WordPress.com Forums » Topic: comparing Wordpress to other programs http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/comparing-wordpress-to-other-programs WordPress.com Forums » Topic: comparing Wordpress to other programs en Mon, 20 May 2013 03:44:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 laptopmemo on "comparing WordPress to other programs" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/comparing-wordpress-to-other-programs#post-351912 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:46:32 +0000 laptopmemo 351912@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ WordPress is king I think!

]]> vikasjnu on "comparing WordPress to other programs" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/comparing-wordpress-to-other-programs#post-351863 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:58:00 +0000 vikasjnu 351863@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ :D :D :D :D :D

]]> thesacredpath on "comparing WordPress to other programs" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/comparing-wordpress-to-other-programs#post-351788 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:26:14 +0000 thesacredpath 351788@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @vikasjnu, you are welcome and guilty as charged on the techie label.

]]> vikasjnu on "comparing WordPress to other programs" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/comparing-wordpress-to-other-programs#post-351749 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:31:58 +0000 vikasjnu 351749@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you Richard(thesacredpath)for some jargon free explanation. You are a techie, needless to say!

]]> thesacredpath on "comparing WordPress to other programs" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/comparing-wordpress-to-other-programs#post-351729 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:32:19 +0000 thesacredpath 351729@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you do not need the stuff that Joomla provides out of the box - and that is a considerable amount - wordpress could work well for you. Most everything that can be done with Joomla can be done with wordpress (but certainly not here at wordpress.COM).

I have a pretty slick local install of Joomla going on my computer and it will most likely at some point replace my wordpress blog installation. With Joomla, I like the fact that I can, if I wish, have each page of the site equipped with different sidebars and such. I like the fact that I have more options on where to place the different extensions and such. I can do that with wordpress also, but it typically means "hacking" a template and the CSS into submission and I'm not that well versed in PHP script.

Vikasjnu is right though, Joomla has a steep learning curve and for standard, or even slightly non-standard blogs, it is overkill.

]]> vikasjnu on "comparing WordPress to other programs" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/comparing-wordpress-to-other-programs#post-351724 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:54:40 +0000 vikasjnu 351724@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I love WordPress; I don't need Joomla! The latter is for techies and developers!

]]> christinamacpherson on "comparing WordPress to other programs" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/comparing-wordpress-to-other-programs#post-351722 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:40:12 +0000 christinamacpherson 351722@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I do not wish to downgrade Joomla, BUT - I have been spending hours and hours getting Joomla to work on other websites, and at this stage, I can't find anything that Joomla does for me - that I can't do better on WordPress.

I am wondering if anyone else is having, or has had this experience.

I know that Joomla can do lots more stuff that I haven't yet learned.
But perhaps WordPress can, too?

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