Hi Guys.
I finally got around to getting my account activated (must have missed the activation email) so this would be a good place for me to make my first post sigh.gif
This question is asked by many beginners and people wanting to start out building sites so let’s see if I can help you out.
Wordpress is very easy to install and easy to use. It’s simple to set up and start posting news and articles and you can get started very quickly.
Over the years more and more plug ins have been developed for wordpress and there are some nice templates particularly I am thinking of the rockettheme.com ones.
For someone building their first site definitely go with wordpress as it will allow you dip your toe in the very deep water and get started with minimal fuss.
Also if you plan on doing more blogging than pure article publishing then WordPress wins hands down. Joomla is not very good at blogging.
What Joomla is good at though is building sites that rely on a lot of javascript and CSS styling. It also has very powerful SEO capabilities with several very good add ons for that.
Also Joomla gives you powerful layout capabilities and template tweaking options. I think a Joomla site looks much better than a wordpress site when both are done properly.
If you plan on getting several authors to contribute to your site then that is what Joomla is built for – multi author publishing is it’s strong point.
The learning curve for wordpress is very easy and for joomla you need a lot of time and patience but long term the results are better with a joomla site if it is going to be a big one.