A couple of posts back I explained I am learning to use this CMS type website creation program. I am enjoying the learning process and it really is a learning experience. Before I started I was wondering if it was a “shake the Box” and out pours a functioning website. The answer is NO. You have to work at it like anything else worthwhile in life.
But it does take a lot of the tedious work away and the more I play with it the more I like it. It is definitely not the tool for the beginning novice but it is a wonderful shortcut to building dynamic web sites. I am already working with it for a commercial site which I am designing.
This blog and my other CMS blogs are similar to this structure or at least function. WordPress (the popular blogging program I use here) is a bit easier to learn and get running I think for a blogging purpose than Joomla. WordPress can also build conventional looking web sites depending on the template chosen.
Joomla is not perfect but I admit I am becoming a fan. It seems to have more options (therefore more difficult) than WordPress at creating other than a blog. That could be because it is a new experience for me, but so be it. I write about my experiences… 🙂 I could concede it may be more like a 50/50 toss up.
So for now I’ll say Joomla is intended take the designer far beyond blogging. See TEDatum.com. But Joomla is still a very capable blogging system. If any other bloggers out there what to try something different, grab a copy of Joomla, the dynamic portal engine and content management system. It’s free, except for your time and server space! Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
I read that somewhere…