Drupal or Joomla?

Hi all,

Currently my company owns www. marineyacht. com, a website which has been created for us by a software development company. We are in the process of devellopping a new and similar website, i.e. for chartering motor yachts and sailing yachts. For this purpose I'm thinking of using a CMSystem in order to add yachts to the site. Adding new yachts, deleting old yachts and updating yachts (rates, primarily) will be a daily activity, hence the idea to use a CMS. Also, adding articles with informations about charter destinations should be easy.

Adding yachts to the site should result in a nice presentation page with the yachts details and some images of the yacht. Other pages (tourist info) should be able to contain images, charts etc as well.

I've been looking at Drupal as this seems to be the favourite of some testers, many themes and modules are available (for free), but I'm starting to get the idea that it's more suitable for blogs than for websites like described above. I also had a look at Joomla, which appears to be the favourite of many users on this forum

What would you suggest to use: Drupal, Joomla or something else (like hardcore html editing or using a tool like Dreamweaver)?

Edit: To clarify: We don't need the user login functionality, apart (obviously) for ourselves in order to manage content. We should be able to modify a theme in order to move items (like the menu), adjust colours etc.

Many thanks!

Marc

 

Well from my point of view Joomla will help you more than Drupal.From my expirience i can tell you to go with Joomla because there are already codded some components exactly for your needs...

http://extensions.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=listcats&cat_id=1876&Itemid=35

Also ..if you need help...you can PM me...

Good Luck!

 

Hi maroon,

I already discovered that component, but it looks like we won't be using it. We don't need the reservation tool, for example.

Thanks for the reply though

Marc

 

Well in that case you can take a look here:
http://extensions.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=listcats&cat_id=1865&Itemid=35

For one of my friends i built a boat related website using one of those auto components(i must to admit that i`ve added some modifications to the source code...)

 

That looks quite nice. How about changing the code to make it suitable for a yachting site instead of a car selling site? Will that be a big step for a noob like me?

Let me try to explain our needs a bit more:
The site will, obviously, have a homepage which will need to give some info on our company, show some "last minute/special offers" (to be managed on a daily base). Also, the homepage should have a search option consisting of some pull down menu's which allow visitors to filter on destination, yacht type and size (and maybe price). As a result of this search, the visitor should be presented a list of the yachts that meet his requirements. Preferably, this list should contain a small image of the yacht, a small description and the charter rate for each yacht. Next, by clicking one of the yachts, a detail page with additional images and detailed information should appear.

Is this a site that could be made with either Drupal or Joomla, or do I rather need to consider having it built by a webdesigner?

Appreciate your comments!

Cheers,
Marc

 

go for joomla

 

drupal for usability joomla for a prettier website

 

I recommend Joomla.

 

I started using Drupal but found out that, being a complete design and coding "zero", Joomla would suit my needs a bit better. We finished the basic design of the new website, using Joomla, and are doing the finetuning as we speak. Hopefully, within a couple of days the site will go live.

What did we use:
Joomla (obviously)
Virtuemart (recoded to use multi currency)
sh404SEF
Joomfish
Joomap
Joomlastats
JoomlaXplorer
Livechat
Fireboard forum

 

I like joomla. they have many components ready to go and it is easy to find developers to customize stuff if needed.

www.thestanburyresidences.com
www.3344peachtree.com
www.schroederslater.com (also uses mootools)

are all joomla sites that I have built.

 

I would strongly recommend Joomla its amazing... it has many options many mods... components... and many many temps...

its a kind of pro work you can do with no knowledge... its excellent...

 

Where's the best source for joomla templates?

 

I haven't used Drupal, only Joomla. I really like Joomla (active communtiy, relatively easy to use).

I've heard that Drupal has a very high learning curve, but has better scaleability (if you plan on growing huge).

Joomla is supposed to be easier to manage, but may not have quite as many features.

 

I use either rockettheme.org

or

Joomlart.com

I have memberships at both.

 

any good free joomla template sites?

 

drupal drupal drupal so simple so powerful

 

either,
joomla is easier to understand and setup,
durpal is more powerful

 

We run a lot of our new sites on Drupal. It is good for folks who have a tech/programming background... since there is so much customization you can do in PHP... However if you are not so tech savvy, I would guess it was not the right system for you. Unless you have a programmer to help you get things setup.

We love it...

 

I have to agree 100%. I like the Joomla+Virtuemart platform best when selling information products like eBooks.

 

I have sites working on Joomla and Drupal. I think Drupal can be a little more difficult to use, but It gave me better results and flexibility in the long term. Just the way Drupal handles multiple categories makes it stand out from Joomla in my opinion.