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The presentation discusses key comparisons between Joomla, Drupal, and WordPress as content management systems (CMS), highlighting their similarities and differences in features, setup, and usage. It focuses on aspects such as site design, editorial tools, access and membership, search engine optimization, and performance optimizations. The presentation aims to guide Joomla implementers in understanding and integrating these other CMS options effectively.

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THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION: What Joomla Implementers Should Know about Drupal/Wordpress (and other CMSs)
ALUENTGROUP web development | content management | e- commerce | mobile www.aluent.com ALUENTGROUP
ALUENTGROUP web development | content management | e- commerce | mobile PRESENTER: TWITTER: Justin Kerr @aluent justin@aluent.com FACEBOOK: 312-772-6062 facebook.com/aluent www.aluent.com ALUENTGROUP
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Joomla vs. Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal • Some well-known similarities: – LAMP preference/origins – Open Source – Community-driven – Market-proven – Very good at “content management” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal • Some well-known differences: – Dries vs. Mambo fork – Acquia vs. Open Source Matters – Control panel overlay vs. separate back end What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal • Some well-known differences: – Dries vs. Mambo fork – Acquia vs. Open Source Matters – Control panel overlay vs. separate back end • Conventional wisdom – Drupalfor big/complicated sites – Joomla for simpler/easier sites What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal • How to best compare? What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal • How to best compare? • Break down into project phases/platform capabilities What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Setup and installation What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Setup and installation – Hosting environment setup What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Setup and installation – Hostingenvironment setup – Development environment What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Setup and installation – Hostingenvironment setup – Development environment – CMS installation and initial config What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Joomla – “Core” content types – Nested Category system – Third-party extensions What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal – Custom Content Types What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal – Custom Content Types – Fields in Content Types What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal – Custom Content Types – Fields in Content Types – Vocabularies + Taxonomy What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal – Custom Content Types – Fields in Content Types – Vocabularies + Taxonomy – Views What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal – Custom Content Types – Fields in Content Types – Vocabularies + Taxonomy – Views – Node What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Joomla – Menu Manager – Menus + Menu Items – Menu Item Types + Parameters What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Drupal – Menu Module What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Drupal – Menu Module – Menu Items + Menu “Blocks” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Drupal – Menu Module – Menu Items + Menu “Blocks” – Add Item from Node edit screen, or input Drupal-specific path into menu What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Drupal – Menu Module – Menu Items + Menu “Blocks” – Add Item from Node edit screen, or input Drupal-specific path into menu – Menu association with Content Type What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Joomla – Templates and Template Styles – Template parameters – Template association w. Menu Item(s) – index.php + template xml file + … – Template defines layout “Positions” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – “Themes” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – “Themes” – Collection of files/folders (like Joomla) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – “Themes” – Collection of files/folders (like Joomla) – Nested code structure What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – “Themes” – Collection of files/folders (like Joomla) – Nested code structure – *.info file + *.tpl.php files + … What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – “Themes” – Collection of files/folders (like Joomla) – Nested code structure – *.info file + *.tpl.php files + … – Themes define layout “Regions” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – Support for “Sub-Themes” – Support for output overrides – Inclusion of presentation/function logic – Themes can include control panel features – Panels Module What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Editorial Tools What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Editorial Tools • WYSIWYG editor What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Editorial Tools • WYSIWYG editor • Publishing controls (embargo/expiry/etc.) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Editorial Tools • WYSIWYG editor • Publishing controls (embargo/expiry/etc.) • Versioning What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Editorial Tools • WYSIWYG editor • Publishing controls (embargo/expiry/etc.) • Versioning • Workflow What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Both have: – Default support for admin and production access – Basic account signup and members' self administration – Framework for access control structures What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Joomla – Users assigned to Groups – Access Levels for front end – Initial default Groups and ACL – Permissions inherit and propagate to Component > Category > Content Item – Universal, enhanced CRUD What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – Two initial “Roles”: anonymous and authenticated What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – Two initial “Roles”: anonymous and authenticated – Roles tie into permissions options for Modules (and display options for Blocks) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – Two initial “Roles”: anonymous and authenticated – Roles tie into permissions options for Modules (and display options for Blocks) – Modules are not CRUDdy What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – Two initial “Roles”: anonymous and authenticated – Roles tie into permissions options for Modules (and display options for Blocks) – Modules are not CRUDdy – Permissions granular to the Field level What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – No mandated/preferred method for defining this all: Up to developer What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – No mandated/preferred method for defining this all: Up to developer – Developer recipes What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – No mandated/preferred method for defining this all: Up to developer – Developer recipes – Drupal “Distros” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – No mandated/preferred method for defining this all: Up to developer – Developer recipes – Drupal “Distros” – “Families” of specialized