What is Content Management System (CMS)?A system where the content creator is having the freedom to manage his own content in a organized manner. The content creator does not need to have any technical knowledge for designing CMS.
Examples of CMS are Wordpress,Joomla, Drupal, Mambo, Magnolia to name a few.
Differences between Drupal Vs Joomla:
The CMS Report claims these are considered the top two open source CMS programs,with Drupal excelling in program architecture, and Joomla excelling at function.
- Joomla focus more on design and User Friendly backend where as Drupal is completely opposite of it, Drupal focus on Functionality and Powerful Backend.Both the CMSs produce alternate URLs & have a feature to produce neat URLs which removes the querystring and adds the numbers as the foldernames within the URL.This makes use of an .htaccess file.
- Drupal is an open-source content management system (CMS) for building dynamic web sites.With a powerful blend of features and configurability, Drupal can support a wide range of projects, ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven
sites.Joomla is better for Static Websites.
- Joomla comes with a more lengthy code than Drupal. Drupal comes with less lengthy code.
- Drupal is better in terms of organizing content when compared to Joomla.Drupal is focused on communities. But Joomla is not compatible for community building system.
- Joomla is very User Friendly and works best for any Novice(new) User The administration of Joomla is Easy but a bit difficult to catch up.Joomla has mass community and you will find more freebies in it.Whereas, Drupal is written in PHP using strict coding standards.
- In Joomla, It is really hard to create any Module or Layout, but With Drupal, you can use the same log-in-details for different sites.
Benefits of using CMS:
- It allows separation of design, structure & content. Each area of the site can be recreated and adjusted independent of the other areas.
- Decentralized maintenance. Anything, anywhere can be edited within the website using a common browser.
- No technical knowledge is required in designing CMS.
- Content is stored in a database. So, it can be reused in many places.
- Dynamic content is used. A CMS makes it easy for you to keep your website updated through effective management of your contents, enabling your partners, customers, and your employees to find the correct information at any point of time.
- There is uniformity in design by using CMS. Thus, maintaining the consistency of webpages of a site.
- Users are assigned roles and permissions that prevent them from editing content which they are not authorized to change.
- It encourages faster updates & sets up accountability among individuals responsible for each management acitivity of the system.
- A CMS provides effective media for managing the informative content, results in the management of the information content, which in turn generates generous return. The use of a content management system lowers the operating costs, there-by increasing the profits.
- A content management system allows you to track the changes that you are making and maintain a log of work history. This enables you to identify which specific content has been changed, and review the history at times to look at the specific concerned
pages that have been changed.
- A content management system, manages the required consistency all through your website pages, making it search-engine friendly, providing a better visibility.
Why choose Begonia Information Systems?
- Begonia Information Systems has the capability, experience & the expertise to design and develop and work on both Joomla and Drupal CMS based websites.
- The website will inturn be more search engine as well as user friendly as per the clients' requirements.
- This will also generate more leads for your business.
- The website traffic will increase.
