A Content Management system is software that keeps track of all the content available on your website. There are various Content Management Systems available in the market to help you in management of your content. Content can be of any type i.e. simple text, videos, images etc. Selecting the right content management system is very important and every webmaster does this before starting the creation of their website. The use of Content Management systems has grown over the past few years. A major reason for using a Content Management System is that it does not require any technical knowledge to manage. Mainly there are three Content Management Systems to be used WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. In this article we will discuss the two most proficient Content Management Systems in the market Drupal and Joomla. Both have their own benefits. Firstly we will discuss both the Content Management Systems then compare them.
Joomla
Joomla is a Content Management System that helps you to build the most interactive and impressive websites and online applications. It is free and open source framework for publishing web content. It is developed on a model-view-controller (MVC) web applications framework that can also be used independently and totally free of cost. Some features of Joomla are following:
- Built-in testing environment
- Caching Speed
- Media Manager
- Syndication
- Newsfeed
- Banners
- UTF-8 Coding
- Provision of International Languages
- Polls
- Optimized Web Hosting solution
- Search
- Categories
- Menus
Large number of Joomla’s features is much easier to use than Drupal. Joomla is a better Content Management System for beginners.
Easiness made its use so common, even new developers can install and setup Joomla applications easily within a few clicks. It is used in many websites, corporate applications, business websites, government applications, epaper, online publications, community based portals, online reservations, ecommerce, school websites, church websites and many other personal websites.
Drupal
Drupal is one of the most competitive Content Management system. You can easily build up your websites, blogs, RSS feeds, forums, polls, personal websites, business websites, ecommerce and many more. It was created over a decade ago and released as open-source software written in PHP and distributed under the license of GNU Public License. It is free of cost; you can download it from Drupal’s official web site and use it according to your requirements. There is no License fee etc.
Some main features which differentiate Drupal from other content management systems are listed below:
- Multiuser System
- Optimization Tools
- File maintenance Tools
- High Level of Security
- Design of your website
- Automatic built-in testing environment
- User friendly Interface
- Vast support of Drupal Community
The CMS War – Drupal Vs. Joomla
Joomla and Drupal both are highly competent content management systems. Both hosting are the most popular choices having their own benefits. It is necessary to analyze their differences so that you can figure out which Content Management System will work for you.
Quality Of The Sites
In Drupal you can develop most advanced websites possible. While on the other hand although Joomla is easy to understand but the sites developed in it are more complex.
Caching
Joomla have a system cache plug-in by default to get better the speed of page loading. While in Drupal there are free plug-in for caching. These plug-in also enhance the performance and scalability of websites.
Security
Joomla is less secure Content Management System when compared to the security system present in Drupal.
Usage
Joomla is best for the sites that are less flexible with regards to structure and content, it is best for ecommerce and social networking sites. Drupal is the best choice for developing websites which are very complex in nature, having a large number of users, especially for ecommerce services.
Rapid Development
At this time Joomla has come up with six different versions while Drupal has come up with seven versions and the eighth version is ready to launch.
Technical Support
Joomla is a Content Management System that does not need any technical expertise. Drupal is although easy to use while developing websites but somehow it requires certain technical expertise.
Functionality
It is very important to make sure that the tool you are choosing for website creation has plenty of tools it can be modules, plug-in any thing.
Ease Of Work
Ease of work varies depending up on your abilities, some systems are very easy for beginners and some have more options for advanced or professional users. Both Drupal and Joomla provides the basic and advanced features. Drupal will be difficult for a user who have been worked on blogger or any simple typing pad, it will take some time to be familiar with the system. Joomla is little harder for beginners but the available resources help beginners a lot.
Features
Whenever choosing a Content Management System first goes for its features, Joomla have tons of great features, which allow you to easily access, administrate and publish. A collection of custom features provides by Joomla like banners, polls, search categories, media manager, news feed, menus etc to make your website better. Drupal also have tons of features for creating websites containing image galleries, blog and ecommerce websites. Create multiple features in Drupal will create some difficulty for beginners because it requires programming knowledge. But if you have strong programming knowledge you can use all the features provided by the Drupal and customize your website in your style.
Which one is better between Joomla and Drupal is hard , because the basic features of both content management systems are same , the functionality of both the systems are same. Beginners will find Joomla easy for themselves but advance users will find Drupal helpful for their custom websites. Both Joomla and Drupal have same official support but Joomla have better unofficial support compared to Drupal.
If we see overall performance then Joomla is better content management system then Drupal for most of web developers. But if you are experienced web programmer then you might consider Drupal for you website.