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Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal?

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by boxing_fan, Aug 7, 2013.

  1. #1
    Running the last few years on a custom CMS. The CMS has run it's course.

    Looking to transfer the entire site to a new CMS.

    I run a very high traffic news website, 24 million page views last month alone.

    Some of my web friends swear by Wordpress, others by Drupal and other by Joomla.

    All of them agree Wordpress is the easiest to use and Drupal the most complex.

    What are your opinions?
     
    boxing_fan, Aug 7, 2013 IP
  2. jesicamaiden

    jesicamaiden Active Member

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    depend upon the size of site and people handling admin panel.. Personally i like wordpress.. Its best and one of da most popular cms.. Its been used by a simple man to complex man.... my 2nd number goes to Joomla is a choice of professional personality, Its not as user friendly as wordpress..
    lastly drupal you can see whitehouse.gov website its based on drupal... Its good, used by edu, gov websites.. but complex..
     
    jesicamaiden, Aug 8, 2013 IP
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    boxing_fan Active Member

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    The site is massive. Among the 8K most visited, according to Alexa. But the people handling the backend are not the most tech savvy individuals, which is why I'm leaning towards wordpress.
     
    boxing_fan, Aug 8, 2013 IP
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    jesicamaiden Active Member

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    you got da answer :)
     
    jesicamaiden, Aug 9, 2013 IP
  5. Abid Ali

    Abid Ali Member

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    Use wordpress and create your own theme or use premium wp news theme. Use Virtual private or dedicated server and super cache plugin. Speed will improve with many visitors.
     
    Abid Ali, Aug 9, 2013 IP
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    suganux Well-Known Member

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    use wordpress. simple and easy to use.
     
    suganux, Aug 12, 2013 IP
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    Drupal is complex but better to handle high traffic, it's more secure, rank better on search results. WP will need more server resources than Drupal. I couldn't like Joomla.
    I recommend you not to change your CMS system. You will need to spend too much time to resolve too many issues with a new CMS.
    If your current CMS is slow and it's the main reason of why you want a new CMS, just optimize your server. Use a php caching system, add more RAM&CPU, optimize your database settings. I think it will be the best strategy to keep such a successful site growing.
     
    makeit easy, Aug 13, 2013 IP
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    ErnieB Well-Known Member

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    I recommend wordpress as well. Very easy to set up and use
     
    ErnieB, Aug 24, 2013 IP
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    WordPress is better on SEO and with more powerful features.
     
    dream party, Aug 25, 2013 IP
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    I would rule Joomla out here, the completion is definitely between Wordpress and Drupal 7
    • In Wordpress we have an Easier Admin Panel by default (WP: 1 , D7: 0)
    • With Wordpress there is Better SEO automation with plug and play plugins, when it comes to Drupal you have so much to do and configure we tend to put SEO related activities on a lower priority (WP: 2 , D7: 0)
    • Wordpress is just a Blogging platform at its core which is good as its kept simple, Drupal is More than a CMS, can be used to build different kind of functionality as it has a framework concept to it also (WP: 3 , D7: 1)
    • While in WP we have standard posts and pages, IN Drupal Structure of content-type can be defined by you with different content fields, also its easy to introduce new content-types, whereas in Wordpress we have Custom post types which can be confusing and tedious to setup (WP: 3 , D7: 2)
    • Drupal has Views and Panels that lets you seamlessly build screens for your UI, which again means you can build a better Admin panel for you site-admins (WP: 3 , D7: 3)
    So both have their advantages and disadvantages So it comes down to
    • If Posts and Pages along with enabling SEO, Social plugins and building your own theme is enough for you then go for WP
    • If you would like custom screens and additional searching, sorting and complex filtering, along with a good amount of customization ability for your content-types and fields then go for Drupal
    • When your site requirements gets complex, Drupal becomes easier to implement
     
    ajf7688, Aug 26, 2013 IP
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    When it comes to scalability, I'd use Drupal. If you have a lot of articles and publishing, Wordpress is not meant to do that. Great blogging platform and a bit more but not meant to solve what you need to do large high traffic sites with a good number of authors.
     
    hockeystick, Sep 14, 2013 IP
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    modernlifeisadam Well-Known Member

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    I would go with wordpress. It has many security plugins that you can use to ensure your websites safety. It is by far more convenient then Drupal. Drupal is just annoying to work with. Wordpress is also easy to update. As a developer who was been working with Joomla, Wordpress, and Drupal for the last four years, go with Wordpress.
     
    modernlifeisadam, Sep 14, 2013 IP
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    sasikumar krishnan Greenhorn

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    WordPress is best, when compared to all other.
     
    sasikumar krishnan, Sep 15, 2013 IP
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    wordpress is very good for simple webpage or e-shop. but if you need more function and you want create more than blog choose joomla.
     
    djjmz, Sep 15, 2013 IP
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    modernlifeisadam Well-Known Member

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    Tell me the functions that Joomla does that a wordpress plugin does not.
     
    modernlifeisadam, Sep 15, 2013 IP
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    i talk about original function without plugin.
     
    djjmz, Sep 15, 2013 IP
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    modernlifeisadam Well-Known Member

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    Speaking functionality without plugins is pointless. Why even use it if you don't use the SEO plugins, the security pluglins, the social media plugins, and the widget plugins. That's what makes wordpress worth using the most.
     
    modernlifeisadam, Sep 15, 2013 IP
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    use plugin in wordpress is resource wasting. all what you need is better add small php code fragment than use stupid plugin to get same result. that's all.
     
    djjmz, Sep 15, 2013 IP
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    modernlifeisadam Well-Known Member

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    What you're saying is true to an extent. However, I don't think that's entirely true. Tell me the line(s) of code that can protect my wordpress site that gets 20,000 unique visitors per month from intrusions. The same with special widgets.
     
    modernlifeisadam, Sep 15, 2013 IP
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    I'd definitely recommend Wordpress. It's flexible.
     
    ninesixmedia, Sep 15, 2013 IP