Some Comments:
Wordpress does what you need. Another extremely important aspect of WP is client training. You have to spend hours, days sometimes weeks to get clients up to speed in Joomla or Drupal. With wordpress they just 'get it' instantly.
With Joomla vs Drupal its more or less same same. But they both need serious changes to their interfaces.
So Wordpress for me in most cases. If I need something a little more customisable I build it using CodeIgniter or get a license of ExpressionEngine where I can go nuts and do just about whatever I want.
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I've used both Wordpress and Joomla and have found them to be both very capable. Wordpress is certainly more user-friendly and has a larger installed user base, but Joomla is more powerful and there's so much you can make it do that Wordpress could never touch.
With both communities there are thousands of extensions out there and the quality varies widely from extremely crappy or broken to excellent.
I build simple sites using Wordpress, and more complex sites (especially community-based sites) in Joomla. Both are great, and both have their quirks.
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Just wanted to say something about this comment: "Joomla is not XHTML Complaint". Yes, it is. And In fact, if you don't like the way the HTML output is done you can override it. You can even override 3rd party extensions, right from the Joomla template itself.
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I am using Drupal after going through Wordpress , Joomla etc .
As I am a developer the most promising one that I see is Drupal . Its due to many reasons
As I am a developer the most promising one that I see is Drupal . Its due to many reasons
1 ) As you told Drupal can be used to develop a small blog to a big corporate website, newsportal, e-commerce
2 ) Multi user functionality
3 ) Multiple website with same code base ( So easy to maintain any number of websites with out upgrading all the websites when newer versions and security updates are available )
4 ) Extending Drupal is easy than Joomla ( Eg: with the powerful modules like Views, CCK etc )
5 ) Strong community
6 ) Security is not the last but the first to be considered . Drupal has a powerful security team which monitors and reports when some security updates are available
2 ) Multi user functionality
3 ) Multiple website with same code base ( So easy to maintain any number of websites with out upgrading all the websites when newer versions and security updates are available )
4 ) Extending Drupal is easy than Joomla ( Eg: with the powerful modules like Views, CCK etc )
5 ) Strong community
6 ) Security is not the last but the first to be considered . Drupal has a powerful security team which monitors and reports when some security updates are available
Though in the first design and look you may not love it with Joomla or Wordpress, but when you knows how it works you will jump to it . I am damn sure about it .
There are lots more :) . These are some I think at present .
There are lots more :) . These are some I think at present .
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I've created few sites, but none of them with Drupal (though I wish to).
As a user and designer, my FIRST CHOICE is Wordpress. Even client catches a good speed with it.
As a user and designer, my FIRST CHOICE is Wordpress. Even client catches a good speed with it.
These features (you listed on Drupal) are present in Joomla
* 1. Registering and Maintaining user accounts
* 2. Creating and Handling menus
* 3. RSS feeds
* 4. Customization of a layout
* 5. Internet Forum
* 6. Single or multi User blog
* 7. Powerful template system
* 1. Registering and Maintaining user accounts
* 2. Creating and Handling menus
* 3. RSS feeds
* 4. Customization of a layout
* 5. Internet Forum
* 6. Single or multi User blog
* 7. Powerful template system
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