Joomla and WordPress are two CMS (acronym for Content Management System), ie systems that allow you to create and manage "content" in a website quickly and easily.
In the CMS family we often hear about other systems besides Joomla and WordPress: sometimes we hear about Drupal, for very customized websites at the programming level, rather than Prestashop and Magento, more oriented to the development of purely e-commerce sites .
Websites with Joomla
and WordPress: why choose a CMS?
Because a good website is a website that is updated and stable over time .
Content update independently
Using a CMS gives the possibility to insert and update contents even to those without knowledge of web, programming and HTML, thus allowing the company or professional, owners of the website, to create articles, modify portions of text, update and insert photos and videos, etc.
Scalability of functions and graphics, to adapt over time
Using a CMS also gives the possibility to make the site flexible , ensuring that you can insert graphic and functional elements over time, or even entire specific areas: from simple site to e-commerce, from presentation site to site with blog and area discussion, etc.
Constant security and updates
Using a CMS gives the possibility of having a site updated and stable over time , allowing you to update its basic structure but also the graphic aspect, to make it adaptable to the various devices, rather than in its security, making it reliable (as long as it is well managed It is up to date).
Why not choose a
proprietary CMS?
There are certainly pros and cons, and every website deserves the right observations and the right development project, fitting and tailor-made.
As a pro there could be a total and complete customization , however feasible also in CMS of "common use" thanks to the professionalism and experience of those who install, configure and customize!
On the other hand, there is certainly the link with the agency that develops it , so when you have to withdraw from the contract for any reason, the site should be redone from scratch.
As a pro there could be a lower vulnerability of the system ... if it is well structured. But also a CMS of "common use" thanks to the professionalism and experience of those who install, configure and customize it is stable and safe over time!
As againstthere is the difficulty in finding other programmers who can get their hands on it, when we do not have ready and fast answers from the agency that developed it.
Free and simple CMS?
Let's dispel some false myths
The CMS are available online totally free : NI
The source files for the basic installation are available for free download.
Some graphic themes and components for additional features are from two large families, free and paid, so there are costs if you want professional solutions.
Installation and
configuration are simple wizards : NI
Joomla and WordPress installation is very simple, as it is sufficient to follow the entire setup wizard process to install your website in a few steps. But installing the CMS is just the basis… just as the foundations of a building are not the building itself.
After the basic configurations of the CMS installation, all the key aspects of the website must be configured, with appropriate plugins and components, chosen from time to time on the basis of the project and the objectives that the site will have to achieve.
Adding features is simple and free : NI
One of the great advantages of CMS is the powerful administration panel: relatively simple and full of features, which among other things allows you to install plugins and components for additional functionality without intervening on the program code ... just choose and add them? No, they must be tested first, they must be compatible with the rest of the system, they must be professional so as not to become vulnerable points, they must be well structured so as not to slow down the loading of the pages, they must be well configured to adapt to the site and the hosting on which the site resides.
What happens because of the false myths or the cuggini that pass themselves off as expert web masters?
I installed
everything, but the site is not like the demo!
It is the classic phrase of those who try their hand at CMS (whether it is Joomla or WordPress it doesn't make much difference) without really knowing how they work, without knowing that it is not enough to follow the few steps of the wizards ... and you find yourself with a panel almost empty, not paginated and not configured.
I made the site, but
it is very slow, this system does not work!
Another phrase from those who already have a little familiarity with the aforementioned Joomla or WordPress (but also with others) and install templates, plugins, components as if there were no tomorrow, making the pages chaotic, weighing down the site with useless scripts that generate slowdowns, if not malfunctions.
It is not the CMS that do not work ... it is those who want to use them without knowing how to use them that do not work.
I made the site, I
installed Yoast, but I'm not on Google!
This is a WordPress home issue: Yoast is an SEO optimization plugin, but don't just install it and watch if the light turns green.
Yoast must be installed, configured, the right key elements inserted in the pages… Yoast is only a means to optimize, it does not optimize by itself!
I made the site, but I can't find Yoast for Joomla!
This is a Jooma home problem: Yoast traffic lights seem like a godsend, and whoever doesn't find Yoast for Joomla goes into mystical crisis!
In reality, no special plugins are needed to optimize a Joomla site, potentially you can do a lot of onsite SEO without any add-ons.
They made the site for me, but I don't like it: can I fix it? That takes 10 minutes.
Ok, you have a CMS that is the apotheosis of the disorder ... you do first to redo the site from scratch than to clean up the mess! It is not as extraordinary a situation as one might think and unfortunately it happens all too often.
In this case, the initial investment is thrown to the wind: the work must be redone and often it takes more time to correct the problems than to create something well done from the first step.
Posted By: Abdul Rimaaz