Joomla! or Drupal?
Mar. 24th, 2008 11:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoOK, I know that some of you are Drupal advocates.
I need to redesign the library web site. Immediate needs include a system that will let authorized staff members post announcements and information without knowing HTML and FTP, one that will allow some sort of user feedback mechanism, reasonably readable statistics on what's actually being used, and most importantly, some degree of hardware and OS platform independence. I'd like to develop and test for now on Linux, probably Debian, but it's conceivable that I'd be forced to put the final system on (ugh) Windows. The server I have available for testing happens to be an Alpha, though the final target might well be Intel P4.
I've taken a preliminary look at Mambo, Joomla!, Drupal, and Deki Wiki. I think I've narrowed it down to Joomla! or Drupal. What pitfalls do I need to avoid? What should I think about now rather than later?
Keep in mind the fact that I'm an old-order web manager. In other words, I know HTML, perl scripting, and a little CSS and ASP. I'm tired of patching an old FrontPage site (that I didn't design myself) using those tools and we're ready for a major makeover anyway. I'm willing to learn PHP5 if I must, but I'd like to be able to get started on this before I'm up to speed on a whole new language.
I need to redesign the library web site. Immediate needs include a system that will let authorized staff members post announcements and information without knowing HTML and FTP, one that will allow some sort of user feedback mechanism, reasonably readable statistics on what's actually being used, and most importantly, some degree of hardware and OS platform independence. I'd like to develop and test for now on Linux, probably Debian, but it's conceivable that I'd be forced to put the final system on (ugh) Windows. The server I have available for testing happens to be an Alpha, though the final target might well be Intel P4.
I've taken a preliminary look at Mambo, Joomla!, Drupal, and Deki Wiki. I think I've narrowed it down to Joomla! or Drupal. What pitfalls do I need to avoid? What should I think about now rather than later?
Keep in mind the fact that I'm an old-order web manager. In other words, I know HTML, perl scripting, and a little CSS and ASP. I'm tired of patching an old FrontPage site (that I didn't design myself) using those tools and we're ready for a major makeover anyway. I'm willing to learn PHP5 if I must, but I'd like to be able to get started on this before I'm up to speed on a whole new language.
