Joomla!: Official Thread

My first CMS was Mambo. I used it to create the Website for the company I worked for at the time. It did what we needed, nothing fancy. I found that the component / module development for Mambo was terrible. They were very buggy if they even worked at all. Some were better than others, but most required code hacking to get them to work.

I installed Joomla after hearing about Mambo's focus change based on its owner, and that a lot of the Mambo developers left and started Joomla. The core of Joomla worked the same as Mambo, but again adding additional components / modules was a nightmare and nothing worked. So fed up / not satisfied with Mambo / Joomla, I went in search of a better CMS. With the help of a great resource as http://cmsmatrix.org/ I found other CMSes. At the time e107 was at the top of Popularity so I gave that an unsatisfied attempt. Finally I found drupal and really enjoyed its module development and its active community. I installed 4.5.

At the time I was using a hacked version of Expression Engine. Decent CMS until I upgraded PHP on the server. With a hacked EE version I couldn't update I moved the site to Drupal where it has survived since. I am currently moving the site to Drupal 5.3, and that should be done by this weekend.

So I thank Joomla for leading me to Drupal. If Joomla / Mambo didn't suck, I may never have went in search of a better CMS.

So I owe my love of Drupal to Joomla!

Joomla is a decent CMS and has a pretty good following. I believe one of the biggest advantages Drupal has is the large community of developers behind it. I have often wondered why no one has started a Joomla meetup group.

I think the question would better be presented - is there anything Joomla can't accomplish that Drupal can? And the answer is undoubtedly: plenty! Joomla's biggest fault, imho, is that there is a total lack of organization and logical layout in the administration pages. If no one believes me, please install and find out for yourself, or get in touch with me at the next CDMUG meeting and I'll show you exactly what I mean!