Web Design in Joomla or Wordpress?

Have you ever wanted to get a website up and running relatively quickly, while still wanting to have an easily extensible website built upon a solid, tested and community supported framework. If you have then you've surely come across Joomla and Wordpress, but which one should you use?. Choosing the right platform for your website can be quite tricky, and unfortunately there is no simple solution. There are many factors that need to be considered before choosing Joomla or Wordpress for your web design and development project. Sometimes neither will be appropriate and you may need to custom develop a website from scratch.

Below is a very basic table outlining the kinds of projects each platform (joomla and wordpress) can be suited for, this is by no means a definitive guide it's just a quick reference, there will be many other factors you need to consider before making your final decision. For instance you'll need to consider design requerments, user requirements and any future requirements you may have for your website, you'll also need to test and research the best components and plugins for each platform.

Also it should be noted that if, for instance wordpress or joomla doesn't have a tick for a certain project type this doesn't necessarily mean you can't use that platform for that kind of project it merely means the other platform with the tick is better suited for that project type.

Shopping Cart / Ecommerce website	Shopping Cart / Ecommerce website
Community / Membership based website	Community / Membership based website
Porfolio website	Porfolio website
Intranets and Extranets	Intranets and Extranets
Forum	Forum
Blog	Blog
Mobile	Mobile (plugin)

If you would like some professional assistance in deciding which platform or even if a platform is ideal for your website you can contact us for a chat, or if your located in and around Melbourne feel free to drop into our Collingwood studio.