Drupal Vs Joomla and other CMS
Submitted by
admin
on Thu, 2007-09-27 03:40
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
System Requirements:
- Drupal can work with MySQL and Postgres while Joomla is known to
support only MySQL
- Drupal can work with Apache or IIS while Joomla is known to support
only Apache
- Joomla support SSL logins and SSL pages. Drupal not known to support
it.
Site Management
- Drupal has free add on for Workflow management. Joomla not known to
have one.
- Drupal has inbuilt Translation manager. Joomla has a Free ad on for
the same
- Drupal has more granular priviledge managment
Interoperability:
- Drupal has iCal support [Add on] , Joomla not known to have one.
- Drupal is XHTML Complaint. Joomla not known to be one.
- Drupal has excellent versioning and Audit trail which Joomla lacks