[Hidden-tech] My First CMS Site

[Christoher Eliot]

Given that choice I went with Joomla and I am happy with the results,  
which should go live tomorrow evening at http://amherstballet.org/.

The biggest influence on my choice was the claim that Joomla would  
look pretty good out of the box, while Drupal supposedly needs heavy  
customization earlier in the game.  Both are PHP+MySql systems with  
JavaScript optional for fancy front-end effects. Most hosting packages  
support this configuration; some provide direct support for either or  
both Joomla and Drupal.

.netNuke might appeal to you with your .asp background. I did a little  
work with that last year. It is not my style, but you might like it.

Another option is the Apache Lenya project, implemented in Java. I  
looked into that briefly but there are no pre-built versions and I  
didn't get it to compile and run properly with about 10 minutes of  
effort. For heavy duty sites, the Java foundation is probably superior  
to the PHP foundation.



On Aug 3, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Scott Main wrote:

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> Hello All:  I’m new to the group.
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> I’m interested in developing “my first” content management site.
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> Can anyone tell me what the best technology for me to begin with is  
> between Drupal or Joomla (or suggest another)
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> My experience includes .asp, .aspx sites, vb.net, ms access, vba,  
> javascript, SQL Server, TSQL and relational database development.
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> I’m interested in simplicity in terms of learning at the beginners  
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