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INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

School of Computer Science and Engineering

PROJECT REPORT

Course IT541 - E-COMMERCE

DATE: October 31, 2013TOPIC 3.6: E!"u!t#$% Co$te$t &!$!%e&e$t s'ste&s

Choose to open source C!S such as "oomla or #rupal $or %our on&'repare an e(aluation chart similar to 'ro)ect *+,+

Student Name- Tr!$ (%u'e$ )u'$* Tr!&. Student I#- MITM05020

1. I$tro+uct#o$

E/commerce is groing massi(el% and 0ecoming increasingl% popular+ It also leads to the ad(ent of man%

open sources of the content management s%stem $C!S& ith the e/commerce integration+ A content management

s%stem is a tool that helps the user to 0uild e0site easil%+ The users can organi1e and manage the entire e0site

$te2t. images. (ideo. documents or e(en applications&+ In summar%. the content management s%stem allosadministrator to control and manage the entire e0site and 0usiness processes+

Among the common content management s%stems. the to prominent candidates are "oomla and #rupal+

To content management s%stems in the prestigious polls of 'ac3t 'u0lishing and 4alter5Stone are in the top

positions+

6igure 7 shos the sur(e% for 8uestion 94hich of the folloing C!S ha(e %ou pre(iousl% e(aluated and:or

used for a pro)ect;L or 'ostgreS>L data0ase to store contents and settings+ #rupal is an open source softare maintained

and de(eloped 0% a communit% of more than *D.DDD users and de(elopers+ It is distri0uted under the terms of

the NU eneral 'u0lic License ith o(er JDDD modules $a3a plugins&+ In essence. it is more comple2 than

"oomla+ #rupal can create almost an%thing (ia the KmoduleK+ J

6igure * shos that #rupal is the top Open Source C!S from @DDJ to @DDF ith the e(aluation of the =all of

6ame Aard. Gest O(erall Open Source C!S. and Gest Open Source '=' C!S-

Figure %: (ac)t (u*lishing +pen Source CMS ,ward winners !--.!-- [1

Therefore. #rupal is a solid foundation for e0sites ith large traffic such as GGC England. !TV. etc+ In

Viet Nam. +thongtincongnghe+com is a e0site using #rupal technolog% successfull%+

c. E!"u!t#o$ betee$ Joo&"! !$+ Dru!"

There ha(e 0een man% discussions a0out the "oomla or #rupal. hich one is 0est+ The ta0le 7 shos some

comparisons 0eteen "oomla and #rupal-

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In terms of features. 0oth C!S contains all the 0asic functions. such as riting articles.

0logging. 4YSI4Y editor. content classification. set e2tensions +++ Goth #rupal and

"oomla support ecommerce. riting i3i. forums. podcasts. (ideo option. and creating

photo galleries+

!an% e2tensions of "oomla are not free+ The man% e2tensions of #rupal are

free under the 'L license+

Support for different0usiness model

#rupal and "oomla ha(e man% modules and e2tensions to support for e/commerceeffecti(el%

Gusiness process

modeling tool

Capa0ilities a0out search engine optimi1ation

$SEO& are not good+

There is not multiple site li3e #rupal+

Virtuemart is a shopping cart module in )oomla+

#rupal is e2tremel% friendl% to

search engines. hich is a huge

ad(antage+

!ultiple feature helps %ou to setup

multiple e0sites ith a single

#rupal installation. and manage

easil%+

U0ercart is a shopping cart module

in #rupal+

Visual site

management tools and

reporting

There are man% templates in "oomla+

Administration interface in "oomla is eas% and

intuiti(e to use+

#rupal template gap is shortened

ith commerciali1ation high

8ualit% themes $and free theme

repositor% JDD is a(aila0le&+

#rupalMs admin interface is not

separated from the regular

interface. hich causes man%

difficulties+ This pro0lem can 0esol(ed 0% the module and also

impro(ed in #rupal J+

'erformance and

scala0ilit%

'erformance- not good li3e #rupal

Scala0ilit%- limited

H 'erformance and scala0ilit% has

good assessment

Connecti(it% to

e2isting 0usiness

s%stems

In0ound lin3s- B,DD In0ound lin3s- *J7DD

Compliance ith

standards

Standards compliance such as ,D. "SR 7. etc+

lo0al and

multiculturalcapa0ilit%

"oomla supports all language character set in

UT6/+

#rupal has 77D languages and

English is the default

A(erage setup and

customi1ation cost

@DDD/@DDDD ,DD/,DDDD

A(erage monthl%

maintenance cost

,DD 7.,DD

"a*le 1: So$e co$parisons *etween #oo$la and 0rupal [! [

6igure B sho that ho to choose among #rupal. "oomla and 4ordpress-

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Figure ': ow to choose a$ong 0rupal2 #oo$la and Wordpress [1-

3.Co$c"us#o$

It is difficult to choose 0eteen #rupal and "oomla for 0usinesses that need a large site+ Goth are eas% to

e2tend and de(elop features ith man% features+ =oe(er. if %ou need an eas% s%stem to use. "oomla is the right

choice+ To 0uild a solid and poer s%stem. #rupal is the right choice+

Reere$ces

7+ getle(elten+com. !-1- CMS 3ntelligence 4eport .http-::getle(elten+com:files:C!SIR+pdf

@+ aterandstone+com. !-11 +pen Source CMS Mar)et Share 4eport.

http-::aterandstone+com:portfolio:@D77/open/source/cms/mar3et/share/report:

*+ opensourcecms+com. CMS Mar)et Share, http-::+opensourcecms+com:general:cms/mar3etshare+php

B+ i3ipedia+org.#oo$la5,http-::(i+i3ipedia+org:i3i:"oomla

,+ )oomla+org. What 3s #oo$la2 http-::+)oomla+org:a0out/)oomla+html

+ e2tensions+)oomla+org. "he #oo$la5 67tensions 0irectory2http-::e2tensions+)oomla+org:

J+ i3ipedia+org.0rupal2 http-::(i+i3ipedia+org:i3i:#rupal+drupal+org.,*out 0rupal2 https-::drupal+org:a0out

F+ e0nethosting+net. Word(ress vs #oo$la vs 0rupal 8 CMS (opularity War2

http-::+e0nethosting+net:ordpress/(s/)oomla/(s/drupal/cms/popularit%/ar:

7D+ Pa3i Usman. Wordpress vs9 #oo$la vs9 0rupal.

http-::shoute2+com:ordpress/(s/)oomla/(s/drupal/choosing/a/cms:

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