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Just curious to know what everyone's thoughts are on the differences between Wordpress and Joomla.

Myself? I am trying Joomla for the first time for one of my domains because I was told that Joomla has more capabilities than WP
BUT
I'm finding it difficult to understand and to create my website.

I've been building websites for years, but I'm not finding Joomla very user friendly.

I know that once I finally get the hang of it, it should be easer, but right now - I'm very frustrated...

What do you think?
What are your experiences with Joomla?

Any suggestions or tips to make this easier would also be appreciated.
#joomla
  • Profile picture of the author Orderof47
    By far my favourite is WordPress, i've just written an article about the differences between blogging platforms, you may find it useful: Recommended Blogging Platforms


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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
      Originally Posted by Orderof47 View Post

      By far my favourite is WordPress, i've just written an article about the differences between blogging platforms, you may find it useful: Recommended Blogging Platforms


      I've tried Joomla a couple of times, but the learning curve is so steep for me that I stay with wordpress now.

      I think Joomla has some good features to it, but for my own marketing purposes, WP has let me deploy my sites quicker and easier.
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      • Profile picture of the author mindmarketing
        Joomla has better content management feature than Wordpress, however it is not intuitive and takes some getting used to.

        Wordpress is by the better blogging platform.

        I don't know if Google actually favors Wordpress as much as it favors fresh content. Wordpress also has some plugins that make SEO a little easier. You could get the same ranking results from either platform if handled correctly.
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      • Profile picture of the author Prady N
        I think wordpress is the best solution out there. It is user friendly, no steep learning curve & most importantly google loves wordpress
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  • Profile picture of the author O0o0O
    Joomla is still developing, but one can say that once it becomes more robust, it will have greater potential than even Wordpress has. With that being said, it seems that right now Google favors Wordpress sites in regards to the organic rankings.
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    • Profile picture of the author donhx
      Originally Posted by O0o0O View Post

      Joomla is still developing, but one can say that once it becomes more robust, it will have greater potential than even Wordpress has. With that being said, it seems that right now Google favors Wordpress sites in regards to the organic rankings.

      Well, they are all still developing. At this point Joomla is far more robust. WordPress did not even enter the CMS world until version 2.8 (it's now 3.1)... all these years its been a pretty light-weight blogging platform.

      The reason Joomla seems more difficult to some is simply because it is far more sophisticated than WordPress. I've been using since the early days (about 6-7 years ago) when it branched off Mambo. WordPress has never been adequate for more diverse tasks until just lately.

      Joomla has excellent features and a huge third party support base. It's ideal for heavy lifting in the business world, media and e-commerce. WordPress, as people say, is well supported, easy to learn but is a different horse for a different course.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Powers
    I think WordPress is easy to use, it's pretty good for building blog.
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  • Profile picture of the author IM nice guy
    I personally have always just stuck to wordpress, as it's just such a kick-ass CMS
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    • Profile picture of the author swords
      You're asking this on a 'Wordpress-only' forum.

      That statement will probably tickle some people in the wrong way, but it's the truth. Maybe Wordpress is favored Google, it probably is! I'm just saying, if you ask this question in any form on the Warrior Forum, 98% of your answers will be Wordpress.


      I use Wordpress myself.
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      • Profile picture of the author Paleochora
        Originally Posted by swords View Post

        You're asking this on a 'Wordpress-only' forum.

        That statement will probably tickle some people in the wrong way, but it's the truth. Maybe Wordpress is favored Google, it probably is! I'm just saying, if you ask this question in any form on the Warrior Forum, 98% of your answers will be Wordpress.


        I use Wordpress myself.
        Had to laugh. You hit the nail on the head, there. I even see many using WP for a squeezepage which to me is plain crazy.

        I guess that is because of the supposition that 'Google loves WP' and the fact that there seems a plug in available to do (almost) every job a marketer could dream of very easily.

        I exclusively use WP for all of my blogs. I can get a blog up in no time, customized, looking good, and seo'd using WP. That's why I use it and I don't see an easier more efficient platform out there for me to take the time to figure out
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  • Profile picture of the author tfos4941
    WP is alot quicker to get to grips with. I hated Joomla when i first started to use it but now i hardly use anything else. I think that its the Joomla admin panel that puts people off, its very confusing.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sandra Martinez
      I have been using Joomla since it was mambo, and use it for everything..

      if you decide to stay in joomla, just pm when you get stuck.