Modules What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) • Template/Theme-specific – Proper HTML markup structure – Source ordering of content What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) • Template/Theme-specific – Proper HTML markup structure – Source ordering of content • Operator/producer-specific – File naming conventions – Entry of supporting data (alt tags) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Shared/Similar capabilities What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Shared/Similar capabilities – Meta tags – Sitemaps – HTML page titles et al – Redirect component What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SEF URLs What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SEF URLs – Joomla: Global config setting + “aliases” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SEF URLs – Joomla: Global config setting + “aliases” – Drupal: “Clean URLs” setting … but results in non-ideal syntax – Drupal requires extra Module plus lots of extra config. What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Both benefit from common performance enhancements – CDN, efficient HTML, fast hosting – Site caching mechanisms and controls What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Both benefit from common performance enhancements – CDN, efficient HTML, fast hosting – Site caching mechanisms and controls • Drupal includes CSS/Javascript aggregator What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Both benefit from common performance enhancements – CDN, efficient HTML, fast hosting – Site caching mechanisms and controls • Drupal includes CSS/Javascript aggregator • Different approaches to caching What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Joomla caching – Global cache settings + some Module caching – Time-based What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Drupal caching What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Drupal caching – Global cache settings; can be enhanced by more Modules What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Drupal caching – Global cache settings; can be enhanced by more Modules – Caching options propagate throughout Drupal (Modules, Blocks, Panels, etc.) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Drupal caching – Global cache settings; can be enhanced by more Modules – Caching options propagate throughout Drupal (Modules, Blocks, Panels, etc.) – Time-based and logic-based caching What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Drupal caching – Global cache settings; can be enhanced by more Modules – Caching options propagate throughout Drupal (Modules, Blocks, Panels, etc.) – Time-based and logic-based caching – Some tie-ins to server-level caching What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla – Extensions system (and ecosystem): Components, Modules and Plugins What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla – Extensions system (and ecosystem): Components, Modules and Plugins – Object-oriented design as default What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla – Extensions system (and ecosystem): Components, Modules and Plugins – Object-oriented design as default – Model-View-Controller What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla – Extensions system (and ecosystem): Components, Modules and Plugins – Object-oriented design as default – Model-View-Controller – Separation of CMS from Platform What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla – Extensions system (and ecosystem): Components, Modules and Plugins – Object-oriented design as default – Model-View-Controller – Separation of CMS from Platform – Well-established, directed development What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal – Self-built structures and architecture What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal – Self-built structures and architecture – System elements communicate via “hooks” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal – Self-built structures and architecture – System elements communicate via “hooks” – Extensive API What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal – Self-built structures and architecture – System elements communicate via “hooks” – Extensive API – Full database abstraction layer What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal – Self-built structures and architecture – System elements communicate via “hooks” – Extensive API – Full database abstraction layer – No mandated software design patterns What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Key Differences What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Key Differences – Joomla works (mostly) from core + third- party extensions; Drupal is build from “roof down” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Key Differences – Joomla works (mostly) from core + third- party extensions; Drupal is build from “roof down” – Joomla silos its information and capabilities; Drupal integrates throughout system areas What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Joomla What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Joomla – Pretty easy to hand off between developers What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Joomla – Pretty easy to hand off between developers – Exposes controls to content managers and producers What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Joomla – Pretty easy to hand off between developers – Exposes controls to content managers and producers – One-click incremental upgrades What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Joomla – Pretty easy to hand off between developers – Exposes controls to content managers and producers – One-click incremental upgrades – Path for major version upgrades What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Drupal – Difficult to hand off between developers What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Drupal – Difficult to hand off between developers – Ideally, interface and options streamlined for user Role What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Drupal – Difficult to hand off between developers – Ideally, interface and options streamlined for user Role – Incremental upgrades slightly harder What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Drupal – Difficult to hand off between developers – Ideally, interface and options streamlined for user Role – Incremental upgrades slightly harder – No effective way to upgrade between major versions What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Comparison of Nomenclature What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Joomla vs. Drupal Comparison of Nomenclature Joomla Drupal ● “Component” ● “Module” ● “Module” ● “Block” ● “Template” ● “Theme” ● “Position” ● “Region” ● “Categories” ● “Taxonomy” ● “Tags” (third-party) ● “Vocabularies” ● Single Content Item ● “Node” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Additional Resource FREE ebook Drupal and Joomla – A Comparison of Project Processes and Costs Download at: http://aluent.com/ebook What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
Thank you and Questions ALUENTGROUP web development | content management | e- commerce | mobile PRESENTER: TWITTER: Justin Kerr @aluent justin@aluent.com FACEBOOK: 312-772-6062 facebook.com/aluent www.aluent.com ALUENTGROUP

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Joomla vs. Drupal and Other CMSs

