Joomla: Articles on Joomla and Social Publishing

Integrating Social Media Plugins with Joomla CMS: A Guide

March 1, 2011

So you have gotten past the weird Swahili-based name of Joomla and you created a site—kudos. Now comes the easy part, marketing your site. The easiest way to get traffic to your blog or site is to install social media plugins; this will allow you to leverage your existing online connections into page traffic.

Wordpress vs. Joomla vs. Drupal: A Comparison of CMS Solutions

February 15, 2011

In the competitive battle of Content Management Systems (CMS) solutions the current top three contenders are the famous WordPress, the powerful Drupal and the mid-range Joomla. If these CMSs were daytime TV: WordPress would be the uber chic and popular Rachael Ray with its multi-faceted approach, Joomla would be the informative Dr. OZ with its powerful backbone and toolset and Drupal would be the highly analytical Dr. Phil. If you cannot stand Oprah and her offshoots then completely disregard the last comment but read on.

Joomla: Advantages and Disadvantages of Choosing Joomla as Your CMS Solution

February 14, 2011

If the easy to use WordPress and the powerful Drupal had a love child—it would be Joomla. The goofily named CMS solution is a hybrid between the plug and play WordPress blogging platform with the extensive development toolbox in Drupal. Think of Joomla as a middle of the road solution for someone who can be more technical than WP requires but not up to the challenge of learning the incredibly complex Drupal.