TuxRunner

 vs.  Yeah, I’m using both right now to manage a few different sites that I have…and I keep wondering which one is better for me to use for each.  I guess it all depends on what you want to do.  There’s a lot of overlap.  Both can use plugins and you can place content into “areas” of the site.  WordPress uses widgets, but you have to have a template that’s aware of widgets.  Joomla uses site modules that can be placed into positions pre-defined in the template you’re using.

Joomla is a lot more difficult to use, but that’s because of how much you can do with it.  It’s highly configurable.  WordPress isn’t that far off though.  WordPress is definitely better at doing single-person blog style postings with minimal categorization.  Joomla caters more to a larger collection of varied postings, and can handle postings from more people easier. (continue reading…)