There’s a really good Comparison Chart here. Ayaz and I had this discussion a while ago, when we first created our respective blogs using Joomla. We quickly realized the shortcomings the Joomla CMS had when it came to blogging. For starters it didn’t have a built in commenting or tagging (taxonomy) system. When I complained about this on the joomla forums I was told that Joomla wasn’t going to cater to any specific crowd (i.e. bloggers). The point was made that Joomla is used for all types of sites, and 3rd party plugins were available to customize your site. As a developer in the back of my mind I also knew that if I wanted something really well integrated I would either have to wait a really long time or just develop something myself.

This site is my first attempt at working Drupal and I have to say that having blogging and commenting modules built in really makes a difference when deciding between Drupal or Joomla, well at least when picking between the two for a blogging platform.

I have also worked with Wordpress and I think thats the best platform for people who just want to blog. Drupal might be a step above that if you want your site to be more feature rich. I think as of now Joomla is the most extensive (Look at the camparison chart to see what Joomla has that Drupal doesn’t). Joomla also has a ton of extensions to play with developed by third party developers.

I’m going to continue to work with all of them to understand their ins and outs. I will develop my next group project in Drupal. Will keep you updated…..

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