      Sandra
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      • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
        Originally Posted by Sandra Martinez View Post

        I have been using Joomla since it was mambo, and use it for everything..

        if you decide to stay in joomla, just pm when you get stuck.

        Sandra
        Same here... Joomla is very powerful
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        • Profile picture of the author Mar
          Joomla is developing - version 1.6 seems to be much less complicated than 1.5 (although I haven't explored it all yet). That being said, the extensions and modules already developed for version 1.5 aren't all ready for 1.6. There still seems to be much work to be done on the transition.

          Mar
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          • Profile picture of the author Sandra Martinez
            Originally Posted by Mar View Post

            Joomla is developing - version 1.6 seems to be much less complicated than 1.5 (although I haven't explored it all yet). That being said, the extensions and modules already developed for version 1.5 aren't all ready for 1.6. There still seems to be much work to be done on the transition.

            Mar
            Indeed. The main changes I found playing with 1.6 are ACL, better urls by default and nested categories.

            Pretty cool.

            you can still use 1.5 stable and add all the old gadgets, the site might need migration in around 2 years.
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      • Profile picture of the author Joanne D
        Thanks Sandra,
        that is VERY kind of you but I got too frustrated and reverted back to using WP. I wish I had the time to learn Joomla, but it was just taking way too long.



        Originally Posted by Sandra Martinez View Post

        I have been using Joomla since it was mambo, and use it for everything..

        if you decide to stay in joomla, just pm when you get stuck.

        Sandra
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        • Profile picture of the author Sandra Martinez
          Originally Posted by Joanne D View Post

          Thanks Sandra,
          that is VERY kind of you but I got too frustrated and reverted back to using WP. I wish I had the time to learn Joomla, but it was just taking way too long.
          It´s ok Joanne. Funny enough, someone else took the offer and asked questions via PM. That was new.

          Joomla comes so natural to me at this point that I´m having a hard time to locate the challenges. If one day you have time, could you tell me what it was that you found so frustrating?

          Sandra
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  • Profile picture of the author RyanAndrews
    It seems to be a case of fully featured vs easy to deploy.
    I favour wordpress, but definitely not because "google favours it". The same SEO rules apply regardless of CMS.
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  • Profile picture of the author problog
    I've tried Joomla once before and it was just too time-consuming to learn everything. WP was much easier to use.
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    • Profile picture of the author Carl DiNello
      Having used them both, I go along with those that favor WordPress. The simplicity of use being the biggest factor.
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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    If you have been building websites for years, then I assume you have been building wordpress sites. Wordpress sites are easier than just pure HTML LOL.

    Joomla has a lot more capabilities and functions than wordpress. If you are a php, css, xml, javascript developer, you can do whatever you want with any platform.

    However, wordpress is limited but great for newbies. Joomla is something that gives a more naturally polished look and a lot more functions and a lot more powerful for the average user.

    You will have to get over the learning curve and then you will never go back to wordpress.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joanne D
      Wrong I have used a few different CMSs as well as buidling from scratch but I still found Joomla to be difficult to learn and navigate around. I do understand that once you get the "hang of it", it is probably quite easy, but the learning curve was just too time consuming - time that I don't have.

      The reason that I wanted to try Joomla was exactly because it has more capabilities and functions. I wish I had the time that it takes to learn it...but I've had to put that on hold for awhile. Too many other things going on and it was taking quite a chunk out of my time just to figure things out.

      As a result, I've gone back to using WP.

      J

      Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

      If you have been building websites for years, then I assume you have been building wordpress sites. Wordpress sites are easier than just pure HTML LOL.

      Joomla has a lot more capabilities and functions than wordpress. If you are a php, css, xml, javascript developer, you can do whatever you want with any platform.

      However, wordpress is limited but great for newbies. Joomla is something that gives a more naturally polished look and a lot more functions and a lot more powerful for the average user.

      You will have to get over the learning curve and then you will never go back to wordpress.
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      • Profile picture of the author Lloyd Buchinski
        Originally Posted by Brian Lett View Post

        in the SEF (Search Engine Friendly) mode, you are going to need to rename the "htaccess.txt" file to ".htaccess". If you don't, the pages will appear to be corrupt in SEF mode.
        You cannot name a .htaccess file htaccess.txt and expect it to work. Most text editors make it difficult to name something .htaccess, but so far there is always a way. At least once you get it up to your site, you can rename it there.

