I have seen time and time again people asking the same question.. what is the best cms to use for my website? The fact is both can get the job done. for the most part joomla and wordpress can do the same things, it is up to you to put the cms system to work for you now i am not saying they are both equal, joomla has a much bigger advantage over WP however dont count out WP just yet because it is more powerfull then most people think and WP is much eayer to use then Joomla. having created over 60 joomla sites and 40 Wordpress sites i can say both have the same basic functions. typically if your site is of the simple nature WP out of the box is great for a basic site or blog. Joomla is also nice but you will definatly need to download plugins for it to work well with the search engines, (SEO) WP is much easyer to use and you will probably learn it in 2-6 hours it also has great built in seo functions however there are plugins to help improve those as well. as good as Joomla is it does have a steap learning curve but if you have used cms it is not that hard to pick up -i learned how to use joomla in under 24 hours. joomla does have some features built in that wp does not have but you can implement most of them in to your WP site via plugins and widgets. here are a few popular types of site both cmsare good at when using the right plugins. e-comerce/Shopping site - joomla - with the free virtumart shopping cart plugin it is extremly powerfull. WP - has a plugin for a shopping cart as well. I use one that has fantasatic features including shipping setup, varants, categories, paypal and other 3rd party merchant features. Streaming media/movies/Music/youtube etc Joomla - has the market cornerd with this you can set up your site to play your videos or 3rd party videos, WP- you will need to do some research and find the best plugins but wp can handle videos almost as good as joomla can. Social Network - Joomla- is the best CMS for this type of site, if you want a myspace or simillar tyope of site then Joomla does it and it does it well. WP- this is a weak point for WP I have created a social network using WP but i had to create a custom plugins to get it to work right. however after speaking with the DEV'S over at WP i was told that they will be implementing tools that will make it much easyer to setup a social network. A few of the weak points you will find when using either of the cms Joomla - 1 poor cache setup - you will need a plugin 2 Poor SEO - you will need to activate your SEO via a htacess change and and you will nee to dowload a seo plugin. 3 poor php/script/html intagration, if you want to insert a custom script you will need a plugin so joomla will read it correctly. 4 steap learning curve - a lot of people have a hard time learning how to use joomla WP weak points 1. No banner features, you will need to download a plugin for this or paste the banner code (adsense) code in to the html pages. you can put banner code in to a widget but if you want to place it in a different area then you will need to paste it in manually. 2. the default user account setup is very weak without a plugin. it is not custom like joomla, it is a default WP user account. 3. Ugly template design. most of the templates even the premium ones that you can buy online are just ugly and there is very little cutomisation you can do with them unless you know how to code and you know your way around CSS As a webdesigner pf 11 years and a SEO/SEM specialist I have come to love bothe WP and Joomla equally especially because i dont always have to create the design from scratch by using themes it gives me more time to work on more important things. I can gurantee what ever cms you decide to use, you will fall in love with it because they are both great at what they do. here is my latest joomla site (it is only 60% completed) http://tiny.cc/4B5An here is WP site of mine i converted it from joomla to WP http://tiny.cc/AUQBH I am still working on the header/logo and image size - i used a premium design on this one. If you have cms questions i can usually help, just post a message here.