Very frequently, they call it war – the existence of three awesome platforms for building websites – WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. Fans of each platform are trying to persuade the whole world that their favorite CMS is the best. However, keep in mind that for a successful web project you don’t need “the best CMS in the world” (which actually doesn’t exist), but rather – a platform that would most fully meet your requirements.
So, when choosing your perfect CMS, get a clear vision of your whole project, which will greatly simplify the deciiion making process. For a start, answer the following questions:
- what is the purpose of your website?
- what functionality it is going to possess?
- what is your current level of expertise in website management?
- are you willing to learn?
- how much you are ready to spend on website maintenance?
What if you’ve already got a website ready but realize that your current CMS platform doesn’t meet your needs anymore? You think that there is no other option than starting all over again?
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Great article and great info-graphic I often too have never found there is one CMS to rule them all. Rather that they are toolsets to be used at your disposal, and sometimes a CMS isn’t the key rather another language platform/framework such as RoR, Django, Symphony etc. Comes to the practicalities of a project and the clients needs. What is best suited for the situation.
By today if you access Drupal.org you’ll be presented, right on the front page, there are more than 21K modules and 1,6K themes available. This makes me think about the veracity of the rest of data in the chart above. I don’t want to start a CMS flame-war, but you should citing the sources and dates.
I know this chart is not yours, but I wasn’t able to find when it’s been produced.
I totally agree with you, zeropx. Absolutely, a CMS is a tool that should be chosen according to the situation.
Thanks for your input!
Hello Lucas,
Yes, you’re right, the infographics is not ours, and we have cited the source – it’s BMC Hosting (you can find it right above the infographics)
As to the accuracy of data, it’s hard to make it 100% precise as the numbers grow daily. However, the point of the article was to help users in choosing CMS platform in the key aspects like overall purpose, ease of administration and maintenance costs.
The number migth be correct. If I seach on drupal, I see only 6.300 modules for drupal 7.x
Thank you, Jos! It didn’t occur to me that the version is not indicated. Great observation!