        Originally Posted by Nauman K View Post

        WordPress cms is more secure then Joomla..
        Who told you that? If you have anything to back that up I would be really interested. I've probably seen a thousand topic titles like "Help, wp was hacked, how do I get my blog back?" and have never seen one like that about Joomla around here.

        Originally Posted by ValentinJed View Post

        stupid proof
        Enjoyed that. Literary talent

        Originally Posted by Sandra Martinez View Post

        I have a video in youtube showing how to install a squeeze page with joomla from scratch (installing the script) in 6 minutes.

        It is an old version of joomla, will do it again with 1.6 just to see how long it takes.
        Would you feel like posting the video here? Or pm it if you'd rather not do the first option? Btw, there isn't a forum rule that I know of against linking to your own sites or content, and sometimes that is the most interesting. I'd like to encourage anyone who has something valuable like this to add to a thread, to link to it.

        Edit: Sorry, I slipped up and went on the sad assumption that we are all reasonable adults around here, and wouldn't use something like that as an excuse to spam, promote, etc. Don't do it in that case.

        Originally Posted by clayanderson View Post

        After the last security breach (last week too) my ISP said it was a security issue and brought it down....I will try to use my own expertise to revive what I can for membership profiles....into a WP platform.
        That's the first time I've heard of a security breach with Joomla. I don't normally read the Joomla or WP threads, but I guess I'll have to do a search about this.

        I have to install my first Joomla site soon, not even for myself, but that's a tedious story. Thanks to everyone who chipped in such interesting information.

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        • Profile picture of the author Sandra Martinez
          Hi Lloyd,

          You cannot name a .htaccess file htaccess.txt and expect it to work. Most text editors make it difficult to name something .htaccess, but so far there is always a way. At least once you get it up to your site, you can rename it there.
          it is true, but it is not the main reason why it is like this. Joomla tends to respect the initial htaccess, and you use the one that comes with the package if you want to introduce rewrites in the urls.

          Who told you that? If you have anything to back that up I would be really interested. I've probably seen a thousand topic titles like "Help, wp was hacked" and have never seen one like that about Joomla around here.
          All sites can be hacked if you are not careful enough. I had around 5 sites hacked in a row at some point. It is usually for lack of maintenance.

          Not a big deal, you just kill everything, put up the backup site and make the maintenance.

          In some cases it is more complicated. For example, to recover a joomla 1.0.x site at this point if it is hacked is almost impossible as the development has been discontinued.

          so you need to recover the site and migrate, or redo from scratch. I usually do this.


          Would you feel like posting the video here? Or pm it if you'd rather not do the first option? Btw, there isn't a forum rule that I know of against linking to your own sites or content, and sometimes that is the most interesting. I'd like to encourage anyone who has something valuable like this to add to a thread, to link to it.
          I didn´t post it because it is in an obsolete version of joomla, and the landing page is not there either.


          it has been on first page of google for "joomla squeeze page" for years now


          I have to install my first Joomla site soon, not even for myself, but that's a tedious story. Thanks to everyone who chipped in such interesting information.
          Good luck!!

          "quick install" installs joomla 1.6 and it also updates automatically apparently. I´m just trying it now in one site now.

          Sandra
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  • Profile picture of the author MoneyMonkey
    Wordpress fits the bill for me a noob! Joomla was very hard when I tried to do simple tasks while Wordpress did those tasks in less then 30 seconds. Joomla took a long time to install modifications and they were very tedious as well...
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    • Profile picture of the author Sandra Martinez
      Originally Posted by MoneyMonkey View Post

      Wordpress fits the bill for me a noob! Joomla was very hard when I tried to do simple tasks while Wordpress did those tasks in less then 30 seconds. Joomla took a long time to install modifications and they were very tedious as well...
      I feel that about WP, it is a matter of getting used to a system or the other. I have installed, and templated several wp, and hate it every single time.
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  • Profile picture of the author cma01
    Joanne,

    It takes a little bit to get used to how Joomla handles content, but once you wrap your head around it, it's pretty straightforward.

    Joomla 1.5 vs 1.6

    The big change in Joomla 1.6 is that it allows multi-nested categories and ACL's and more granular user groups have been implemented.

    In contrast, 1.5 has two levels of content categorization: sections and categories. Other than not having a limit to the depth of subcategories, J1.6 really isn't that much different in implementation. The top level is just now called a category instead of a "section." Same difference really.

    J1.5 already had 6 user levels: 3 front end and 3 back end. Unless you're doing a membership site, the ACL's probably won't be a game changer one way or another.

