I'm stuck, which CMS to use for a large community?
beyondunow - December 9, 2007 - 14:53
I have been working with Joomla to build small business & pesonal websites for the last 6 months or so. I like Joomla, but the I dont know If Joomla would be a good choice for building a large community. I want to be abe to offer customized profiles, galleries, groups and forums and more. I have noticed Drupal is highly talked about and has been used on some social network communities.
I'd like to know what you all think, and why. Joomla or Drupal?
I'm sure some of you have used both extensively, while 99% of my experience has been with Joomla. If not either for a large community, then what would you recommend and why?
I appreciate your time and help.
beyond
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My posts & comments are usually dripping with sarcasm.
If you ask nicely I'll give you a towel : )
As a joomla user
I'm switching to Drupal.
Biggest problems I've had with Joomla are forums and profiles. With Drupal these are both part of the core - much less compatability issues.
Joomla has no real ACL and won't for another few years.
Joomla is limited to two levels of content classificaiton and will be for a few years. Drupal supports any heirarchy out of the box.
I'm here at Drupal now. I'm convinced it can replace all my Joomla functions and give me more.
But the real test is here. The Drupal community website runs on Drupal. The Joomla community website runs on Simple Machines. Nuff said.
Hope this helps,
Gareth
I started with Joomla, then I found Drupal
Drupal may seem to be more complicated to a new administrator than Joomla. This is a product of the very modular nature of Drupal. The default installation of Drupal consists of many modules; this causes the administration to be strewn across many different links under the Administration link.
I would suggest you install and get comfortable using the core installation of Drupal, then move on to Views and CCK. After you get familiar with all that, you are ready to build anything you want.
Joomla is a sloppy mess. It may seem more attractive at first glance since there are modules to that do very specific things. However many of Drupal's modules are vague, they are more tools than end solutions and this will allow you to easily customize their purpose.
Good luck!