So you’re deciding between Wordpress VS Joomla and are not sure which CMS is right for you? Are you new to the world of Blogs and Content Management systems? Does it all sound a bit daunting and confusing? Then checkout this review by Rudolf Boogerman to help you decide which CMS suits your needs best. Rudolf has done a fantastic job of explaining in very simple and easy to use language (for the non technical users) what the strengths and merits of each system are. There is also a counter argument, or disadvantage of both Joomla and Wordpress, so its a pretty balanced review. If there’s only one article you are going to read before you pick your cms, then this is it!

Personally, since both systems are easy to get up and running very quickly, i would recommend trying both out for yourself to see which one you are most comfortable using. Look out for a comment from Joomla’s core team member Wilco Jansen!

Link to the review on miracletutorials.com

Official Sites:

• Joomla.org (for downloads, documentation, and everything else)
• Wordpress.org (for downloads, documentation, and everything else)

Forums:

Both of these systems have an excellent community of helpful volunteers and competent developers that have made these two of the most exceptional and most widely used pieces of community driven software web software.

• Wordpress forums
• Joomla forums

Demos:

• Joomla has a demo of latest v1.5 available on their demo website.
• Register on wordpress.com and try out wordpress for yourself, or see the opensourcecms section below for a demo of wordpress.

Another handy site for the undecided webmaster-to-be would be Open Source CMS - which provides a short roundup of commonly available Open Source content management systems avaialble as well as a functional working demo of each - so you can experience each system before you invest your time and energy into choosing the right one for your website or blog.

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mozami.net is proud to release a brand new template for Joomla 1.5 available for immediate purchase from the themeforest website. Business 2.0, is a premium, clean, fixed-width, 3 column, corporate business joomla 1.5 native template.

The template is suitable for small or medium businesses starting out with joomla and has a host of friendly and useful features built right in.

Some of the templates features include:

• 2 x horizontal menu variations – moomenu & suckerfish
• Joomla 1.5 native code.
• Collapsible Modules.
• Full width wrapper.
• Some “admin” options to customize behaviour
• Ability to use 1, 2, or 3 column layout.
• Ability to enable / disable the header for homepage and/or subpages.
• 18 module positions available in the template.
• Text resizer.
• Single column frontend editor window.
• Integrated fancy typography styles.
• W3C XHTML Valid.
• W3C CSS Valid.

Demo Time!

Need to have a closer look at the template or interested in getting a copy for yourself? Then click the demo or view the screenshots at themeforest website:

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Heres an joomla extension that automatically allows you to keep your joomla installation up-to-date with the very latest updates. Have the folks from intellispire created the “holy-grail” of joomla extensions? Although its a commercial extension, the intellispire software installer boasts a 1-click update to your entire joomla installation. No more headaches trawling the web looking for updates to your extensions and then manually updating each one. This is a must have!

Links:

Extension homepage

Listing on Joomla! Extensions Directory

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