    At this point, I would be really hesitant to go with 1.6 as the majority of the extensions available aren't compatible. I'm holding off upgrading my sites for awhile. However, 1.5 to 1.6 is a migration, it's not a simple upgrade process. So starting brand new right now, it's a tough call.

    Other than that, the basics of Joomla are:
    * Components handle types of content (articles, images, directory, forum posts, etc.)
    * Modules display the content (the blocks of information outside of the main content display (menus, latest news items, etc.)
    * Plugins perform an action on the content (display videos, read more page break, etc)

    The variable display of your modules (see above) is determined by menus. So create all of the individual menus, then look at each of your modules. You can set them to display on every page, or you can select individual modules to display when certain menu items are clicked.

    For example, say you have a main menu of Home, About, Services, and Blog. You could set module A to display on all the page; modules B & C to display on About and Services, and modules D & E to display only when the Blog menu item is clicked.
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  • Profile picture of the author williampaul
    WP is more easy but limited feature.. Joomla is more complicated, but you can take and develop it to be anything..
    If you want to make only 'blog' better if you are using WP, but if you want a more complex web with tons of feature, better if you using joomla
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  • Profile picture of the author VGreg
    I use wordpress. In my opinion it's the best of the best. You will see its value especially once you purchase some quality theme.
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  • Profile picture of the author cicicpa
    Never used Joomla, I don't even know how it looks like... WP is always my best choice to build up blogs, I'm lazy
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  • Profile picture of the author Brian Lett
    I have built websites using both, and I think that they are both great. However, there was absolutely no way that I would have been able to build a website using Joomla!, had I not bought a book to teach me how to do so. Which is best for you really depends upon the functionality that you require. If you require a more robust web page, then I recommend Joomla!. However, much of the time it is not needed.

    Nonetheless, if you choose to build a website with Joomla!, it is important that you buy a book. The book which I used, and in turn recommend using, is a "Visual Quickstart Guide" called, "Joomla!: Learn Joomla! the Quick and Easy Way!". It was written by Marni Derr and Tanya Symes. Excellent book for someone who is new to Joomla!, as I was.

    Hopefully this helps.

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  • Profile picture of the author Brian Lett
    Also, one other thing which I forgot to mention which you will not find in the book is the fact that if you use Joomla! in the SEF (Search Engine Friendly) mode, you are going to need to rename the "htaccess.txt" file to ".htaccess". If you don't, the pages will appear to be corrupt in SEF mode.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jouvan Johnson
    I am a wordpress user and love it... share with us how you get on with joomla in the future
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  • Profile picture of the author mmoreal
    I think WP is better for SEO than Joomla
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    • Profile picture of the author Sandra Martinez
      Originally Posted by mmoreal View Post

      I think WP is better for SEO than Joomla
      you think or you know? have you tested them side by side?

      not trying to be confrontational (this time ), just a question. it would be an interesting experiment.

      WP come with better urls by almost default, and syndication is a bit more in front of your face than Joomla.

      But joomla has an interesting way to multiply pages of your site and it is much better for mid size authority sites.

      if you want to do really big things and have a budget for custom work, Drupal is more robust.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nauman K
    hi,
    WordPress cms is more secure then Joomla..
    secondly contributor of WordPress are more then Joomla so you will found lots of free plugins, Themes if you choose Wordpress.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sandra Martinez
      Originally Posted by Nauman K View Post

      hi,
      WordPress cms is more secure then Joomla..
      secondly contributor of WordPress are more then Joomla so you will found lots of free plugins, Themes if you choose Wordpress.
      They are both open source, which means anyone can study their code and try to break it. WP suffer a particularly annoying hacking system, a virus installed in your local computer that infects your wp site when you login. Joomla is still free from that kind of bug...

      in both cases the core developers release security updates (btw, there is one for joomla 1.6 right now) fast; the plugins developers might take longer, specially for free plugins.

      I haven´t counted one or the other, so I can´t tell in terms of number of plugin available. They are both very strong.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jesus Perez
    SEO Urls don't matter. This has been publicly stated by Google.

