The website will be different to the others that I have
created before. We have had restraints as to how we created these site. All had
to be had code using nothing more than a text editor. One site had to be one
page another was a live client based site and lastly a responsive site.
This site will be a content management site, data will submitted
by visitors to the site and this will become a searchable asset.
WordPress V Joomla
I am only highlighting two of the CMS, WordPress and Joomla
WordPress has been described as a blog type of website. It
uses templates and can be easily updated with out any knowledge of HTML or
coding. Post and pages can be created, with addition of plugins you can add
functionality that come as standard with Joomla. It is possible to create
content and using categories ans sub pages within two hours. Being a blog-based system it has a strong
presents for search engines like Google. It is an easy system to understand and
using guides like WordPress for dummies will save you time. Having some
understanding of CSS will allow you to adapt the templates. The set of
WordPress allows it to be listed quickly on Google normally with in two days as
opposed to fourteen day with Joomla. WordPress is very good at handing large
volumes of traffic.
There are some disadvantages in using WordPress. Editing
post dates need to be changed in design mode and requires knowledge of WP scripting.
Reordering pages and categories and has to be done on a page-by-page bases. Changing
the structure of the navigation, which is determined by the templates also
requires knowledge of WP scripting, unlike Joomla where menus, attributes like
dates, author name can be turned on and off by a control panel.
In conclusion WordPress is simple and more blog based.
Adding more functionality via plugins can run into problems and plugins may
require more specialised knowledge.
Joomla is ideal for creating a community or a network with a
login area, newsrooms, forums, articles, and contribution from external
sources. The navigation structure is easy once you understand it and does not require
an understand of HTML. Articles can be set to expire after and then are no
longer displayed on the site. One of the great strengths of Joomla is the administration
and who has permission to places and view content. Superficially adapting the
templates is easy, changing some colour and logos. Getting use to the structure of the layout
system can be a steep learning curve and is different for the templates that
you choose to use. Joomla has an in-built multilingual capability. There is a
growing community of people who offer free templates if you don’t want to go
down the route of buying a premade one that may have all the functionality you
require.
As with all systems there are disadvantages with Joomla. If
you need to import article from another website is not always easy. Joomla has
a complex core, which requires a lot of resources from the server, migrating
between versions is not always easy especially when you used complex setup with
membership systems.
In conclusion the strengths of Joomla are it is great for
community sites it has a deep level of navigation, section in sections, its
fixed pages and its posts.
Ref Rudolf Boogerman
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