[Dcphp-dev] Drupal versus [Joomla!]??

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I've met people who started with Joomla!, but then switched to Drupal.  
I've also met people who thought Drupal was wonderful, until they  
tried Joomla!.

I prefer Joomla! because they don't change the API every 6-12 months.  
The 1.5 version will finally break my tutorial component that has  
worked on every version of Mambo since 2004 and every version of  
Joomla!. Even with the break, if you turn on the compatibility mode in  
1.5, the tutorial works again with one small adjustment.

Because of this (almost ridiculous) amount of backwards compatibility,  
you can find almost 1800 extensions available:  
http://extensions.joomla.org

I also think that Joomla!'s template system is more designer friendly  
because they don't have to learn what a taxonomy is.

-Joe


Quoting Diego Barrantes <diegobarrantes at yahoo.com.ar>:

> I never used Drupal, but heard its good.
> I did use some time ago Mambo, but now I use Joomla (the developers
> from Mambo moved to Joomla to maintain 100% opensource)
> (http://www.opensourcematters.org/)
> It has a very strong community and its currently in the version
> 1.5BETA2 (the beta realy not for production) but very good jump from
> 1.0x to 1.5
> 1.5 final should be around 2 to 3 month (I'm just guessing here).
> It has a huge amount of extensions and lots of templates, many if them free.
> I would recommend Joomla over Mambo, but I can't say anything about
> Drupal since I never used it.
>
> Diego
>
> PS: http://www.joomla.org/
>
>
> Geoffrey Crego wrote:
>> Reading the discussion on forums.  A burning question has come to   
>> mind that I am sure someone knows the answer too or at least has   
>> some opinion about their favorite.  I am looking to build a CMS   
>> site for a client and am looking for the best Open Source CMS   
>> project to apply.  I have been checking out Mambo because the   
>> client has hear about it before but he was wondering what else is   
>> out there.  I will admit that I am no expert when it comes to Open   
>> Source CMS but am quite creative at creating custom web   
>> applications.  From what I have seen with Mambo I am going to have   
>> to create a few custom modules to give the client all the   
>> functionality they desire.  I have just started to look at Drupal   
>> and do not really have the time to dissect it like I would like   
>> too.  So here is where you all come into play.  What does everyone   
>> prefer?  And what feature with that project makes it better then   
>> other CMS projects out there?
>> I am eager to read what you have to say.
>> Geoffrey Crego
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