Joomla & Drupal are now becoming hot products in terms of Content Management System. Almost all the knowledgeable and technically sound persons are now choosing both of them inorder to serve their purpose. Both Joomla & Drupal have there individual pros and cons but at the same time have their own specialties and positive factors. On the other hand, there are sites wherein neither Joomla nor Drupal are used. In such cases, clients have to choose some other CMS. Their increasing popularity amoung customers makes us eager to use and discuss both of them inorder to get the real picture.
If there is a comparison between Joomla & Drupal then there are many things, which ought to be taken into consideration. Joomla is best suited for the functional elements and on the other side, for the elements that are architectural in nature Drupal is the best CMS. If you are interested in some eye-catching elements then it’s obvious to choose Joomla. Drupal generally lacks attractive functions like shopping cart and themes etc. whereas Joomla lacks in the functions or features which requires more architectural details like user permission, site management etc. To be precise,considering both as CMS they have nothing in common.
It is said that Joomla is for those who are new in this field and are not tech-savvy. It’s very easy to learn, understand, implement and most of all its very simple to instal. If compared to Drupal it’s really a beginner’s choice. Drupal is much more technical and requires technical knowledge. In Joomla Search Engine Optimization is very poor, though Drupal has an advantage of having excellent SEO.
System requirements are also different in both Joomla & Drupal. Drupal is known to work with MySQL, Postgres, Apache & IIS but Joomla can only work for MySQL & Apache. Similarly if Joomla supports SSL logins then Drupal doesn’t support all this. Again as I said earlier, in one or the other field both the CMS’s differ.
Joomla is best known for the different themes that can be assigned differently to different pages but Drupal is not known to support any kind of themes. It has only one theme for all the pages. If one wants its website catchier then Joomla is a best bet.
In the field of E-commerce Joomla succeeds. It has a great support for shopping cart, which Drupal lacks. For e-commerce or shopping sites Drupal can never be the best option. Event calendars are also supported by Joomla but in the case of Drupal, option available are very low and pathetic.
As discussed and stated earlier that both Joomla and Drupal differ, yet there are many fields wherein both work simultaneously and smoothly. For instance, both of then support Multimedia very well. May be quality wise they can differ. Both can also support Blogs, which is really necessary for today’s scenario.
For getting clear concept on both Joomla and Drupal, check out the most lucrative features:
Community Features
Joomla allows community builder. A pure component, it requires and SEF extension to activate Youtube Style URLs. At the same time, Drupal is very attractive. It allows users to form groups and registration form’s expansion that is built in Drupal.
Forums
Joomla is useful for simple machines Forum that is the path received by Joomla board a Joomla.org what is built in Joomla. It’s comfortable and useful but it has lacks of many key features. On the other hand, Drupal is really smooth forum but it can not allow high end features for the modern forums. But it can be avoided by the vB Drupal a Drupal V bulletin Hack.
Multimedia
Joomla and Drupal both allows plenty of pod cast and video options. Both of them are useful for multimedia.
In spite of so many differences both Joomla and Drupal are the best options available for CMS. May be its Drupal’s multisided support and user permission feature or Joomla’s theme function and shopping cart feature , all the features and functions supported by them are needed and required by the clients. Some wants to have a multi functional site or some wants to have a good architectural site. So it’s really difficult to say which one is good or which one is more in demand. Both have equal demand and usage. This is actually not a comparison but a discussion. So, to conclude it is better to say that both Joomla & Drupal are suitable for the clients who actually know their usage.