  • 1. THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION: What Joomla Implementers Should Know about Drupal/Wordpress (and other CMSs)
  • 2. ALUENTGROUP web development | content management | e- commerce | mobile www.aluent.com ALUENTGROUP
  • 3. ALUENTGROUP web development | content management | e- commerce | mobile PRESENTER: TWITTER: Justin Kerr @aluent justin@aluent.com FACEBOOK: 312-772-6062 facebook.com/aluent www.aluent.com ALUENTGROUP
  • 4. Joomla and ... What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 5. Joomla and ... • Enterprise CMS … What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 6. Joomla and ... • Enterprise CMS … – “ECM” and “WCM” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 7. Joomla and ... • Enterprise CMS … – “ECM” and “WCM” – The “big boys” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 8. Joomla and ... • Enterprise CMS … – “ECM” and “WCM” – The “big boys” • Gartner 2012 CMS Company Analysis – “Leaders”: Oracle, Adobe, SDL, Sitecore, OpenText, HP(Autonomy), Ektron What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 9. Joomla and ... • Enterprise CMS … – “ECM” and “WCM” – The “big boys” • Gartner 2012 CMS Company Analysis – “Leaders”: Oracle, Adobe, SDL, Sitecore, OpenText, HP(Autonomy), Ektron – Acquia makes “visionary” quadrant What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 10. Joomla and ... • Other Open Source CMSs What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 11. Joomla and ... • Other Open Source CMSs • Many options … What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 12. Joomla and ... • Other Open Source CMSs • Many options … • Top Three in the Open Source Market: What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 13. Joomla and ... • Other Open Source CMSs • Many options … • Top Three in the Open Source Market: 1. Wordpress (wordpress.org) 2. Joomla (joomla.org) 3. Drupal (drupal.org) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 14. Joomla and ... • Wordpress ... What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 15. Joomla and ... • Wordpress ... • Y U So Popular???? What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 16. Joomla and ... • Wordpress ... • Y U So Popular???? • Best available blogging platform What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 17. Joomla and ... • Wordpress ... • Y U So Popular???? • Best available blogging platform • Not a “real” CMS What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 18. Joomla and ... • Wordpress … What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 19. Joomla and ... • Wordpress … • Your thoughts? What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 20. Joomla and ... • Drupal ! What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 21. Joomla and ... • Drupal ! • Most often compared to each other What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 22. Joomla and ... • Drupal ! • Most often compared to each other • Focus of tonight's presentation What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 23. Joomla and ... • Drupal ! • Most often compared to each other • Focus of tonight's presentation • Your presenter: Caveat Emptor What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 24. Joomla and ... • Drupal ! • Most often compared to each other • Focus of tonight's presentation • Your presenter: Caveat Emptor • Tonight's Guest Expert: Cody Carlson cody@phamilydev.net | www.phamilydev.net What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 25. Joomla vs. Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 26. Joomla vs. Drupal • Some well-known similarities: – LAMP preference/origins – Open Source – Community-driven – Market-proven – Very good at “content management” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 27. Joomla vs. Drupal • Some well-known differences: – Dries vs. Mambo fork – Acquia vs. Open Source Matters – Control panel overlay vs. separate back end What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 28. Joomla vs. Drupal • Some well-known differences: – Dries vs. Mambo fork – Acquia vs. Open Source Matters – Control panel overlay vs. separate back end • Conventional wisdom – Drupalfor big/complicated sites – Joomla for simpler/easier sites What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 29. Joomla vs. Drupal • How to best compare? What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 30. Joomla vs. Drupal • How to best compare? • Break down into project phases/platform capabilities What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 31. Joomla vs. Drupal Setup and installation What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 32. Joomla vs. Drupal Setup and installation – Hosting environment setup What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 33. Joomla vs. Drupal Setup and installation – Hostingenvironment setup – Development environment What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 34. Joomla vs. Drupal Setup and installation – Hostingenvironment setup – Development environment – CMS installation and initial config What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 35. Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 36. Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Joomla – “Core” content types – Nested Category system – Third-party extensions What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 37. Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 38. Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal – Custom Content Types What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 39. Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal – Custom Content Types – Fields in Content Types What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 40. Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal – Custom Content Types – Fields in Content Types – Vocabularies + Taxonomy What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 41. Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal – Custom Content Types – Fields in Content Types – Vocabularies + Taxonomy – Views What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 42. Joomla vs. Drupal Content Types and Structures • Drupal – Custom Content Types – Fields in Content Types – Vocabularies + Taxonomy – Views – Node What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 43. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 44. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Joomla – Menu Manager – Menus + Menu Items – Menu Item Types + Parameters What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 45. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 46. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Drupal – Menu Module What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 47. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Drupal – Menu Module – Menu Items + Menu “Blocks” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 48. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Drupal – Menu Module – Menu Items + Menu “Blocks” – Add Item from Node edit screen, or input Drupal-specific path into menu What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 49. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Navigation • Drupal – Menu Module – Menu Items + Menu “Blocks” – Add Item from Node edit screen, or input Drupal-specific path into menu – Menu association with Content Type What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 50. