Portal Design

Grease · 04-30-2009, 07:28 AM

I'm putting together a city portal. On the site I'd like to put in community events, news, categories for businesses, ad space, etc. I'm trying to find the best (somewhat easy, cheap, expandable, good design qualities, etc.) software to work with. The main three I'm considering are wordpress, drupal and joomla. I'm somewhat familiar with wp, because I've used it for blogs, but I've read it might not be the best for a portal site. The best seems to be drupal, but I've read that it can be difficut for a regular guy to get a pretty site. Joomla seems to be the middle of the two.

I would really appreciate any thoughts, feedback or advice as I'd like to tackle the project with one software and run with it. Thanks for all input!

realetic · 05-03-2009, 07:46 AM

I can develop a portal for you. But you have to pay for that.
You can see my developed portal www . TechnologyBangladesh . com

Mohsin Rasool · 05-06-2009, 03:23 AM

For portal i suggest you go with Joomla.
I have helped some clients develope few and Joomla was right decision.

Mohsin

thatsfine · 05-06-2009, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mohsin Rasool

For portal i suggest you go with Joomla.
I have helped some clients develope few and Joomla was right decision.

Mohsin

Joomla has got a vulnerability!
Any one can get access of Admin.

If you can fix then its great!

Thanks and Regards

janicejan · 05-06-2009, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mohsin Rasool

For portal i suggest you go with Joomla.
I have helped some clients develope few and Joomla was right decision.

Mohsin

I second your opinion, joomla is a good pick

Mohsin Rasool · 05-07-2009, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thatsfine

Joomla has got a vulnerability!
Any one can get access of Admin.

If you can fix then its great!

Thanks and Regards

Hi,

Please share more information and details regarding this vulnerability,
how did you know this, where you read about this... also if you
know the version of the joomla you were using that time...

Regards,
Mohsin

CaffeinatedWorld · 05-07-2009, 01:09 PM

Hey!

I just have finished designing a big portal (press) based on Wordpress. Many categories, very big front page (similar to the biggest portals).

Advantages of Wordpress - if you know how to widgetize your Wordpress theme everything can be changed - I mean everything

Disadvantages - all extra functions have to be uploaded with plugins, if you don't know how to design templates forget about Wordpress.

If you will need a list of plugins I used (about 30 of them) PM me - I will let you know.

04-30-2009, 07:28 AM	#1
Grease Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Portal Design I'm putting together a city portal. On the site I'd like to put in community events, news, categories for businesses, ad space, etc. I'm trying to find the best (somewhat easy, cheap, expandable, good design qualities, etc.) software to work with. The main three I'm considering are wordpress, drupal and joomla. I'm somewhat familiar with wp, because I've used it for blogs, but I've read it might not be the best for a portal site. The best seems to be drupal, but I've read that it can be difficut for a regular guy to get a pretty site. Joomla seems to be the middle of the two. I would really appreciate any thoughts, feedback or advice as I'd like to tackle the project with one software and run with it. Thanks for all input!

05-03-2009, 07:46 AM	#2
realetic Warrior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Portal Design I can develop a portal for you. But you have to pay for that. You can see my developed portal www . TechnologyBangladesh . com

05-06-2009, 03:23 AM	#3
Mohsin Rasool Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lahore, Pakistan Posts: 3,030 Thanks: 220 Thanked 148 Times in 61 Posts	Re: Portal Design For portal i suggest you go with Joomla. I have helped some clients develope few and Joomla was right decision. Mohsin
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05-07-2009, 01:09 PM	#7
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