WORDPRESS, DRUPAL, JOOMLA!advantages and disadvantages of these platforms

Joomla!Day Zaragoza, Spain 2011

Hagen Grafhttp://twitter.com/hagengraf

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COMMONALITIES

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/philliecasablanca/3354734116/

30.000+

pieces in

DrupalWordPressJoomla!

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HOUSE, CAR, FLOWERhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/m-nicolson/2414298534/

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SOMETHING USEFULhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/popcorncx/3514881626/

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... JUST ANOTHER CAR ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pswansen/207418232/

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... SOMETHING REALLY BIG ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing

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GENERAL MOTORS IN ZARAGOZA

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AN EXAMPLE FROM

ANOTHER WORLD

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AUTOMOBILEhttp://localmotors.com

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The Rally Fighter, designed from

Sangho Kim,a community member,

is in the open

“prototyping” process.

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LOAD THE CHASSIS FILE :)

http://localmotors.com

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BUILD A MICRO ENTERPRISEhttp://localmotors.com

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CLIENTS’ VEHICLEShttp://localmotors.com

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HOW DOES THIS WORK?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azCRuwtE_n0

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GETTING STARTEDCREATE IT DEVELOP ITBUILD ITMOD IT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azCRuwtE_n0

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STARTINGDRAFTINGDEVELOPINGBUILDING <- WEB AGENCY

BUILDING <- ONE (WO)MAN ARMY

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WORLDWIDE MARKETSHARE

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GOOGLE TRENDS - WORLDhttp://www.google.com/trends?q=drupal%2C+joomla%2C+wordpress%2C+typo3&&geo=all&date=all

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GOOGLE TRENDS - GERMANYhttp://www.google.com/trends?q=drupal%2C+joomla%2C+wordpress%2C+typo3&&geo=all&date=all

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GOOGLE TRENDS - SPAINhttp://www.google.com/trends?q=drupal%2C+joomla%2C+wordpress%2C+typo3&ctab=0&geo=es&geor=all&date=all&sort=0

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38,5 MIO US$ VENTURE CAPITAL, 100 EMPLOYEES

30,6 MIO US$ VENTURE CAPITAL, 75 EMPLOYEES

NO FOUNDER, A LOT OF SMALL ENTERPRISES

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INSTALLATION

WordPress simple

Joomla! multilingual installer

DrupalInstallation profiles and

distributions (e.g. Intranet, Shop)

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ARCHITECTUREWordPress

“the loop” = all is possiblehttp://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop_in_Action

Joomla! Model, View, Controller = what you learn at university

http://docs.joomla.org/Developing_a_Model-View-Controller_Component_-_Part_1

DrupalHook System, partly OOP = steep learning curve

http://drupal.org/node/292http://drupal.org/node/361112http://drupal.org/node/547518

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DEV-FRAMEWORKWordPress No framework

Joomla! Since Joomla! 1.7 split in

CMS and Joomla! platform

DrupalSince Drupal 7 focus on API communication

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THEMES/TEMPLATESWordPress

the most beautiful, best, simplest and creative themes :)http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

Joomla! lot’s of Template Clubs

many, free available templates (central repository planned)

Drupalmany, free available theme “frameworks”

little really good and free available themeshttp://drupal.org/project/themes

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EXTENSIONSWordPress

15.000+ Pluginshttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

Joomla!8.000+ Components

http://extensions.joomla.org/

Drupal11.000+ Modules

http://drupal.org/project/modules

How can I find the right one?

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MULTILINGUALISM IN CMS

WordPress (50+ languages)country specific sites for core, no central repository for plugins

e.g. http://de.wordpress.org/

Joomla! (50+ languages)central system for core, no central repository for extensions

(external project http://opentranslators.org/)

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/languages/translations-for-joomla

Drupal (50+ languages)central repository for all modules + core

http://localize.drupal.org

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CONTENT MULTILINGUALISM

WordPress no, but... :)

WPML plugin (fee required) or multisite abilityhttp://wpml.org/

Joomla! basic functions in core ...

you need components, like Joomfish e.g.http://www.joomfish.net/

Drupalbasic functions in core

modules like i18n necessaryhttp://drupal.org/project/i18n

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IMAGES

WordPress comfortable image administration with resizing in core

Joomla! file manager in core without resizing

Drupalno image administration, but with the ImageCache Modul you

have a Swiss pocket knife to handle your imageshttp://drupal.org/project/imagecache

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MULTISITE

WordPress yes - core - a network of sites

http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

Joomla! core - no

commercial components - yese.g. http://www.jms2win.com/

Drupalyes - core - totally independent sites with same code basis

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CONTENT CONSTRUCTIONWordPress

individual field in core, additional content types as pluginshttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/

Joomla! many CCK’s as extensions with different options and functions

Seblod, K2, Flexicontent, Zoo, ...

Drupalperfect extendability through the limitation to one system of

entities in Drupal 7Core, CCK, Views, Panels, Page Manager

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SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION

WordPress yes - plugins

Joomla! yes - components

Drupalyes - modules

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MOBILE

WordPress mobile theme in core

mobile pluginsApps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7

http://wordpress.org/extend/mobile/

Joomla! mobile extensions

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/mobile

Apps: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android: http://www.covertapps.com/jam,

http://www.joooid.com/

Drupalmobile modules

http://drupal.org/project/modules?filters=tid%3A7404

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SERVER RESOURCES CORE

WordPress little (11 DB tables in core)

Joomla! more than WordPress (34 DB tables in core)

Drupal

more than WordPress and Joomla! (77 DB tables in core)

Dramatic performance improvements are possible in all CMS

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COMMUNITY

WordPress friendly regulated by Automattic

Joomla! self-driven by having many working groups (PLT, CLT, COC,

OSM, ...) and endless discussions with little decisions :)

Drupalofficial free community but with distinct influence from Acquia

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CONTRIBUTIONS

WordPress difficult* ... usually via Automattic

Joomla! in general possible, very bureaucratic and ineffectual internal

procedure which really hinders timely contributions*

Drupalin general very easy*. Currently long patch jam for D7

* This is my personal impression, November 2011

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LEARNING CURVE :)http://themetaq.com/queue/learning-curves-for-popular-cmss

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TARGET GROUPSWordPress

Blogs, MultiUserBlogs, sites with CMS-functions*small or no-budget projects

Joomla! Websites for SME’s, NGO’s, associations, museums, private people*

small or no-budget projects

DrupalBig, complex sites with individual adaptations or totally

configured sites without any adaptationsrather bigger budgets

* bigger sites with bigger budgets are also possible, but rather seldom

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WHAT SHOULD I TAKE?With all of these systems you can create any website.

You should take the system which you know best and the one, which suits best for your client.

If you are a beginner, invest three days to play around with each system for one day.

Go to events like that one!

Trust your experience.

They all cook with water :)

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KEEP IT SIMPLE!

clients don’t like complexity (even not when they pay 500.000+ €)

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Clientslike to pay

for the value

of your work!

They don’t like to pay for the time,

you need to do the work!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpgreen/5854718132/

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THANK YOU!

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