    Which can Googlebot read better, static or dynamic URLs?
    We've come across many webmasters who, like our friend, believed that static or static-looking URLs were an advantage for indexing and ranking their sites. This is based on the presumption that search engines have issues with crawling and analyzing URLs that include session IDs or source trackers. However, as a matter of fact, we at Google have made some progress in both areas. While static URLs might have a slight advantage in terms of clickthrough rates because users can easily read the urls, the decision to use database-driven websites does not imply a significant disadvantage in terms of indexing and ranking. Providing search engines with dynamic URLs should be favored over hiding parameters to make them look static.
    Joomla does have a learning curve...but it's far more powerful than Wordpress for developing large sites with large amounts of varying content. I'm not talking hypothetically, either. I have 5+ years of experience managing both. WP is a blog framework that has been retrofitted and hacked to become a CMS. Joomla is a CMS framework by design. Joomla was made to create a robust website with complicated content.

    Joomla does not update as easily as WP. No one-click update here. Be ready for FTP work.

    Joomla has the same problems as Wordpress with developers abandoning projects and leaving webmasters stuck in old versions. Also, major releases break Joomla components ('plugins' to you WP folk) just like Wordpress.

    Both rank well in Google. If you update either regularly, Google will love you equally. No red headed step-children here.

    Both are superb solutions. However, if you're planning a large scale site with complicated menu structures, complicated sidebars and need different modules on different pages, you should definitely consider Joomla over Wordpress. Wordpress will need way too many plugins and adjustments to perform the job that Joomla can handle out of the box.
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  • Profile picture of the author Genesis1
    I like WP, it's so much more simple and useful to me
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  • Profile picture of the author dtommy79
    As you said Joomla isn't quite userfriendly. I think a beginner will find it very comülicated to create a website with it. WP is a lot easier to learn.
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  • Profile picture of the author ValentinJed
    Choose WordPress. It's simple to use and is stupid proof. If you have a lot of free time and you love to read manuals then go with Joomla. Doing simple changes to the theme is also much easier on WordPress.
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  • Profile picture of the author sarahberra
    WP is way better than Joomla. WP is easy to use!
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  • Profile picture of the author hotseochick
    If you are a beginner, definitely Wordpress. It's just so much easier.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jerry Roberts
    Wordpress is just simpler. You can achieve great looking sites with both, but Joomla requires more time under the hood to know how it works. Took me a good year to figure it out. When I dug into WP, I stopped Joomla development.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jerry Roberts
    Of course, the other thing is that search engines tend to favor Wordpress.
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  • Profile picture of the author donsean
    I personally only work with WP blogs, there are so many plugins that are often free that can optimize on page-seo
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  • Profile picture of the author laurenswuyts
    My favorite is Wordpress, it's very easy to use. Never tried Joomla BTW.
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  • Profile picture of the author BlondieWrites
    I've used Wordpress for years and find it the best overall for my needs. I've tried Joomla a few times but it's just too *out there* for me. There's so much you can do with Wordpress, depending on the Wordpress theme you choose to use. Joomla does have some good features, if you can figure them out.


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  • Profile picture of the author Jerry Roberts
    If you want to get something live fast, then it's WP. You can buy a domain, do a new install of WP, and get content on it inside of an hour — and that's with a custom header.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sandra Martinez
      Originally Posted by needtoknowmore View Post

      If you want to get something live fast, then it's WP. You can buy a domain, do a new install of WP, and get content on it inside of an hour -- and that's with a custom header.
      I have a video in youtube showing how to install a squeeze page with joomla from scratch (installing the script) in 6 minutes.

      It is an old version of joomla, will do it again with 1.6 just to see how long it takes.
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    • Profile picture of the author clayanderson
      Several years ago I paid a huge sum to get taken by one of those site makers who was a referral. Everything with Joomla had to be tweeked by the guru and then when changes had to be made it went longer than expected and three times as expensive. What's that go to do with Joomla? WP is much easier to use and has a huge following for free and premium plugins and themes....and lot's of average people whiz through it. I am getting there. After the last security breach (last week too) my ISP said it was a security issue and brought it down....I will try to use my own expertise to revive what I can for membership profiles....into a WP platform.

      Clayman
      P.S. I had heard Joomla was awesome for membership scalability...but the wave for me is WP.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike McAleer
    Wordpress is great for beginners and it is what I started using when I began IM. I really suggest it because Joomla just seems too hard!
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  • Profile picture of the author cupul89
    im using WP, and im never submit to google but my blog in pg one google guys!
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    • Profile picture of the author Makis77
      Hello!!!

      I m developing websites with both Joomla and WP and even though I like Joomla more because it delivers more complete solutions easier when compared to WP I recommend to anyone that wants to build a small website to use WP.
      WP is easier to setup and has a more soft learning curve plus its used by many bloggers so you can find solutions related to your problems more easily.
      Last but not least WP has sef(search engine url) build in and can make your website seo friendlier easier than what Joomla can.

      ps: this is my 1st post here
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  • Profile picture of the author izrafel
    Joomla has a steeper learning curve IMO, because Wordpress is easier to use out of the box especially if you are not a coder or web developer type.

