joomla or dreamweaver?

I have the intention to build some new websites with dreamweaver,
and I was wondering if using Joomla or mambo will give the same results
I want to know which one is the easiest to manage?

And what is the difference between joomla and building a site with dreamweaver?

Also if it is good to build websites?
And for website management, is it better than building with websites with softwares.

Which one is the best: Mambo or Joomla.

 

You are comparing apples and pears. Joomla is a CMS, Dreamweaver desktop design software.

As far as Joomla vs Mambo, you'll have to define some criteria for 'best'.

 

Dreamweaver is a code editor
Joomla is a Content Management System (you could think of it as a ready-made customizable web site)
Mambo is no longer maintened, it has been replaced by Joomla

 

if you need features like search, or easy template changing, the Joomla is your best bet

 

http://www.dotnetnuke.com is also a great CMS as well as
http://www.communityserver.org They are both built on the .NET framework.

 

Thanks a lot i'm a beginner, and in fact i was looking for a cms i think that it's the easiest and the fastest way to quickly build a site.

 

Joomla is good but I like DotNetNuke better. I've tried both. DNN has tons and tons of modules you can download; some are free and some you have to buy (http://snowcovered.com )

If you want a community site with forums, photo gallery, blogs then community server is the best. There aren't really any modules for community server so you basically only have those three main features. If you want to add a lot of content like articles, etc then DNN is the way to go IMO..it's free and open source.

I run a DNN site here: http://www.greenmarines.com (built this one in only 2 weeks ) and just started a community server site here : http://www.divorced-fathers.com (built in about 4 hrs. may shut this one down though)

 

Also, instead of Dreamweaver check out Microsoft's Visual Web Developer Express:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/

It's free and allows you to use the .NEt framework 2.0 which is awesome. If you need free database to go with it the you can use Sql Express 2005:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/

And no, I dont work for Microsoft!

 

thanks i will try.

 

both of them are different . but in generally i can say , you can do what you want with joomla

 

Here is some resources you may want to check:

Difference between Joomla & Mambo:
http://www.joomla.org/index.php?Itemid=44&option=com_faq&catid=7

Joomla Forum
http://forum.joomla.org/
They also have a french room.

 

I,ve just find another interesting thread for the same question in another forum, and most of them seem to like dreamweaver, and those who use Joomla edit their templates in dreamweaver:

http://www.ej.am/showthread.php?t=5477&page=2

It seems that it is harder to optimize a CMS for SEO.

I would say that for a small site, it is better to use dreamwever html sites, but if you intend to build a big community site, CMS would be better.

What do you think about that? Can a CMs do well against highly competitive and well optimized sites in the SERPs?

 

I run a few sites on Joomla, and they all do very well in SERPs

If you install a few good component, especially SEF, then there's no difference

 

Good for you.

Just a question: what is SEF?

Also, do you think that Joomla will do well with affiliate marketing? I usually build my sites myself with handcoding, or I get website templates (html/css).

So what would be the big difference with Joomla?

 

SEF means search engine friendly, it creates plain english URLS instead of index.php?page=43

I'm not sure I understand your second question though

 

Joomla is a content management editor. Whatever you want it to be .

Joomla/Mambo has a large group of users and by visiting Joomla's forum you get to know what type of sites Joomla get use for.
http://forum.joomla.org/

 

I would suggest Dreamweaver to use..

 

Sorry if you just read this post. I've just edited it, it was a mistake.

Thanks for your replies.

My second question was: As an affiliate, I am using html templates, or I do my affiliate sites myself.

Is there any benefit for me (as an affiliate) to use joomla?

I will check sites on their forum to have an idea.

 

The benefit to you is that you'll be able to create and deploy new pages much more rapidly, that's about it. I don't think Joomla tracks affiliates, though maybe there's a component out there...

 

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