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22 Mar 09

Slashdot | Open Source Usability — Joomla! Vs. WordPress

  • I'm a Linux Systems Admin. I write php code quite often, I know several other script languages and I know the basics of CSS.

    I managed to install Joomla quite easily, but I must say that once it was installed, it was really hard to use. Modules wouldn't install properly and simple things were really hard to accomplish, like being able to upload files etc.

    It was also really hard to brand the page, we wanted our company look of the page. Took a good while before we got to something that only looked ok.

    Maybe I'm being harsh as this was a few versions back. But still...

  • I develop with Joomla daily, and you do certainly need skills in PHP to be able to get it work - a non-programmer would be unable to get the most out of the package and modules. Saying that I've only been developing PHP for 6 years, and it took me about three days to be able to work and build complex e-commerce solutions with Joomla. I was able to create good sites for customers after a couple of days and didn't experience the probelms you mentioned.

    In terms of usability it is quite poor though. In previous jobs I've had to present clients with several CMSs (open source and propriatary) and they never once chose Joomla.

    I've come to like the flexibility and massive choice offered by Joomla, but think you should use the best tool for the job, and Joomla is simply overkill for the majority of sites we develop, and it is overly complex and badly designed in terms of usability for simple sites.

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