Hi ,
I want to use CMS to make a webapp on LAMP. Which one is the best Joomla or Wordpress ?
The factors I am considering are
- Easy to make
- Scalability
- Easily maintainable.
Thanks Jijoy
A:
I think Joomla or Drupal would be a better fit than Wordpress since they are more general purpose than Wordpress. Joomla is a little easier out of the box but Drupal is very powerful with many modules that can enhance functionality.
Vincent Ramdhanie
2010-01-09 15:42:44
Ok . So scalability wise it's better to go for drupal ?
Jijoy
2010-01-09 15:44:22
@Jijoy, I worked with Drupal a couple of years ago, ts a great piece of software but it had performance issues back then. My experience with Joomla was worse. Wordpress was only slightly better. The reason for this could be that these off the self apps do too much, a lot of "features" that you don't really need but impose a heavy footprint on performance/scalability ... :-/
Srirangan
2010-01-09 15:50:56
I wouldn't want to put my head on a block for that. My experience is more with Drupal than Joomla. Since you are writing a booking movie tickets site I just think that wordpress will not satisfy your requirements. So the choice comes to Joomla and Drupal. and I only favour Drupal because I have the experience so...
Vincent Ramdhanie
2010-01-09 15:52:30
@Srirangan Drupal of years ago is nothing like Drupal today. Considering WhiteHouse.gov is now powered by Drupal, I'd say it can be scaled up fairly decently.
ceejayoz
2010-01-09 15:57:46
A:
If you are using something like Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal you should have really compelling reasons to do so. If these applications or their extensions fulfill a majority of your user stories / requirements, then yes go ahead with it.
Now you need to check on the source code documentation these open source apps and go thru the source code itself, understand the architecture and then take a call which suits you best. It would be very hard for one of us to take this call for you, especially when we don't know what your exact requirements are.
Another option you should consider is using frameworks such as Zend, CakePHP, Symphony, Kohana. These frameworks/libraries provide in built solutions for a lot of the common issues while giving you the freedom to develop your app without any major constraints.
And IMHO if possible, switch from PHP to Python and seriously consider some of Python's web application frameworks such as Django/Webapp etc.
Srirangan
2010-01-09 15:46:36
Ok. I have some understanding about joomla. But wanted to know , wordpress is better for making a service in a timespan of 2 months.
Jijoy
2010-01-09 15:51:43
A:
I realy like Wordpress! but its clearly a blog-cms. If you are looking to make a website with separated pages maybe joomla will be best.
Wordpress is easy to set up and to update/upgrade. i once tried joomla but it was way to "heavy" for my purpose.
Olivier Tille
2010-01-09 15:47:31
A:
It's hard to say one is better than the other without generating a lot of flame. Generally, my experience has been that Wordpress is "better" based on the following reasons:
- Out of the box functionality is simple and straightforward to get a basic CMS up and running. They don't include features that may not get used, and let you decide what to add through a very broad plugins community.
- The code and API is much more intuitive
- The core is more scalable -- Wordpress powers many of the most popular / highly trafficed sites on the web. Joomla does not have nearly that presence.
- The administrative interface is generally better organized and more intuitive.
Again, just my experience -- may be different from other folks' :)
Josh
2010-01-09 15:47:57