How to choose between Joomla, Drupal and Wordpress - Is there a best choice? (v2)

How to Choose Between Joomla, Drupal and Wordpress - Is There a Best Choice ? v2 @MarcoBarbosa

● Joomla! ( jumla ) means “all together” or “as a whole” (Swahili)● Since 2005 (2000 for mambo) [1]● 113.836 weekly downloads● 6.944+ extensions

● MTV Networks Quizilla (Social networking) - (link)● TNA Wrestling (link)● Citibank (Financial institution intranet) - Not publicly accessible● Linux.com (link)

● English rendering of the Dutch word “druppel”, which means “drop” (as in “awater droplet”).● Since 2001 [1]● 33,671 weekly downloads● 7.471+ extensions

● The White House (link)● Ubuntu (link)● Le Figaro (link)● OpenSource.com (link)

● Official successor of b2/cafelog● Since 2003 [1]● 983,625 weekly downloads● 13,338+ plugins

● TechCrunch (link)● IcanHasCheezBurger (link)● PlayStation Official Blog (link)● NASA’s Ames Research Center (link)

Popularity

Google trends

Wordpress Sweden – All YearsJoomlaDrupal

Wordpress Worldwide – Past 12 monthsJoomlaDrupal

[3]W3techs technology survey

Usage Usage and Market Share CMS Market Share60 55.150403020 13.7 10.910 6 2.7 1.50 Wordpress Joomla Drupal

[2]Open Source CMS Awards

Hall of Fame CMS 20101. Wordpress2. Drupal3. Joomla!Best Open Source PHP CMS 20091. Drupal2. Wordpress3. Joomla!20081. Drupal2. Joomla!, CMS Made Simple

The Differences

User point of view

Frontend Backend Admin Login Password LOGIN● Template System ● Manage Content● Displays Content ● Install Extensions Drupal supports multisites installation out of the box. Wordpress from 3.0+ (or with MU). Joomla must extend.

Joomla Drupal Wordpress Content Articles Pages & Stories Pages & PostsCategorization Categories Taxonomy Categories & Tags Components, Extensions Modules & Plugins Modules & Blocks Plugins & Widgets Design Positions Regions Widget areas

Designer point of view

css template.css imagesTemplate html com_foobar index.php templateDetails.xml

css style.css images page.tpl.phpTemplate block.tpl.php node.tpl.php template.php template.info

css style.css images functions.phpTemplate home.php index.php page.php header.php footer.php

Developer point of view

Joomla Drupal WordpressModel-View-Controller Presentation-Abstraction- Application Program (MVC) Control (PAC) Interface (API)Fair Documentation Good Documentation Great Documentation MySQL, SQLServer, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite MySQLSQLAzure and Oracle PHP 5.2+ PHP 5.2+ PHP 4.3+Apache, Microsoft IIS Apache, Microsoft IIS Apache

Strengths comparison

Joomla Drupal Wordpress BloggingSocial Network E-commerce Templates Framework SEO Flexibility Resources CommunityLearning Curve

WordpressS FI LM EP XLIC Joomla! I B II LT IY T Y Drupal

The CMS Showdown [4] http://www.cmsshowdown.com March 2009

Results

Joomla Drupal Wordpress Total Hours 57.25 79.25 90.5Hours spent on 15 21.75 36.5 front endHtml validation Yes No (8 errors) No (8 errors)CSS Validation No (1 error) No (7 errors) No (21 errors) Page weight 140K 180K 154KLines of custom 30 220 1,808 JS/PHP code

So..Is there a best choice?

Or, its just a matter of taste

If a CMS would be a celebrity..

Wordpress● Very Popular.● Suitable for anyone.● Stylish.

Joomla● Large variety of extensions● Great core as a starting point● Could use some UX improvements

Linus Torvalds

Drupal● Drupal knows best.● Deeper learning curve.● No problems it cant solve.

Dr. House

Thank you!iam@marcobarbosa.com marcobarbosa.com @MarcoBarbosa

References [1] Open Source CMS Market Share Report 2010 [2] Open CMS Awards [3] W3 Techs [4] The CMS Showdown Idealware - Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems Survey Analysis Part 1: Developers and Documentation Wordpress vs Joomla vs Drupal Joomla and Drupal - Which One is Right for You? Version 2 What everybody ought to know about Joomla Why running the White House Web site on Drupal is a political disaster waiting to happen

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How to choose between Joomla, Drupal and Wordpress - Is there a best choice? (v2)

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