I installed Drupal on my host and it doesn't seem to be exactly what I need (I'm trying to use it as an info database). Could someone tell me if Joomla (or some other CMS) has better tools to accomplish what I need? I'm making a database of say... cars (just as an example), structured like so: Automobile -GM --Chevrolet ---Camaro ---Lumina ---Silverado --Pontiac ---Solstice ---Firebird -Ford ---Fusion --Lincoln ---Continental --Mercury ---cougar -Chrysler -Honda -Toyota You get the point: pretty simple really. I want a page where you can view all automobiles, or just GMs or Chryslers etc. Beyond that, I would like them to be sortable in about 4 or 5 different customizable ways; most specifically by date built (released), rank as determined by popular vote that you can cast on each cars individual page, and a rank as determined by me (among others). Bonus if this can all be turned into a timeline. This is the main purpose of the site. There will be other content, sure. But the site's main purpose is a database of information about each... "car." Thanks in advance.
As you need custom content with custom categories , drupal is better suited to you. Ill say stick with drupal and you wont regret it later ... though might face minor difficulty at beginning.
im using joomla for my site infosrch.com, well, i just its good, complicated at first but definitely good.
i have no experience using joomla, but drupal can do what you want without problem, you can use then cck and views to save and, later generate and sort all kind of info.
I vote Drupal, as well. The categorization with taxonomy is excellent. CCK and Views, as already mentioned, are good modules to start with for customization.
you get so many modules for it. there is an entire category of modules for this purpose http://drupal.org/project/modules?filters=tid:71&solrsort=title_sort asc
I have the same type of layout on my site. Categories with sub-categories with sub-categories etc. Joomla wouldn't do it out of the box. You could only have one level. I used Drupal and it does this very easily but you need to get your head around taxonomy.