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 51. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Joomla – Templates and Template Styles – Template parameters – Template association w. Menu Item(s) – index.php + template xml file + … – Template defines layout “Positions” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 52. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 53. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – “Themes” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 54. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – “Themes” – Collection of files/folders (like Joomla) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 55. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – “Themes” – Collection of files/folders (like Joomla) – Nested code structure What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 56. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – “Themes” – Collection of files/folders (like Joomla) – Nested code structure – *.info file + *.tpl.php files + … What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 57. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – “Themes” – Collection of files/folders (like Joomla) – Nested code structure – *.info file + *.tpl.php files + … – Themes define layout “Regions” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 58. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Design and Layout • Drupal – Support for “Sub-Themes” – Support for output overrides – Inclusion of presentation/function logic – Themes can include control panel features – Panels Module What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 59. Joomla vs. Drupal Editorial Tools What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 60. Joomla vs. Drupal Editorial Tools • WYSIWYG editor What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 61. Joomla vs. Drupal Editorial Tools • WYSIWYG editor • Publishing controls (embargo/expiry/etc.) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 62. Joomla vs. Drupal Editorial Tools • WYSIWYG editor • Publishing controls (embargo/expiry/etc.) • Versioning What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 63. Joomla vs. Drupal Editorial Tools • WYSIWYG editor • Publishing controls (embargo/expiry/etc.) • Versioning • Workflow What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 64. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 65. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Both have: – Default support for admin and production access – Basic account signup and members' self administration – Framework for access control structures What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 66. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Joomla – Users assigned to Groups – Access Levels for front end – Initial default Groups and ACL – Permissions inherit and propagate to Component > Category > Content Item – Universal, enhanced CRUD What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 67. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 68. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – Two initial “Roles”: anonymous and authenticated What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 69. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – Two initial “Roles”: anonymous and authenticated – Roles tie into permissions options for Modules (and display options for Blocks) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 70. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – Two initial “Roles”: anonymous and authenticated – Roles tie into permissions options for Modules (and display options for Blocks) – Modules are not CRUDdy What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 71. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – Two initial “Roles”: anonymous and authenticated – Roles tie into permissions options for Modules (and display options for Blocks) – Modules are not CRUDdy – Permissions granular to the Field level What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 72. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – No mandated/preferred method for defining this all: Up to developer What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 73. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – No mandated/preferred method for defining this all: Up to developer – Developer recipes What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 74. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – No mandated/preferred method for defining this all: Up to developer – Developer recipes – Drupal “Distros” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 75. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Access and Membership • Drupal – No mandated/preferred method for defining this all: Up to developer – Developer recipes – Drupal “Distros” – “Families” of specialized Modules What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 76. Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 77. Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) • Template/Theme-specific – Proper HTML markup structure – Source ordering of content What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 78. Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) • Template/Theme-specific – Proper HTML markup structure – Source ordering of content • Operator/producer-specific – File naming conventions – Entry of supporting data (alt tags) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 79. Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Shared/Similar capabilities What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 80. Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Shared/Similar capabilities – Meta tags – Sitemaps – HTML page titles et al – Redirect component What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 81. Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SEF URLs What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 82. Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SEF URLs – Joomla: Global config setting + “aliases” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 83. Joomla vs. Drupal Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SEF URLs – Joomla: Global config setting + “aliases” – Drupal: “Clean URLs” setting … but results in non-ideal syntax – Drupal requires extra Module plus lots of extra config. What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 84. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 85. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Both benefit from common performance enhancements – CDN, efficient HTML, fast hosting – Site caching mechanisms and controls What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 86. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Both benefit from common performance enhancements – CDN, efficient HTML, fast hosting – Site caching mechanisms and controls • Drupal includes CSS/Javascript aggregator What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 87. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Both benefit from common performance enhancements – CDN, efficient HTML, fast hosting – Site caching mechanisms and controls • Drupal includes CSS/Javascript aggregator • Different approaches to caching What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 88. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Joomla caching – Global cache settings + some Module caching – Time-based What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 89. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Drupal caching What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 90. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Drupal caching – Global cache settings; can be enhanced by more Modules What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 91. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Drupal caching – Global cache settings; can be enhanced by more Modules – Caching options propagate throughout Drupal (Modules, Blocks, Panels, etc.) What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 92. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Drupal caching – Global cache settings; can be enhanced by more Modules – Caching options propagate throughout Drupal (Modules, Blocks, Panels, etc.) – Time-based and logic-based caching What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 93. Joomla vs. Drupal Site Performance • Drupal caching – Global cache settings; can be enhanced by more Modules – Caching options propagate throughout Drupal (Modules, Blocks, Panels, etc.) – Time-based and logic-based caching – Some tie-ins to server-level caching What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 94. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 95. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 96. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla – Extensions system (and ecosystem): Components, Modules and Plugins What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 97. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla – Extensions system (and ecosystem): Components, Modules and Plugins – Object-oriented design as default What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 98. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla – Extensions system (and ecosystem): Components, Modules and Plugins – Object-oriented design as default – Model-View-Controller What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 99. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla – Extensions system (and ecosystem): Components, Modules and Plugins – Object-oriented design as default – Model-View-Controller – Separation of CMS from Platform What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 100. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Joomla – Extensions system (and ecosystem): Components, Modules and Plugins – Object-oriented design as default – Model-View-Controller – Separation of CMS from Platform – Well-established, directed development What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 101. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 102. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal – Self-built structures and architecture What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 103. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal – Self-built structures and architecture – System elements communicate via “hooks” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 104. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal – Self-built structures and architecture – System elements communicate via “hooks” – Extensive API What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 105. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal – Self-built structures and architecture – System elements communicate via “hooks” – Extensive API – Full database abstraction layer What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 106. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Drupal – Self-built structures and architecture – System elements communicate via “hooks” – Extensive API – Full database abstraction layer – No mandated software design patterns What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 107. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Key Differences What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 108. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Key Differences – Joomla works (mostly) from core + third- party extensions; Drupal is build from “roof down” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 109. Joomla vs. Drupal Software Engineering • Key Differences – Joomla works (mostly) from core + third- party extensions; Drupal is build from “roof down” – Joomla silos its information and capabilities; Drupal integrates throughout system areas What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 110. Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 111. Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Joomla What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 112. Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Joomla – Pretty easy to hand off between developers What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 113. Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Joomla – Pretty easy to hand off between developers – Exposes controls to content managers and producers What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 114. Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Joomla – Pretty easy to hand off between developers – Exposes controls to content managers and producers – One-click incremental upgrades What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 115. Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Joomla – Pretty easy to hand off between developers – Exposes controls to content managers and producers – One-click incremental upgrades – Path for major version upgrades What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 116. Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Drupal What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 117. Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Drupal – Difficult to hand off between developers What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 118. Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Drupal – Difficult to hand off between developers – Ideally, interface and options streamlined for user Role What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 119. Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Drupal – Difficult to hand off between developers – Ideally, interface and options streamlined for user Role – Incremental upgrades slightly harder What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 120. Joomla vs. Drupal Maintenance and Support • Drupal – Difficult to hand off between developers – Ideally, interface and options streamlined for user Role – Incremental upgrades slightly harder – No effective way to upgrade between major versions What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 121. Joomla vs. Drupal Comparison of Nomenclature What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 122. Joomla vs. Drupal Comparison of Nomenclature Joomla Drupal ● “Component” ● “Module” ● “Module” ● “Block” ● “Template” ● “Theme” ● “Position” ● “Region” ● “Categories” ● “Taxonomy” ● “Tags” (third-party) ● “Vocabularies” ● Single Content Item ● “Node” What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 123. Additional Resource FREE ebook Drupal and Joomla – A Comparison of Project Processes and Costs Download at: http://aluent.com/ebook What Joomla Implementers Should Know About Other CMSs ALUENTGROUP
  • 124. Thank you and Questions ALUENTGROUP web development | content management | e- commerce | mobile PRESENTER: TWITTER: Justin Kerr @aluent justin@aluent.com FACEBOOK: 312-772-6062 facebook.com/aluent www.aluent.com ALUENTGROUP