    With the recent significant version upgrades i feel Wordpress 3.0+ has gone in the right direction whilst Joomla 1.6+ has alienated alot of loyal users because of the compatibility issues. Here's a RECENT article comparing joomla and wordpress.

    I'd say Wordpress is the goto CMS for IM/SEO though
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    • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
      Originally Posted by izrafel View Post

      Joomla has a steeper learning curve IMO, because Wordpress is easier to use out of the box especially if you are not a coder or web developer type.

      With the recent significant version upgrades i feel Wordpress 3.0+ has gone in the right direction whilst Joomla 1.6+ has alienated alot of loyal users because of the compatibility issues. Here's a RECENT article comparing joomla and wordpress.

      I'd say Wordpress is the goto CMS for IM/SEO though
      It makes no difference in SEO. If Joomla weren't great, linux wouldn't be using it. Burger King, Mitsubishi, Porsche, quizilla, times square!

      Joomla is great, and I can rank most Joomla sites faster than the people that believe wordpress is the best.

      SEO wise, none have an advantage. From a development standpoint, Joomla is clearly a LOT more flexible than wordpress.

      If you are a coder, a true developer, you know that wordpress isn't the most robust CMS.

      All this Joomla vs. WP stuff, kind of baffles me because when it comes to development, Drupal beats Joomla and wordpress, LOL.
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      • Profile picture of the author Joanne D
        Never tried Drupal. Is it easier to learn than Joomla?

        This started out with a simple question/observation and has turned into an interested post

        BTW - I didn't realize that I had placed this is the WP thread...

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        Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

        It makes no difference in SEO. If Joomla weren't great, linux wouldn't be using it. Burger King, Mitsubishi, Porsche, quizilla, times square!

        Joomla is great, and I can rank most Joomla sites faster than the people that believe wordpress is the best.

        SEO wise, none have an advantage. From a development standpoint, Joomla is clearly a LOT more flexible than wordpress.

        If you are a coder, a true developer, you know that wordpress isn't the most robust CMS.

        All this Joomla vs. WP stuff, kind of baffles me because when it comes to development, Drupal beats Joomla and wordpress, LOL.
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  • Profile picture of the author rain21
    I also think that Joomla is not very user friendly as wordpress, if wordpress can do your work, better to go with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author paal
    From what I've seen and heard, WordPress is a better choice if you're (like me) not that much into the technical stuff. An IM friend of mine LOVES Joomla and uses it on basically every site he owns. The reason? He's a self-proclaimed "tech geek" and Joomla allows him to do more or less whatever he wants.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lloyd Buchinski
      Originally Posted by Sandra Martinez View Post

      it is true, but it is not the main reason why it is like this. Joomla tends to respect the initial htaccess, and you use the one that comes with the package if you want to introduce rewrites in the urls.
      OK, that is something new to me. But if you put it together with Brian's quote, below, it means you have to choose between url rewrites and SEF?

      Originally Posted by Brian Lett View Post

      Also, one other thing which I forgot to mention which you will not find in the book is the fact that if you use Joomla! in the SEF (Search Engine Friendly) mode, you are going to need to rename the "htaccess.txt" file to ".htaccess". If you don't, the pages will appear to be corrupt in SEF mode.
      This is getting complicated already. (sigh)
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      • Profile picture of the author Sandra Martinez
        Originally Posted by Lloyd Buchinski View Post

        OK, that is something new to me. But if you put it together with Brian's quote, below, it means you have to choose between url rewrites and SEF?
        No, url rewrites are a form of SEO, a possible path. You can choose to use them or not. There is a component that allows friendly urls without changing the htaccess for example.

        I think this comes from older times where some of the changes had issues with some hosting companies.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aarron
    For now wordpress is far superior IMHO
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  • Profile picture of the author Nigel Greaves
    I've found Joomla to be, almost uniquely, difficult to get my head around. I even had someone install it for me as a WSO but still found I was spending more time trying to understand the site than to get it making money for me.

    That said it's about using the right tool for the job so I would always choose on the basis of what will work best be that Joomla, Drupal, WP or HTML.

    Nigel
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  • Profile picture of the author eonic
    I think the question should be WP or Joomla or eonicweb, which is the best CMS i have used
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