Overview of 3 Content Management Systems for Your Website
"What content management system should I choose for a web site I am creating?" For a web developer, this is probably the most oft-asked question through their career. Determing the answer to this question is extremely important for new online marketers seeking different ways to highlight their online presence.
Finding the answer can be somewhat confusing as many web professionals have strong opinions about the pluses and minuses of each of these three content management systems. The variance in preferences often confuses and overwhelms many web professionals seeking to find the best solution for their new online venture. This article is a brief overview aout these three content management systems.
WordPress: WordPress has the largest market share of blogging platforms and is often seen as the first choice for internet marketing professionals. It is fairly simple at heart, relatively easy to set up and configure, and can be customized and tweaked to your chooing. No technical support is needed to setup and maintain a basic WordPress website.
One common mistake manypeople make when first using WordPress is to use too many plug-ins; this can lead to your site becoming unstable or unresponsive.
Joomla: Joomla is another very popular CMS that has gained in popularity lately. With its top-notch visual interface, Joomla has made website management a pleasure for many web designers and developers. Like WordPress, Joomla is easy to install and also has a variety of plug-ins to additional functionality in your website. There are also a number of Joomla templates and themes available online for customizing the look of your site.
The Joomla CMS system and templates are more targetted for those online marketers who have some technical skills managing websites and content. The system is a bit complex than WordPress.
Drupal: A content management system launched after WordPress and Joomla, Drupal is technically one of the most advanced systems. Drupal is strong, secure, speedy and highly effective. Additionally, layout options are more flexible in Drupal than in many other CMS programs. To use Drupal most effectively, you should have some background with editing HTML and PHP code. Another consideration is that while there are many templates available for Drupal on the web, not many of them are free.
"What content management system should I choose for a web site I am creating?" For a web developer, this is probably the most oft-asked question through their career. Determing the answer to this question is extremely important for new online marketers seeking different ways to highlight their online presence.
Finding the answer can be somewhat confusing as many web professionals have strong opinions about the pluses and minuses of each of these three content management systems. The variance in preferences often confuses and overwhelms many web professionals seeking to find the best solution for their new online venture. This article is a brief overview aout these three content management systems.
WordPress: WordPress has the largest market share of blogging platforms and is often seen as the first choice for internet marketing professionals. It is fairly simple at heart, relatively easy to set up and configure, and can be customized and tweaked to your chooing. No technical support is needed to setup and maintain a basic WordPress website.
One common mistake manypeople make when first using WordPress is to use too many plug-ins; this can lead to your site becoming unstable or unresponsive.
Joomla: Joomla is another very popular CMS that has gained in popularity lately. With its top-notch visual interface, Joomla has made website management a pleasure for many web designers and developers. Like WordPress, Joomla is easy to install and also has a variety of plug-ins to additional functionality in your website. There are also a number of Joomla templates and themes available online for customizing the look of your site.
The Joomla CMS system and templates are more targetted for those online marketers who have some technical skills managing websites and content. The system is a bit complex than WordPress.
Drupal: A content management system launched after WordPress and Joomla, Drupal is technically one of the most advanced systems. Drupal is strong, secure, speedy and highly effective. Additionally, layout options are more flexible in Drupal than in many other CMS programs. To use Drupal most effectively, you should have some background with editing HTML and PHP code. Another consideration is that while there are many templates available for Drupal on the web, not many of them are free.
I'm a WordPress user and great fan but could be called one-eyed or kennel-blind so it was good to read about Joomla and Drupal. Thanks for being concise and unbiased (at least I think you were). If you don't mind my saying, I didn't like having to sign in to leave a comment. Hope you don't spam me now.
Posted by: Katherine | 05/17/2010 at 02:04 PM