Do you prefer Wordpress, Joomla (or Other) for building powerful websites?
I am looking to build a few websites. I’ve created wordpress blogs in the past. I have not learned how to create my own themes yet. I do want to build websites that include memberships with wordpress or something similar for content management. I like the wordpress features, just wondering if others think there is something better and why? Thank you for your thoughts!
I know at first this sounds like a dumb question. I am hoping to get some thoughts on this. I know that most people use Wordpress just for Blogs, but I’ve seen a lot of people using wordpress for their regular websites lately, including membership sites. I’m wondering what most people use if they do not understand *any* programming! (and cannot afford to hire one yet). If you were to build a website that included a memership site, would you use PHP or what other languages?
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For creating blogs I prefer Wordpress and for creating complicated websites and portals I use Joomla
wordpress is the winner for sure, it can be used as CMS & Blog & Store and anything you want , Plus its Best for SEO while rest sucks
I use Wordpress for blogs (why reinvent a very good wheel?) but I build my sites by hand. (Okay, so I steal from myself all the time.) There are some packages (not only Joomla, but CodeIgniter, Mootools, etc.) that might improve productivity, but the time to become as good with them as I am with raw coding probably wouldn’t be worth it. YMMV – if you haven’t done that much raw coding, it may be better for you to learn a few packages.
Build it yourself. Using Wordpress and Joomla is not building anything, really. You’re simply using an existing blog or CM package for your own specific needs.Build your own system would involved doing everything from scratch, which is the way 95% of the world’s websites are built.
Wordpress is not a CMS. It’s a blog. I suppose you could misuse it but quickly you would feel it’s limitations. For a personal blog it’s top notch. For a powerful website however, it is not.
Joomla is probably going to be your best bet for a generic open source CMS.
Wordpress is good only for blogs.
If you want a full content management system, go with Joomla or Drupal.
Joomla is better if you like lots of templates and is easier to set up.
Drupal is better if you do a lot of customizations and do things yourself.
Both are good depending on how you like to work.