CMS comparison [ was: Web software for a family web site? ]

[Paul Lussier]

Ted Roche <tedroche at tedroche.com> writes:

> I converted my blog to WordPress a while ago. Seems like a pretty
> solid project. But it is blog-specific software and not as flexible
> as a general-purpose CMS.

Can you define the difference then between what Joomla! can do that
WordPress can't?  From what I can tell, WP has plugins available to do
damn near everything.

>> I've been fairly impressed so far, but also planned on looking
>> at Joomla! (with, imo, has a cooler name just because it sounds rather
>> silly :)
>
> You might look at http://www.cmsmatrix.org for comparisons between
> the different CMSes. However, I'll warn you in advance: it's seems
> like most of them have everything including the kitchen sink. It may
> be more useful to visit the forums of the leading contenders, get a
> sense of the tone of the community, try out the demos, etc.

I did a comparison between Joomla! and WP and they looked fairly equal
with extremely minor exceptions.  Perhaps I missed something.  As I
said, I've been poking at WP for less than a week and was also
planning on poking at Joomla! in a similar way.

One thing I *really* liked about Joomla! was the downloadable user
manual available in PDF.  It makes for reading about it much easier
when you're on the train :)
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Paul
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