have used them for customers over the years recently i started using ready made joomla and drupal sites for them to get installs up faster.