Which CMS is better

splinterfree · #1 04-02-2008, 03:45 PM

As most affiliates have noticed, there is a point in website's development when it just becomes too big to manually manage without a decent Content Management System (CMS). Without one, you could spend up ridiculous amount of time updating something that could be done in 10 mins within a CMS.

Okay, so the debate is over which system is better overall in terms of usability and functionality. Drupal, joomla or some other?

Opinions needed...

Engineer · #2 04-02-2008, 05:59 PM

I think that any kind of "off the shelf" content management system will eventually be vulnerable to attack. Search for "joomla exploit" or "drupal exploit" -- a lot of interesting stuff comes up. If you have time, learn about PHP and MySQL (or the ASP.NET equivalent) and build your own CMS. If you don't have time, or if you simply aren't willing to learn how to do it yourself, I would recommend backing up your data on a very regular basis.

Spearmaster · #3 04-03-2008, 11:47 AM

I was looking into this exact subject for a new site I needed to set up in a rush.

Drupal is more powerful, but less flexible and friendly.

Joomla is more user/operator friendly, but more difficult to work with and less flexible.

Having spent a few days with it, Joomla (or perhaps the theme I chose) is not all that friendly - and I can handle technical stuff quite well - so if Joomla is not living up to its "friendly" reputation, that doesn't bode very well. I might have to go have a look at Drupal later but I'm on the verge of deciding that I don't need these huge monstrosities to run a website, just like I don't need a Ferrari to go to the corner store.

Much easier to work with a good forum software and either get an add-on or do modifications yourself. In this regard I am finding vBulletin much better than phpBB - but vB is not free, and phpBB is.

pjotter · #4 04-03-2008, 11:54 AM

I found Joomla much more userfriendly, but I haven't got that much experience...

casinosource.ca · #5 04-03-2008, 11:44 PM

I personally like wordpress although its a blog software I find with the plugins and easy editing it works great.

splinterfree · #6 04-04-2008, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Engineer

I think that any kind of "off the shelf" content management system will eventually be vulnerable to attack. Search for "joomla exploit" or "drupal exploit" -- a lot of interesting stuff comes up. If you have time, learn about PHP and MySQL (or the ASP.NET equivalent) and build your own CMS. If you don't have time, or if you simply aren't willing to learn how to do it yourself, I would recommend backing up your data on a very regular basis.

i dont program myself but jsut manage content and the likes. i believe that there is no need for my team to reinvent the wheel and just use whats already available to build a website (sites like drupal or joomla). learning php for me would be a waste of time as i prefer to specialize on other things, while someone else does the actual coding.

in terms of vulnerability, every system, site or whatever is vulnerable to attack. if someone wants to, they'll crack it and there is nothing you can do about it. cheers for the "exploit" suggestions though...

and yes

, we do always run a backup of our sites. the risk is too high to lose all data even if we are not using CMSs...

Dominique · #7 04-04-2008, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by splinterfree

in terms of vulnerability, every system, site or whatever is vulnerable to attack. ...

It's the same as burglary for a brick and mortar property. Some houses are easy to break into, some are difficult. The burglar will choose the easy one unless he has a specific interest in the difficult one.

Some people have a knack for coding and some don't. I have looked at it, and I could learn it, but I would hate every second of it. That would make it non-productive for me.

I think people best stick with what they are good at and what they can work up a modicum of enthusiasm for.

Really, the work you love and of which are proud is the work in which you will excel.

Re. joomla etc - we found that some parts of a site change frequently and some don't. So we are mostly using old school HTML and the sections we update a lot we use a php script for. Works well. I think content management needs to be constructed in a way that allows ultimate uniqueness. If all the sites look and feel the same, none will stick in visitor's memory.

Nandakishore · #8 04-04-2008, 04:02 PM

We use the Open Source CMS Typo3 and are very satisfied with it. It has many features coming through plug-ins and extension,is SEO-friendly and you can use html without any problem.

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ioc · #9 04-04-2008, 11:41 PM

I use Mambo revised version. all seo friendly URLs and HTML generated by php script.

splinterfree · #10 04-07-2008, 07:00 AM

thansk for the replies people. the unanimous decision was that no one (that voted) uses drupal

haha

View Poll Results: Which CMS is better in terms of usability and functionality?
drupal	2	11.11%
joomla	7	38.89%
other	9	50.00%
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