Choosing The Right Content Management System For Your Project
In the last several years, creating a quality website for any number of purposes typically required more knowledge than the casual computer user had, but with the growth of content management systems in use for many mainstream purposes (blogging, web site creation, for example) has made building a web presence easier than ever before.
With the three most popular, and extensive, content management systems (CMS) available freely, there are a number of factors to consider when choosing one for your project. Like all things technological, there are benefits and drawbacks. While there are many content management systems, the three most widely used (WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla) offer the most opportunities for establishing your online presence in the most meaningful ways.
WordPress, for example, began as a platform for blogging, which has expanded into broader realms of web development, but is limited in certain aspects. The library of plugins available has expanded WordPress into a quick and easy means of creating an online presence beyond blogging. However, there is not a large community friendly to developers, but is most accessible to even the most novice users seeking to create a stable, but visually appealing platform for their blog or their business, or can be expanded with accrued experience.
For those with a more extensive background in the mechanics of web design and programming, Drupal offers an entirely open-source development experience. Drupal is fully-expandable framework but with the dependability of turnkey solutions, from using pre-made themes and modules, a community offering thousands of development resources, to building a website from scratch on a platform that, statistically, outperforms those built on competing platforms. Offering thousands of modules, there is little doubt that there is a solution for any feature you with a website built with Drupal can be found.
Users seeking a design-based approach, but may not have the necessary skillsets to jump into Drupal web design may be best served with Joomla. Recently entirely resesigned, the Joomla platform offers a developer-friendly environment, but with the stability and easy-to-operate user interface similar to that of WordPress. While not as powerful as Drupal, Joomla offers a slightly more adaptive experience than that of WordPress.
In the last several years, creating a quality website for any number of purposes typically required more knowledge than the casual computer user had, but with the growth of content management systems in use for many mainstream purposes (blogging, web site creation, for example) has made building a web presence easier than ever before.
With the three most popular, and extensive, content management systems (CMS) available freely, there are a number of factors to consider when choosing one for your project. Like all things technological, there are benefits and drawbacks. While there are many content management systems, the three most widely used (WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla) offer the most opportunities for establishing your online presence in the most meaningful ways.
